O'BRIEN EXCITED BY MINNIE HAUK

"She's had lovely races all the way along, she's not a filly that has had too hard a time. The three-year-olds can progress into another gear at this time of year as they slowly progress into four-year-olds, so it will be interesting and we're as fascinated as everybody else.

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"You're never sure how they'll cope with a big field until they have to, but she is very straightforward and she's always very happy to go forward. She's uncomplicated and she's a big, strong traveller.

"She has pace early and usually finds it easy enough to get a position, hopefully she'll be OK.

"Minnie Hauk has only met the older fillies once in York. Up to now you can only hope, you never know how they'll get on until they meet in these championship races."