«Breaking News» Aidan O'Brien backs Kew Gardens to deliver victory in William Hill St Leger

Aidan O'Brien is confident victory for warm favourite Kew Gardens in the William Hill St Leger on Saturday week could ignite a stuttering campaign and produce a clutch of big-race successes in the final months of the season.

A mid-season virus denied a number of O'Brien's string the chance to reach their full potential this summer, with the likes of 2000Guineas hero Saxon Warrior waylaid by a well-documented bug which swept through Ballydoyle.

However, the master Irish trainer believes his string are now returning to full capacity and a duel assault on both the English and Irish Legers next weekend represents stage one of an ambitious assault on some of the world's premier prizes in the final quarter of the year.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien believes his string can secure some victories in late-season races

Kew Gardens is one of a quartet along with Southern France,The Pentagon and Nelson which could head to Town Moor, while the likes of SaxonWarrior (Irish Champion Stakes), Capri (L'Arc de Triomphe), US Navy Flag (The Everest), Ten Sovereigns (Middle Park Stakes) and Mendelsson (Breeders' Cup Classic) are also set to tackle major autumn assignments.

O'Brien said: 'The horses are healthier now and we havebeen pleased with their comeback runs.

'Kew Gardens is the one tofocus on for the Leger as we've always loved him as he's a big rangy horse.

'He had one disappointing run in the Derby and hedisappointed us a little bit at Lingfield when he was beaten and lost a shoe, but may be he is ahorse that likes a level track.

'Maybe we were also too positive on him in the Derby and he got hung up on the early pace. Donnacha (O'Brien) came back and said 'take your time on him and he will be much better' and that's why we let him relax and he was trained like that for Ascot.

'He would compare well with our previous winners ofthe race as he has already won his Group 1 (in France) and we think he is avery smart colt.' 

O'Brien has backed Kew Gardens to win the William Hill St Leger on Saturday week 

O'Brien also issued upbeat bulletins on the progress of fellow St Leger hope Southern France who has 'stepped forward significantly for his recent Curragh run', while Saxon Warrior is also recovering well having been one of the worst hit by the virus.

'Saxon Warrior was sick enough after Sandown,properly sick so all we wanted to do is get him healthy and get a run into him,that was the reason for going to York and we were very happy with his runthere,' he said.

'We are thinking of the Irish Champion Stakes and the other race we have in our mind isthe Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October.' However, Order Of St George, winner of the 2016Ascot Gold Cup, looks unlikely to bid for an historic hat-trick in the Irish StLeger.

'I'm not sure he's going to make it, he's just feeling his age at the moment..'

 

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