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Powys County Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Kyprios ‘sound' following Leopardstown injury worry
Aidan O'Brien has issued a positive bulletin on star stayer Kyprios following his Saval Beg Stakes victory at Leopardstown on Friday evening. The seven-year-old claimed a third success in the Group Three contest, with the dual Gold Cup winner seemingly well on course for another trip to Royal Ascot. However, O'Brien expressed some concern about the horse's movement leaving the winner's enclosure, saying Kyprios was 'moving a little bit gingerly in front'. The son of Galileo has subsequently been checked over and was reported to be sound on Saturday morning. Kyprios is very good this morning and is sound. We think he knocked his pastern after turning sharply in the winners enclosure. X-rays and scans were all clean and we are very happy with him. Aidan O'Brien, @Ballydoyle — Coolmore (@coolmorestud) May 17, 2025 O'Brien, quoted on the X account of the horse's owners Coolmore, said: 'Kyprios is very good this morning and is sound. 'We think he knocked his pastern after turning sharply in the winners enclosure. 'X-rays and scans were all clean and we are very happy with him.' Kyprios has followed a familiar route to Ascot in winning last month's Vintage Crop Stakes before taking the Saval Beg – the same path he took before his Gold Cup victories in 2022 and 2024, when he also enjoyed unbeaten seasons. O'Brien's charge is a general 11-10 favourite to win a third Gold Cup, which would put him level with Sagaro and Stradivarius and one win behind Yeats, who claimed four victories for O'Brien between 2006 and 2009.
RTÉ News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Kyprios 'sound' following Leopardstown injury worry
Aidan O'Brien has issued a positive bulletin on star stayer Kyprios following his Saval Beg Stakes victory at Leopardstown on Friday evening. The seven-year-old claimed a third success in the Group Three contest, with the dual Gold Cup winner seemingly well on course for another trip to Royal Ascot. However, O'Brien expressed some concern about the horse's movement leaving the winner's enclosure, saying Kyprios was "moving a little bit gingerly in front". The son of Galileo has subsequently been checked over and was reported to be sound on Saturday morning. O'Brien, quoted on the X account of the horse's owners Coolmore, said: "Kyprios is very good this morning and is sound. "We think he knocked his pastern after turning sharply in the winners enclosure. "X-rays and scans were all clean and we are very happy with him." Kyprios has followed a familiar route to Ascot in winning last month's Vintage Crop Stakes before taking the Saval Beg – the same path he took before his Gold Cup victories in 2022 and 2024, when he also enjoyed unbeaten seasons. O'Brien's charge is a general 11-10 favourite to win a third Gold Cup, which would put him level with Sagaro and Stradivarius and one win behind Yeats, who claimed four victories for O'Brien between 2006 and 2009.
RTÉ News
26-04-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Kyprios wins on seasonal reappearance at Navan
Kyprios returned to action with a workmanlike win in the Bar One Racing Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan. The star stayer has begun his campaign with victory in the Listed contest twice before, taking the race in 2022 and 2024 before unbeaten runs through the following seasons. Last season his winning streak extended to seven triumphs, including four Group Ones, so it was no surprise that he was the 1-7 favourite for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien. In a field of six he was never hurried and did only what was required of him to secure a two-length success over Enfranchise. The ultra-impressive Kyprios lands the Listed @BarOneRacing Vintage Crop Stakes for the third time, picking up sweetly in the hands of Ryan Moore for Aidan O'Brien 👏 — Navan Racecourse (@NavanRacecourse) April 26, 2025 "He just does what he has to do. Ryan was very happy with him, so delighted," said O'Brien. "The plan will be to go back to Leopardstown (for the Saval Beg Stakes in May) and then the Gold Cup. "That's him, just totally relaxed all the time. He's very classy, well he's in second gear all the time probably. "He's a remarkable horse, it is incredible that he is here and what he is doing. He's as enthusiastic as he ever was, he was like that as a two-year-old as well. "His demeanour hasn't changed. It is pure, raw ability."
