Cheers for reminding me about that one Foyles

Aidan O'Brien reveals 2,000 Guineas favourite Albert Einstein could make earlier than expected comeback this weekend


"The Gladness is there and Albert obviously hasn't run. He's not like the typical one of ours to go into the Guineas first time out because he only had a couple of runs at the very start of last year and it's a long time since he last ran.
"So we were just debating whether we should give him a run before the Guineas. And then if we were going to do that, where would that be? We thought our only two options would be the Curragh or Leopardstown."


"It's all a little bit up in the air but there is a possibility that he could go to the Curragh on Saturday, and the reason is it's such a long time since he ran. It might just be more important to get a run into him on a day at the races with the stalls and everything."

So comb over will run the Genius

Brilliant

What quote will AOB come up with next time? He looks and runs like Frankel?

Delashay • March 21, 2026 9:35 AM GMT

There’s enough in the formlines through Andab to Albert to warrant taking him on, that and never having raced over further than 6f.

Andab 5 runs 1 win 1 2nd 1 3rd

2/7 btn 2½L Rayif 9-1

6/10 btn 3¼L Zavateri 9-6   

4/20 btn 3¾L Gstaad 9-3

3/6  btn 1½ Albert Einstein

(Finished behind Do or Do Not twice amongst those races above so gives the form some look of being creditable)

Reflecting on Albert Einstein's disappointing display in the Gladness, O'Brien said: "I think he’s a sprinter and that was a little bit of the reason he was here. It was a very tough call to run him in that ground against older, hardier horses. Obviously we just have to do the right thing by the horse.

"He’s always found it very hard to go slow. Some horses find it very hard to go quick but he finds it very hard to go slow. Usually that kind of horse needs a very strong tempo early. The lads will decide but my initial thought is that he’ll be coming back and he’ll go sprinting."

He added: "It’s a very difficult thing to run against those horses in that bad ground. If you have an older, strong horse, they can maul a three-year-old. He was travelling very strong and in that ground you’d have preferred that he would be travelling a gear or two lower.

"He’s naturally just not able to do that. His tempo is so quick, he is a very high-tempo horse. It was in the back of my mind that this is a big sprinter."

When asked if he could work back from the Commonwealth Cup, O'Brien said: "Yes, that's very possible now. Obviously we’ll go and talk to the lads and see what they want to do, but there is a very good chance that’s the route he’s going to go.

"He will definitely have another run before the Commonwealth Cup. The sprinters are coming here [for a racecourse gallop] tomorrow – Charles Darwin, Brussels and a few others – they are all three-year-old sprinters as well and this fella will add into the mix there. This fella was always a bit different, but we'll see.

O'Brien had spent most of the last year waxing lyrical about the powerful son of Wootton Basset, hailing his speed as "frightening". He remains convinced the colt is special.

"He's a horse who has always excited us and I'd say he still will," the trainer said. "I know what this horse is able to do. He's so big and when Ryan sat up on him he could not believe the width of him. He's 560kg going down into that ground. He's a lot bigger than the horses he was racing against who are probably 460kg or 470kg. This guy is a monster and being that big in heavy ground is very difficult for him.

"I was happy with the way he behaved. He didn't do anything wrong, only that he was travelling a gear or two high, and then when he got tired he didn't fall in a hole, he kept plugging away. That will do his character the world of good. He got tired and he had to keep going."

He added: "I have it in my head that he will go back in trip but it will depend on what the lads want to do. I think that's what will be happening, but nothing is set in stone. We'll get tomorrow over us with the other horses and see then.

"Our option was to play it safe, let him come up here tomorrow, get a little bit tired and finish in the middle of them and then we'd go on to the Guineas and see what would happen.

"When you go back and think of the Stravinskys and the Mozarts and all them, I saw what they would do over seven furlongs. We're learning on the job."
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I’ll give an opinion that’s to be laughed at, but Charles Darwin IS and was always their numero uno.

When he lists him as a sprinter it’s another sleight of hand!

It won at Navan over 6f on its second start

These are the race comments :

Made all, going easily halfway, shaken up and quickened over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, impressive

It’s an undulating track and I expect a comeback before the SJPS @ Ascot.

We can’t get a bean in between now and then, that’s because they are all working together!

Watch that maiden back and tell me that he’s NOT THE ONE no,Ed for a reason!

Gstaad and Albert Einstein accidently scratched from the 2000 Guineas by Ballydoyle.

What if he is and Moore isn’t on him?

What if Moore is on him?

It's all relative. If you're AOB you've a vested interest, and close emotional ties. If you're not AE is just another of their many equine with a pedigree to match.

AE will never be a horse for me in The 2000G.

His soundbites are getting progressively tedious and nauseating each season. What next? This horse could challenge Frankel.

Here have a watch see of this

https://www.facebook.com/racingtv/videos/will-albert-einstein-last-the-distance-in-the-2000-guineas-aidan-obrien-makes-fo/1267932664927483/

Publish is a non you’ve probably seen now

Yes sadly and the race is cutting up and the market is madness as it is now

I do not think it will show. The horse is a sprinter. Any price, out of curiosity?

Also in the same ownership, the Purple Smith silks

I do not think Albert Einstein would run either, However, Billie's shortened him to 11/4 from 4/1. I do like Zavateri in the same race (Greenham). His price of 9/4 with the same firm is generous, I believe. If he was trained by AOB or Gosden his price would be nearer 11/8 or 6/4.

The former Coolmore No 1 Derby hope The Lion In Winter has just won a Listed race at Leopardstown today after a fruitless campaigne last season. His sp was a "generous" 11/10. No fanfare prior - dead low key.

It could be easy money laying AE. I think hooding him could make him more explosive and run like a whippet.