Twain

Sunday, Curragh, post time: 15:35, TOTE GUARANTEE, NEVER BEATEN BY SP ALLEGED STAKES-G3, €42,000, 4yo/up, 10fT Field: Trustyourinstinct (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Eastwatch (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), Edward Hamilton (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Green Impact (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Omni Man (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Red Letter (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Royal Rhyme (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Starford (Ire) (Beckford {GB}), Twain (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Beset (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), Bubble Gum (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}), Carolina Jetstream (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}). TDN Analysis: This sees the keenly-anticipated return of TDN Rising...

Classic trials may be about as fashionable as corduroy these days but I still love both, so it has been a riveting few weeks considering which of the three-year-olds may be about to take a big step forwards or may already have shown their best. People love racing for different reasons but attempting to know the unknowable is a major draw, and those puzzles are there for all involved in different facets of the game, from breeders to owners, trainers or punters. Whether through formal trials, racecourse gallops, or stable...

ROSEGREEN, Ireland -- It's that time of year again. The countdown to the Classics. Better than Christmas. And there are few better ways to indulge dreams of what may be about to unfold in the coming weeks than by annoying Aidan O'Brien for a morning at Ballydoyle. He must find it irksome, all these pesky journalists turning up, as surely as the first swallow of spring. But if he does, he hides it well, and almost seems to revel in sharing what he clearly finds the most rewarding part of...

Aidan O'Brien has revealed that long-time 2,000 Guineas favourite The Lion In Winter (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is unlikely to make the Newmarket Classic on May 3 and nominated Expanded (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Twain (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) as being the most likely Ballydoyle-trained representatives for the race instead. The news, which was delivered at the annual Ballydoyle press morning, saw Expanded usurp The Lion In Winter as the new 2,000 Guineas favourite at odds of 6-1 while Twain has also shortened into 9-1. "The Lion In...