Magical may prove to be a Guineas hope for wizard O'Brien

David Baxter runs the rule over the two-year-old action in Ireland and France

Aidan O'Brien: trains promising juvenile filly MagicalCredit: Getty Images

The market may have got it wrong in the Debutante Stakes but Aidan O'Brien rarely does, and it could be that Magical is a genuine contender for the Classics.

Although the supposed third string of the O'Brien team for the Curragh Group 2, she was there to be shot at throughout having taken the field along under Donnacha O'Brien, but proved too hard to pass.

Her more fancied stablemates Happily and September held every chance in behind, but couldn't get to her, and there did not look to be any obvious excuses.

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David BaxterReporter

Published on 20 August 2017inNews

Last updated 17:19, 20 August 2017

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