Aidan O’Brien does not foresee any issues for Order Of St George when he returns on Sunday at Navan.
The son of Galileo rounded off last season with a win at the Long Distance Cup on Champions Day at Ascot, ending a campaign that had also included a second Irish St Leger.
Order Of St George is the big name in the field for Sunday’s one-mile-six-furlong Group Three, but connections will be hoping for better than in this race last year when he suffered a shock defeat to Jessica Harrington‘s Torcedor.
The Jim Bolger-trained Clongowes and Jedd O’Keeffe’s Lord Yeats are amongst the challengers, but O’Brien says he is confident the six-year-old can make a successful start to the season.
He said: “He’s in good form. He’s just ready to start back and we’re happy with him. We’re hoping he runs a nice race.”
