{"id":13025,"date":"2024-10-18T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=13025"},"modified":"2024-10-18T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T18:56:08","slug":"can-aidan-obriens-get-his-first-ascot-champions-day-winner-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/can-aidan-obriens-get-his-first-ascot-champions-day-winner-since-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Aidan O’Brien Get His First Ascot Champions Day Winner Since 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heading into the top Ascot fixture this weekend – we suspect not many horse racing fans would have guessed that leading Irish handler Aidan O’Brien hasn’t had a single British Champions Day winner in the last four renewals of the meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aidan O’Brien’s Last Champions Day Winner Came Five Years Ago<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Wow – it’s actually quite an amazing stat and one that I had to double and then triple check – as Aidan O’Brien’s<\/a> <\/strong>last Champions Day<\/strong> winner came back at the 2019 meeting.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Ballydoyle maestro has had to endure four blank meetings that have seen O’Brien’s last 28 Ascot Champions Day runners all getting stuffed.<\/p>\n

Aidan O’Brien’s last runner at the meeting came in 2023 in the Champion Stakes, when Point Lonsdale could only manage 4th behind the Amo Racing<\/a>-owned winner King Of Steel.<\/p>\n

So, which was the last horse that guided O’Brien into the horse racing<\/a> winners’ enclosure at Ascot’s Champions Day?<\/p>\n

Magical Was Aidan O’Brien’s Last Champions Day Winner In 2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Step forward Magical,<\/strong> the classy mare that landed the 2019 renewal of the Champion Stakes, which is the race that holds the biggest Champions Day prize money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Magical, who was ridden by Aidan’s son Donnacha, saw off Addeybb that year to reward backers with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> (watch below), while that success also remains O’Brien’s only victory in the Champion Stakes.<\/p>\n

Just prior to Magical’s win, O’Brien also saw his Kew Gardens win the 2019 Long Distance Cup at the meeting.<\/p>\n

A year later in 2020, Addeybb got his revenge on Magical in the Champion Stakes with the two finishing 1st and 3rd that season.<\/p>\n

However, these two horses remain his last winners at Ascot’s Champions Day heading into 2024 – which is quite amazing.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Magical Winning The 2019 British Champion Stakes at Ascot<\/strong><\/h3>\n