A total of 11 blue-blooded Aidan O’Brien-trained juveniles will line up in three Group One races this weekend, with plenty up for grabs.
One of them is Puerto Rico who has been supplemented into Sunday’s €250,000 Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. He is the sole Ballydoyle two-year-old colt to have already won at the top level this season, successful in the Lagadere on Arc day.
Apart from that though, it has been a rare blank for O’Brien in the ultra-important Group One juvenile prizes which are vital in the stallion-making business.
Coolmore’s announcement of the retirement to stud of both Camille Pissarro and Henri Matisse this week concentrated almost as much on how they each won at the top level
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