EXCEL ON COURSE FOR MILE ASSAULT
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Excelebration will aim to maintain the good record of European challengers in the Breeders' Cup Mile on Saturday week.
Aidan O'Brien's four-year-old has stepped out of Frankel's shadow in no uncertain terms and, apart from his debut when with Marco Botti, he has won every race he has contested that has not featured the world's greatest racehorse.
On Saturday he arguably put up a career-best display in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and he is likely to be a warm favourite at Santa Anita.
O'Brien said: "He's in good form and I hope he travels there well. We think he's a very exceptional horse. He's getting quicker and stronger and has progressed very well.
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ST NICH BIDS FOR SANTA ANITA DOUBLE
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Aidan O'Brien has landed the Breeders' Cup Turf three times and will saddle both Treasure Beach and the returning champion St Nicholas Abbey at Santa Anita on Saturday week.
Ladbrokes make St Nicholas Abbey their 3-1 second-favourite behind Point Of Entry (5-2), who beat Treasure Beach in the recent Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes, although Coral have them both at 3s.
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