'I'd say it's very possible' - Aidan O'Brien keen on Eclipse date for new favourite Paddington
Emily Upjohn has been widely usurped as favourite for the Coral-Eclipse after the surge of support continued for Paddington on Monday, as Aidan O'Brien forecast the season's top-rated three-year-old would bid to make him the most successful trainer in the race's history.
The runaway winner of the St James's Palace Stakes has never gone beyond a mile in his career but, in the immediate aftermath of his stunning Royal Ascot success, O'Brien divulged that joint-owner John Magnier said to him he would "get further than a mile if you wanted him to, no problem".
It looks like we will find out what Paddington is like over further than a mile just 18 days later as he is set to tackle 1m2f for the first time at Sandown on Saturday and he is now 5-4 favourite with Paddy Power to provide his trainer with a record-breaking seventh win in the race, 23 years after his first with Giant's Causeway.
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