ITALIAN JOB FOR O'BRIEN

ITALY has a strong chance of emulating the success of stablemate The Lion In Winter in this race 12 months ago.

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It will hardly make the News At Ten that Italy, a juvenile trained by Aidan O'Brien, has a desirable pedigree — he’s a son of Wootton Bassett out of Bound, herself a sister to 2020 Derby victor Serpentine.

A 200,000gns purchase as a yearling, the bay colt went off a hot 4-9 favourite against five opponents at Leopardstown in May.