Aidan O’Brien has confirmed Ryan Moore will ride So You Think in Wednesday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The Australian import has impressed greatly in his two starts in Ireland this season, most recently winning the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.
Moore was on board on that occasion and O’Brien said it was the intention for him to familiarise himself with the giant five-year-old before his first start in England.
“The reason Ryan rode him at the Curragh was because the lads (John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith) had asked him to ride at Ascot and when he said he could, everyone was very anxious that he could get to sit on him before then and the best place to do that was in the Tattersalls,” O’Brien told At The Races.
“The plan is hopefully that he will ride him at Ascot and we’ll see after that.
“He’s a big cruiser so it’s hard to know exactly what his best trip is. You wouldn’t be afraid to run him over a mile (1600m) on what he has shown at home but it will be interesting to see what happens at Ascot.”
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