Auguste Rodin will head 14 horses set to line up in Saturday’s QIPCO 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket where victory could set up a rare Triple Crown challenge.
The colt is one of two runners for ten-time race-winning trainer Aidan O’Brien who will also saddle Little Big Bear in the first Classic of the season.
The English Triple Crown – the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas, Betfred Derby and Betfred St Leger - has not been won since Nijinsky in 1970, trained at O’Brien’s Ballydoyle stables by his predecessor Vincent O’Brien.