‘Superstar’ horse a shock name on secret list of Aidan O’Brien runners no longer in training

A SECRET list of Aidan O’Brien horses apparently no longer in training has been leaked online.

And among the shock names we might not see on a racecourse again are a ‘superstar in the making’ and Royal Ascot winner from just last month.

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Order Of Australia was a superstar for O’Brien but is now out of training with the Irish genius[/caption]

The Coolmore-owned Statuette was two from two on the track, winning the Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes at the Curragh last June.

A Justify filly out of dual Group 1-winning mare Immortal Verse she was made 1000 Guineas favourite and jockey Ryan Moore said of her last April: “She has showed loads of talent, loads of potential.

“It’d be great if we could get her back soon because she should be exceptional, the feel she would give you at home.

“She’s a natural, loads of pace. A lot of talent. Hopefully we get her back.”

But Statuette has not been seen since that second victory and her racing career is now seemingly over.

The three-year-old was among nine names included on a list of horses no longer in training with Irish genius O’Brien.

Surprisingly, it also included last month’s Royal Ascot winner Age Of Kings.

Bought for around £1million as a yearling in October 2021, the three-year-old was an impressive winner of the Group 3 Jersey Stakes.

Sent off unfancied at 22-1, Wayne Lordan steered the outsider to a length victory over 22-1 runner-up Zoology.

Victory was worth £85,000 but now, according to the list retweeted by the respected Aidan O’Brian fansite account, the horse is out of training.

Another was Order Of Australia, the six-year-old former Breeders’ Cup Mile hero of 2020.

Ridden by Pierre-Charles Boudot in Keeneland then, Order Of Australia sprung a 40-1 shock to land the £782,000 first-place prize.

Boudot has since been banned from racing indefinitely amid a rape allegation he denies – but is currently riding out at O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard.

Order Of Australia had two Group 2 successes at the Curragh in July 2021 and 2022 courtesy of the Minstrel Stakes.

While his last big-race win came in the £237,000 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup in Doha.

The horses out of training according to the list also included Yukon River, Duke Cador, Carracci, Drumroll, Maybe Just Maybe and Beginnings.

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