Benvenuto Cellini is the current ante-post favourite for next Saturday's Futurity Stakes at Doncaster. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho
Aidan O’Brien’s hopes of breaking his own world record for Group/Grade One victories look to hinge on next weekend’s top-flight prizes.
After drawing a blank in the top contests at Saturday’s British Champions Day the Irish trainer remains on 22 Group One successes for the 2025 season. That’s six shy of his record tally of 28 in 2017.
Saxon Warrior’s Futurity win at Doncaster in 2017 saw O’Brien break Bobby Frankel’s old benchmark of 25. He has landed Britain’s final Group One prize of the year 11 times in all and has the current ante-post favourite Benvenuto Cellini for next Saturday’s cross-channel highlight.
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