THERE are some big prizes up for grabs in the US in the months ahead, not least at the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita on November 4th and 5th, and it must be long odds-on that Aidan O’Brien - who sent over Deauville to win the Belmont Derby in July - will be involved to some degree.

Recent events suggest you would not be in a great hurry to take on Flintshire on turf at anything between 10 furlongs and 12 furlongs.