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Aidan O'Brien's Words to run at Royal Ascot

Trainer Aidan O' Brien (centre) walks the course with his jockey son Joseph and daughter Anna before the Charm Spirit Dahlia Stakes Race run during the QIP
Image: O'Brien: Trainer of Words.

Aidan O'Brien is likely to be looking towards Royal Ascot with the promising filly Words.

The beautifully-bred Dansili filly is a daughter of Moonstone, who was an Irish Oaks winner.

She looked to have a huge future when beating the classy Raydara on her only run at the Curragh last season, but she met with a slight setback over the winter which has ruled her out of the early Classics.

As low as 14/1 in places for the Oaks, O'Brien could wait for the Ribblesdale at Ascot instead.

"The lad who rides her out home says she'll win the Ribblesdale, so he's obviously not thinking of the Classics," O'Brien told At The Races.

"We're going to go gently with her, she might not be ready for the Classics so we might end up at Ascot with her, but we'll see.

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"Looking at her I thought she could be a miler. She looked like a Guineas filly the day she won but we didn't have a clear run and couldn't get a consistent spell of long training into her which is why she's a bit behind."

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