Ton up for Aidan with Great White Eagle He beat Remember You by just over two and three parts of a length at Naas on his debut and Great White Eagle (1/3) defeated the same opponent today, this time by a margin of two lengths in the Group 3 Go And Go Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh. The victory completed an opening race double for Ballydoyle after Dazzling in the first. Remember You (David Wachman) is also owned by the Coolmore triumvirate as is third home Expedition and fifth place finisher Bluebell. Aidan O'Brien's (100th winner of the campaign in Ireland) exciting Great White Eagle (now around 12/1 for next year's Guineas) was waited with by son Joseph (his 95th winner of the season) before being delivered on the wide outside from a furlong and a half out. The record-breaking breeze-up purchase soon led and there was only going to be one winner from there home as the son of Elusive Quality went on to confirm himself as one of the best juveniles we've seen in 2013. Aidan O'Brien commented: "You'd have to be delighted with that. It was a tough race – there was plenty of pace on. "He was trapped out wide and he had no choice but to come up the middle and it's a hard thing to do here. "You'd have to be very happy. "He was drawn out there – there was pace out there and it was tight. "He followed up them up for as long as he could. He kept it safe by going wide and it's always the right thing to do. "We'll step him up now with a choice of the National Stakes or the Middle Park and all those types of races. "We didn't ask him to come forward and we let him coast into this race a bit. "Next time we'll ask him to come forward a bit. "What's good about this horse is that he has great pace and travels very strongly. "You couldn't see him getting any further than a mile the way he travels." (GC & EM)
