I walked into the sea wearing little but my City Of Troy gilet looking for answers in the Breeders’ Cup…

IF helium does it the feat volition beryllium past making and past defying, and 1 that would permission Coolmore Godfather John Magnier connected apical of the world.

But the elemental information is earlier the lawsuit no-one knows whether City Of Troy tin onshore Saturday's Breeders’ Cup Classic connected the Del Mar dirt.

For trainer Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore ‘lads’, this is the eventual infinitesimal of truth.

Since the twelvemonth 2000 they person tried to container a Classic, and it has go their Holy Grail.

But contempt sending sixteen horses into conflict – including legendary sire Galileo, the ‘iron horse’ Giant’s Causeway, Hawk Wing, gorgeous George Washington and So You Think – they person recovered occurrence elusive.

On Saturday, astatine 9.41pm unrecorded similar each Breeders’ Cup contention connected Sky Sports Racing, that could each change.

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On Thursday I walked into the Pacific Ocean conscionable disconnected the Del Mar seashore dressed successful my City of Troy gillet to intermission and deliberation for a moment.

Seas are, of course, associated with chaos. European turf prima City Of Troy volition look chaos successful the Classic that helium has ne'er travel adjacent to tackling earlier successful his illustrious, Epsom Derby-winning career.

O’Brien has looked nether each chromatic helium tin to effort and hole his monster for this trial of each tests.

He’s taken the lad of Justify to Southwell for a time retired connected that track’s artificial surface. He’s sat US prima Jerry Bailey down with Ryan Moore to spell implicit each tactical scenario. He’s talked the speech and walked the walk.

Now it’s down to Troy to deliver.

Gosh I anticipation helium does. Coolmore deserves this. How galore different Europeans would instrumentality up this challenge? Not many.

Dirt racing is each astir the break. About velocity of the speed. City Of Troy won’t cognize what has deed him. But helium mightiness conscionable bash it. That’s the quality of each this. He mightiness conscionable bash it.

If helium does, he’ll person to contradict Fierceness from the Todd Pletcher gait and, incidentally, soon to go a Coolmore sire.

The lad of City of Light – himself a Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile leader – blew retired successful the Kentucky Derby, but astir that decision has banged successful a Florida Derby and Grade 1 Travers, defeating the magnificent filly Thorpedo Anna who you volition spot successful the Distaff.

Then determination is Japanese prima Forever Young, the victor of nary little than six of his 7 starts and a adjacent 3rd successful the Kentucky Derby.

As a bet, I deliberation you could bash a batch worse than SIERRA LEONE who for maine is simply a cracking each-way proposition.

Stateside radical laughter astatine america Sierra Leone supporters. They accidental he’s fundamentally a twicer and doesn’t enactment it each in. Everyone has fixed up connected Sierra Leone. Not me!

Sierra Leone is simply a Grade 1 victor who was 3rd successful the Travers, 3rd successful the Belmont and 2nd successful the Kentucky Derby. He’s astatine agelong likelihood and should get a accelerated gait to tally at. He mightiness conscionable autumn in.

Away from the Classic, a fabulous nighttime of racing awaits us, and that includes a belting Breeders’ Cup Mile.

The 2000 Guineas leader Notable Speech is up against Porta Fortuna, who was runner-up successful past year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf astatine Santa Anita, 2nd successful the 1000 Guineas and the victor of the Group 1 Coronation, Falmouth and Matron Stakes.

Carl Spackler is the American turfer not to disregard successful the aforesaid race, portion Diego Velazquez mightiness person much to springiness astatine this travel having been dropped successful distance.

I’m sticking with NOTABLE SPEECH for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby, who are trying to triumph the Mile for a grounds 4th clip successful a row.

The Turf Sprint numbers Bradsell, Believing and Big Evs, though I wonderment if filly STAR OF MYSTERY is the worth eachway here.

Emily Upjohn and Frankie Dettori tackle REBEL’S ROMANCE successful the Turf, a contention the second won successful 2022, portion Yorkshire Oaks heroine Content bids to get her play backmost connected way successful the Filly & Mare Turf.

The section anticipation WAR LIKE GODDESS mightiness beryllium hard to bushed successful that contest. She tackled Auguste Rodin successful the Turf past twelvemonth and this is overmuch easier, though beryllium warned she’s a quirky beardown traveller that doesn’t ever find.

Boy, what a time up successful California. I conscionable privation the water had each the answers. The results could yet permission maine each astatine sea.

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