O'BRIEN SWEET ON ST NICK.
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Joseph O'Brien is excited about being involved in the Juddmonte International at York on Wednesday as his mount St Nicholas Abbey takes on the unbeaten Frankel.
But whereas Frankel is stepping up in trip to 10 furlongs for the first time in the Group One contest, St Nicholas Abbey's best form is over a mile and a half, including when winning two Coronation Cups and a Breeders' Cup Turf.
O'Brien does not expect the distance to be a problem for the five-year-old, who finished strongly to take third place in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes behind Danedream on his last run.
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CECIL EXCITED ABOUT VOLTIGEUR BID.
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Sir Henry Cecil will be double-handed in Wednesday's Neptune Investment Management Great Voltigeur Stakes at York with Thomas Chippendale and Noble Mission clashing for the second time.
The pair were split by just half a length when first and second in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, while Frankel's younger brother Noble Mission went on to thwart Encke by a nose in Goodwood's Gordon Stakes.
"The Great Voltigeur looks a very good race but I am looking forward to running Thomas Chippendale and Noble Mission," said Cecil.
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