SOME of the early anticipation for Irish Champions Stakes quickly dissipated mid-week following Aidan O’Brien’s rather bullish comments on a Delacroix/Ombudsman rematch.

“We’ll try to run a pacemaker if John doesn’t and we’ll make it very straightforward. The pacemaker will go on and Delacroix can follow him and Ombudsman can follow Delacroix, if he wants!