Joseph O’Brien finds a plum Grade One opportunity for his older star Al Riffa in Saratoga

Joseph O’Brien finds a plum Grade One opportunity for his older star Al Riffa in SaratogaTunbridge Wells could be in line for Coventry Stakes after impressive Curragh showing

Al Riffa will break from stall six of the nine runners and has both Godolphin rivals on his outside in a contest which could take place on ground with some dig in it, an ideal scenario for the O’Brien hope. Brown also has the Belmont Stakes favourite in the Coolmore partnership’s Sierra Leone. Beaten a nose by Mystik Dan in last month’s Kentucky Derby, the colt has a new rider in Frenchman Flavin Prat with Tyler Gaffalione paying the price for Sierra Leone’s wayward stretch run at Churchill Downs. He again clashes with Mystik Dan as well as the Preakness hero Seize The Grey.

Jamie Spencer has been snapped up for the Irish hope who belied big odds to run third to Candleford in the Curragh’s Orby Stakes on her last start over Guineas weekend. Ezeliya’s Epsom Oaks victory last weekend puts a whole new slant on that previous course effort and it looks worth taking a chance on Everlasting putting that lacklustre Guineas effort well behind her.

With that experience under his belt, and a smoother passage through the race, Colin Keane’s mount should be a prime contender.

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