Moore To Ride For O’Brien at The Curragh

Jockey Ryan Moore will take the first-string Ballydoyle rides at The Curragh’s season-opening meeting Sunday, with Joseph O’Brien unable to do the weight. O’Brien will instead make his hurdling debut at Limerick aboard the the J P McManus-owned Egyptian Warrior (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is trained by his father Aidan O’Brien.

The elder O’Brien said his son will return to riding on the flat this season.

“Joseph is a little heavy at the moment but plans to be back riding on the flat shortly,” he said. “He has his first ride over hurdles on Egyptian Warrior at Limerick on Sunday after which he will travel to the Curragh to ride work after racing. Ryan [Moore] will ride all of our first-string horses at the Curragh on Sunday.”