Steinbeck a novel choice for Irish 2000 Guineas
The away fixture at Newmarket may not have been a success but Aidan O’Brien is a man who always appears more at ease at home.
O’Brien has six runners for the Abu Dhabi Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday and Steinbeck looks to be the pick. He has been drawn in stall six, which was the same box that Mastercrasftsman broke from when he became the trainer’s sixth winner of the Classic 12 months ago, and his trainer will be hoping for a champagne performance rather than something close to author John Steinbeck’s vintage novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
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