AIDAN O’Brien’s job is to produce world-class racehorses in top shape for meetings like the Irish Champions Festival, but he could well get a marketing job for the two-day extravaganza if he fancied it.

There was plenty of reaction to the record-breaking trainer’s comments earlier this year in response to negativity surrounding Irish Derby day at the Curragh, urging the public to embrace more positivity surrounding the redeveloped track’s marquee day.