The legend who trains him believes him to be tremendously exciting and you just wonder how good he might be over a mile and a quarter.
But this was something different this was a procession this is a serious colt. Little did poor Mick Mulvaney, trainer of the 81-rated runner-up Duke Of Leggagh, know he had bumped into an extraordinary colt who could yet be the story of the season.įrom a handicap to a Listed race and on to the Irish 2,000 Guineas, Paddington progressed at a rapid rate. He rocked up to Naas in late March off a mark of 97 and you could have got 6-4 about him winning it. He started off in a handicap of all things. Paddington certainly was not in the Premier League at Ballydoyle at the start of the season. Then Ryan Moore pressed go on Paddington between the two-furlong and furlong poles and within a few strides it was money for jam, or marmalade if you like. The winners of the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas going head to head and when Chaldean led into the home straight with Paddington poised to his outside, the stage was set for a compelling climax. This was everything we need the St James's Palace Stakes to be. Paddington is the name and winning Group 1s is his game. Aidan O'Brien is now the most successful trainer in Royal Ascot history – and how fitting the record was smashed by a brand spanking new star of the mile division.
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