{"id":296128,"date":"2023-10-17T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296128"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:24:14","slug":"aidan-obrien-fears-rain-might-spoil-city-of-troys-newmarket-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/aidan-obrien-fears-rain-might-spoil-city-of-troys-newmarket-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidan O&apos;Brien fears rain might spoil City of Troy&apos;s Newmarket hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Aidan O&#8217;Brien fears rain might spoil City of Troy&#8217;s Newmarket hopes as an overnight soaking threatens the red-hot favourite in the\u00a0Dewhurst Stakes<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trainer Aidan O&#8217;Brien has expressed concern over rain at the Newmarket course<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>His red-hot Dewhurst Stakes favourite City of Troy could struggle on the soft turf<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>O\u2019Brien is chasing a record eighth win in the Dewhurst on Saturday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aidan O\u2019Brien has admitted it will be a concern for his red-hot Dewhurst Stakes favourite City of Troy if significant rain falls overnight at Newmarket.<\/p>\n<p>The Ryan Moore-ridden colt produced a stunning performance when winning the Group Two Superlative Stakes on Newmarket\u2019s July course, a run which means he is 5-2 favourite for next season\u2019s 2,000 Guineas and 4-1 favourite for the Derby.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien pulled City of Troy out of the National Stakes at the Curragh last month with going officially described as good to yielding. The ground at Newmarket on Friday was described as soft before rain arrived at 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien, chasing a record eighth win in the Dewhurst, indicated that City of Troy\u2019s presence in the line-up was not under threat but he added: \u2018I walked the track today and I would have been happy with it but it depends how much rain we get. The less the better. It won\u2019t be ideal but we are running out of options to run him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien has described the two-year-old as an unusual horse in that he has taken all his training and races so far easily in his stride.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/22\/76540445-0-image-a-18_1697233910052.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aidan O\u2019Brien has admitted it will be a concern for his red-hot Dewhurst Stakes favourite City of Troy if significant rain falls overnight at Newmarket<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/22\/76540459-0-image-a-19_1697233912917.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien previously pulled City of Troy out of the National Stakes at the Curragh last month<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018He hasn\u2019t got tired yet in anything we have asked him to do.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Owen Burrows also would prefer a drier track for course winner Alyanaabi but Charlie Hills-trained Champagne Stakes winner Iberian is proven on soft ground.<\/p>\n<p>Hills said: \u2018He handled the ground well enough at Doncaster. Everything about him is top notch. Aidan\u2019s horse looks very good but Iberian\u2019s work has been excellent and as good as you\u2019d see.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12629485\/Aidan-OBrien-fears-rain-spoil-City-Troys-Newmarket-hopes-overnight-soaking-threatens-red-hot-favourite-Dewhurst-Stakes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aidan O&#8217;Brien fears rain might spoil City of Troy&#8217;s Newmarket hopes as an overnight soaking threatens the red-hot favourite in <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aidan O&amp;apos;Brien fears rain might spoil City of Troy&amp;apos;s Newmarket hopes - 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