I NEVER had Aidan O’Brien down as a fan of the cult TV show ‘The Wire’, but there was more than a hint of arch-villain Marlo Stansfield when Gary O’Brien asked him about how he was going to place his many classy middle-distance and staying older horses, his response being that it is ‘one of those good problems.’

Two of that cohort won at the Curragh last Saturday, the trainer pointing out that Continuous had been on the sidelines while ‘giving other horses a chance’, while he also made similar comments about Point Lonsdale in a recent interview on Racing TV ahead of the Ebor meeting.