{"id":61807,"date":"2025-09-02T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=61807"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:44:12","slug":"melbourne-cup-entries-2025-british-irish-runners-aidan-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/melbourne-cup-entries-2025-british-irish-runners-aidan-obrien\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidan O&#8217;Brien Ponders Running Three In 2025 Melbourne Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Top Irish trainer Aidan O&#8217;Brien is considering running three horses in the Melbourne Cup &#8211; as the Ballydoyle handler has entered a trio of colts for the <em>&#8216;Race The Stops A Nation&#8217;<\/em> Down Under in early November.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While, at this stage, there are 14 possible runners trained in Ireland and Britain &#8211; see the full list below.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Aidan O&#8217;Brien Enters Three For 2025 Melbourne Cup As He Eyes First Success In Race\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Having had his 2024 St Leger winner Jan Brueghel pulled out of the race last year due to a failed vets check &#8211; many thought Aidan O&#8217;Brien might swerve the Melbourne Cup in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He might still just do that, but it seems the Ballydoyle maestro is maybe having second thoughts &#8211; with three entries for the 4th November race later this year at Flemington Park.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been confirmed that at this stage O&#8217;Brien is thinking about sending three of his top staying colts Down Under to target the \u00a32.3m first prize.<\/p>\n<p>The three horses in question are &#8211; AFTERMATH, MOUNT KILIMANJARO and SCANDINAVIA, who is the current market leader with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">horse racing betting sites<\/a> for the St Leger at Doncaster on the 13th September.<\/p>\n<p>While Scandinavia is currently a best-priced 16\/1 for the Melbourne Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Odds that are sure to shorten if &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>1. He lands the final English Classic of the season.<br \/>\n2. He is a confirmed Melbourne Cup runner when the final declarations come out in the coming months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">**EXCLUSIVE**<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Aidan has been talked around and has entered 3 colts for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday November 4th &#8211; Personally surprised after Ban Breughel last year Hopefully things run smoother this year if any of the 3 actually turn up at\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1eoWft8n0\">pic.twitter.com\/f1eoWft8n0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AIDANOBRIENFANSITE (@aobrienfansite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aobrienfansite\/status\/1962783850104320332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Possible Aidan O&#8217;Brien Melbourne Cup Runners 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>AFTERMATH &#8211;<\/strong> Has only raced three times but has already shown promise. Was last in action winning at the Curragh over 7f in September 2024 though, so hasn&#8217;t been out so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Is a colt by US Triple Crown winner Justify, so can be expected to stay further than the races he&#8217;s been running in &#8211; but stepping up beyond 2m will be a total unknown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOUNT KILIMANJARO &#8211;<\/strong> French-bred that was last seen running 6th (of 7) in the Great Voltigeur Stakes at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/york-ebor-festival-dates-2025-race-times-tv-schedule-tickets\/\">York Ebor Festival<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that won the Dee Stakes at Chester in May (watch below) &#8211; staying on well over that 1m 2 1\/2f trip to suggest a crack over further is worth a go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"A Ryan Moore masterclass! Mount Kilimanjaro flies home late in the Dee Stakes!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nphgqyw5Zuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCANDINAVIA &#8211;<\/strong> The best known of the possible Aidan O&#8217;Brien Melbourne Cup runners &#8211; having won the Gordon Stakes at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/glorious-goodwood-dates-race-schedule-dress-code-and-ticket-options-2025\/\">Glorious Goodwood<\/a> at the end of July (watch below).<\/p>\n<p>He beat stablemate Illinois that day by 3\/4 of a length and since then has been all the rage for the St Leger later his month.<\/p>\n<p>If he wins that Doncaster race will have a similar profile to last year&#8217;s Jan Brueghel, who missed the Melbourne Cup late on.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SCANDINAVIA  repels ILLINOIS in Goodwood Cup to set up St Leger tilt\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBhjB6ssVgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Has Aidan O&#8217;Brien Won The Melbourne Cup Before?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>No, Aidan O&#8217;Brien is yet to win the Melbourne Cup.<\/p>\n<p>His last runners in the race were in 2020, when Tiger Moth was a 1\/2-length runner-up to Twilight Payment &#8211; who was trained by Aidan&#8217;s son Joseph O&#8217;Brien.<\/p>\n<p>But that was also the same year Anthony Van Dyck also ran for O&#8217;Brien and sadly broke down in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph O&#8217;Brien also won the Melbourne Cup in 2017 with Rekindling (watch below)- so he&#8217;s 2-0 up on his father in the race at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"2017 Melbourne Cup | Full Race | (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_X2_pzRCy5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Melbourne Cup 2025 Date and Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Tuesday 4th November 2025<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTime: 4:00am (GMT)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Flemington Park (2m)<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb0Winning Purse: <span class=\"NA6bn BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u00a3<\/span><\/span>2,352,941<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: Sky Sports Racing<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Possible Irish and British-Trained Melbourne Cup Runners\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the three possible Aidan O&#8217;Brien Melbourne Cup runners &#8211; there are eleven other Irish and British-trained entries at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>With Joseph O&#8217;Brien having two &#8211; Al Riffa, who was recently sold to the Australian Bloodstock syndicate, and the JP McManus-owned Goodie Two Shoes.<\/p>\n<p>While Willie Mullins has last year&#8217;s fifth Absurde still in the race, as well as Hipop De Loire, who was last seen running sixth in the Ebor Handicap.<\/p>\n<p>Of the British-trained runners Andrew Balding has Further, David O&#8217;Meara Epic Poet, Tom Clover Tabletalk, Simon and Ed Crisford Meydaan and Brian Ellison Onesmoothoperator, who was 12th in the race in 2024.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Absurde Willie Mullins<\/li>\n<li>Aftermath Aidan O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Al Riffa Joseph O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Duraji Dermot Weld<\/li>\n<li>Epic Poet David O&#8217;Meara<\/li>\n<li>Furthur Andrew Balding<\/li>\n<li>Goodie Two Shoes Joseph O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Harbour Wind Dermot Weld<\/li>\n<li>Hipop De Loire Willie Mullins<\/li>\n<li>Meydaan Simon and Ed Crisford<\/li>\n<li>Mount Kilimanjaro Aidan O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Onesmoothoperator Brian Ellison<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavia Aidan O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Tabletalk Tom Clover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Melbourne Cup Winners <em>(Last 10 Years)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2024 &#8211;<\/strong> KNIGHT&#8217;S CHOICE (90\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2023 &#8211; <\/strong>WITHOUT A FIGHT (7\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2022 &#8211;<\/strong> GOLD TRIP (20\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2021 \u2013<\/strong> VERRY ELLEEGANT (17\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2020 &#8211;<\/strong> TWILIGHT PAYMENT (25\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019 \u2013 <\/strong>VOW AND DECLARE (10\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2018 \u2013 <\/strong>CROSS COUNTER (8\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017 \u2013 <\/strong>REKINDLING (14\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016 \u2013 <\/strong>ALMANDIN (10\/1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015 \u2013 <\/strong>PRINCE OF PENZANCE (100\/1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>WATCH: Knight&#8217;s 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