AIDAN O’Brien has told The Irish Field that Mendelssohn is on track for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in a fortnight’s time. The race will mark the three-year-old’s return to Churchill Downs, where he had a disastrous experience in the Kentucky Derby six months earlier.

Since winning the UAE Derby by an incredible 18 lengths back in March, the son of Scat Daddy has been campaigned exclusively in America. He was sent off second favourite for the Kentucky Derby but missed the break and got bumped at the start before trailing in last of 20 runners on a sloppy surface.