Aidan O'Brien on his runners for Glorious Goodwood 2024

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Renowned trainer Aidan O'Brien on his runners for Glorious Goodwood 2024

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00:00Keep your eyes very well, he is him, he is lazy in his work as you can see but very happy

00:27with him, everything has went well since Ascot, yeah so far so good.

00:30He is a lot of class this horse, he is a lot more class than anybody thinks, he does stay

00:35which is unusual but he has a lot of class, like he would have no problem being a group

00:39horse over a mile and a quarter, really those good stayers are very rare, when you go past

00:45those distances very few horses get them really and he has the class and gets the trip as

00:49well.

00:50Like obviously we don't ever want to take any chance with him, we owe him a lot more

00:54than he owes us really, at one stage we didn't think he would live, it looked like he was

00:58going to get through that part of it, then we had to teach him how to use his joint so

01:04he had to learn how to walk again, when he started walking he had to walk on a very slow

01:09treadmill with bales on either side of him to stop him from falling over so that will

01:13just tell you from where he came from, it's incredible really, I never thought he would

01:17race ever again.

01:18If the ground was very fast in Goodwood then we will have to think about whether we will

01:23risk him or not, but hopefully it will be fine and he will run, but if he didn't, Pint

01:28Lansdale is going to be an unbelievable sub, he handles fast ground, he is sure that he

01:34gets a mile and seven very well and there is every chance he could get two miles, so

01:38he is a horse with a lot of class as well and obviously we saw his last run he wasn't

01:42beating very little over a mile and a half in a group one, so he is a lovely horse, great

01:46mind, great mover, everything about him is lovely.

01:49On to Wednesday, Henry Longfellow is an exceptional horse, he hasn't got his head in front this

01:53season but is he set for the rematch in the Sussex Stakes?

01:56Yes, the first day in France was a non-event really, so we just put a line through that

02:01and when that happens you don't learn much, so you kind of have to go to the next race

02:05and obviously then we went to Ascot and it was a massive run, so we learned a lot about

02:08him in Ascot and we are looking forward to him in Goodwood.

02:11We always thought he was a very special horse, what he did last year and if we had got a

02:15better, clearer run in France we would have known more going into Ascot, so really we

02:21went to Ascot and we were learning but we were very happy with his run and looking forward

02:26to him the next day.

02:27And do you think you will stick with a mile with him this season or could you see him

02:29stepping up?

02:30Possibly he could but he is low to speed, he is not slow, there is every chance that

02:34he will stay at a mile but he can step up and it depends on what the lads decide and

02:39want to do themselves really.

02:40And then on to Thursday, Opera Singer, she ran such a fantastic race in the coronation

02:45at Royal Ascot, how pleased were you with that run?

02:47Yes, we were delighted, very happy, Ryan just fell to Ascot, the other horse that led just

02:51messed up his pace a little bit but we were over the moon with her, we were always going

02:56to step up to a mile and a quarter to go to the Nassau after that and that is the plan,

03:00everything has went well since and we are looking forward to seeing her over a mile

03:03and a quarter and she will probably even go further.

03:06Another of your three rods, Jan Brugel, is he a possible winner at Gordon Stakes?

03:10Yes, that is the plan, he is a lovely horse, he scored two mile and a half, it was a mile

03:14and a quarter last day, we always thought he was going to stay and could stay further,

03:18I am very happy with him, relaxed, laid back horse, he has had two lovely runs this year

03:21so very happy with him.

03:23And a possible stepping stone to the St Leger as well?

03:25Exactly, that is what we were thinking, we thought it would fit in lovely into his programme.

03:28And then on Saturday, the Lily Langtree, maybe great for her, is that a possible runner?

03:32Yes, that is the plan, she is a Galileo filly, she is obviously the last of the Galileos

03:36out of Teppan, she is the most incredible pedigree, we were delighted it was the last

03:39day that she stepped up in distance, she was still green when she got to the front rowing

03:43and he thought that she was going to come forward again, so that is the plan hopefully.

03:47And Goodwood is a special track, you have had some amazing days, what was your earliest

03:51memory of Goodwood?

03:52Oh gee, I suppose Yates is always a big one in Goodwood.

03:56Young again here at Goodwood, the winner in 2006, he is going to win in 2008, a Steyr

04:02in a million, the supreme Steyr, a brilliant Steyr, Yates wins with tremendous class.

04:09Goodwood is a special track, special atmosphere, special place, unusual track, it tests the

04:15horse in every way, it is left, right, up, down, great atmosphere there, people are lovely,

04:19it is just a very special place and I think glorious Goodwood describes it to a T really

04:25and I think you have to go see it to really appreciate it.

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