Albert Einstein, who Aidan O'Brien labelled 'a very, very fast horse' after his G3 Marble Hill Stakes success at the Curragh, will miss Royal Ascot due to a sprained joint.
The unbeaten colt headed the G2 Coventry Stakes betting at odds of 6-4 prior to Monday's announcement on X by Coolmore Stud.
“Gr.3 Marble Hill Stakes winner Albert Einstein unfortunately will not run at Royal Ascot due to a sprained joint. He will have an easy three weeks,” the quote, which was attributed to O'Brien, read.
Connections of Albert Einstein thought long and hard about allotting such a lofty name. Following that Marble Hill Stakes triumph, where the son of Wootton Bassett showed a smart turn of foot to overhaul Power Blue, O'Brien revealed that the colt's name had been changed on multiple occasions to match the opinion in which he was held at home at Ballydoyle.
He said, “Every time we named him I think Sue [Magnier] maybe thought the name wasn't good enough for him. I wasn't even sure what his name was because it was changed so many times. I'm delighted for the lads and he's very exciting.”
In Albert Einstein's absence, the Charlie Appleby-trained Treanmore (Frankel), who sold to Godolphin for €2 million at last year's Goffs Orby Sale, heads the Coventry Stakes betting at general odds of 3-1. Meanwhile, O'Brien and the Coolmore partners could yet be represented in the race by Charles Darwin, who has been shortened into odds of 6-1.
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