Horse Racing
Aidan O’Brien suffers major 2,000 Guineas blow as leading fancy ‘unlikely’ to run
The Ballydoyle trainer had named Twain as his main hope of capturing the first British Classic of the Flat season but the colt has delivered an unsatisfactory scope
Aidan O’Brien’s challenge for the 2,000 Guineas has suffered a huge blow after his leading hope Twain was declared a major doubt on Tuesday. Two weeks ago Twain was favourite for the Newmarket Classic after the Ballydoyle trainer signalled the colt had become his number one hope for Saturday’s big race over stablemate Expanded.
