TOP jockey Ryan Moore has been removed from all his Dubai World Cup rides – worth £7MILLION – with immediate effect.
It comes after the Coolmore No1 .
Ryan Moore was in the saddle for Constitution Hill’s second victory on the Flat at KemptonCredit: PA
Moore had been booked for six money-spinning rides on one of the world’s richest racing days.
But boss Aidan O’Brien has pulled rank and needs him to be at the Curragh in Ireland on Saturday instead.
That’s because the Ballydole boss has declared 2,000 Guineas favourite Albert Einstein for the Listed Gladness Stakes over 7f.
Albert Einstein is unbeaten in two but hasn’t raced since May last year, when he bagged the Group 3 Marble Hill.
Despite being backed into 7-2 fav for the first Classic of the season over a mile at Newmarket, O’Brien has doubts over him getting the trip.
He has no concerns over his speed, saying: “I don’t think we’ve ever had a horse as quick.”
But O’Brien is keen to blow the cobwebs off his Guineas No1 – and see him get the 7f warm-up comfortably.
The trainer has never given any of his previous Guineas winners a prep run.
Moore’s feedback after the race will be invaluable and it’s why he has kissed goodbye to potentially huge earnings in the Middle East.
The man regarded by many to be the best jockey in the world could have landed £2,577,778 had he somehow guided Charlie Appleby’s 50-1 By The Book to victory in the Sheema Classic.
While success on the 12-1 Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Quddwah in the Dubai Turf would have been worth £2,148,148.
A win on 14-1 Mufasa in the Group 1 Golden Sheehan over 6f was worth £859,259.
While victories on Cover Up, Sons And Lovers and The Camden Colt in their respective races would net connections £1.5m altogether.
Replacement riders for each of the rides have been named.
Albert Einstein is 4-6 to make a winning return en route to the Guineas, and victory on Saturday is worth a shade over £25,000.
Speaking of his potential, O’Brien said: “Of the Guineas horses, the number one horse at the moment is Albert Einstein.
“When we started working him in the spring of his two-year-old career, we thought all the juveniles were no good and he was the only one we had.
“He was that much above everything else. He’s very big, very powerful, wide and strong.
“He was so far ahead of everything, it just wasn’t funny. He won at Naas very easily, and then at the Curragh. He travelled strongly and is unbelievably quick. It’s whether he’s able to slow himself down and relax [to get a mile].
“He’s going to go to the Guineas without ever coming off the bridle in training at home, because we want to make sure he relaxes. In terms of speed, I don’t think we’ve ever had a horse as quick.”
2,000 Guineas odds via Coral
7-2 Albert Einstein
6 Bow Echo
7 Publish
10 Gewan
12 Gstaad, Puerto Rico
14 Talk Of New York
16 Distant Storm, Hawk Mountain
20 Hidden Force, Rayif, Zavateri
25 Causeway, King’s Trail, Montreal, Morris Dancer, Samangan
33 Bar
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