Saxon Warrior can make history for O’Brien at Doncaster

Action-packed day of National Hunt

There’s a bumper day of racing this Saturday with nine live races on ITV from three different meetings across the UK.

Newbury, Cheltenham, and Doncaster are all on the agenda but it’s the latter that most interest will be focused.

The Group 1 Racing Post Trophy is the feature race of the day from the South Yorkshire course with attention focused on Aidan O’Brien.

The Irish trainer is just one win away from beating Bobby Frankel’s legendary record of most Group 1 wins in a season.

The Coral News Team guide you through some of the day’s action.

Bet of the Day

Even at the short odds, it’s difficult to ignore Saxon Warrior’s claim in the Racing Post Trophy renewal.

Aidan O’Brien’s two-year-old is unbeaten in two and looks an absolutely superb prospect.

This will be his first trip up to Group One category but O’Brien has said he’s very confident the colt is more than capable.

In fact, many keen observers reckon we’ve not yet seen the best of the son of Galileo.

Ryan Moore has been booked to ride him and that suggests O’Brien views the horse as his best bet in the race.

It’s an important race for the Ballydoyle trainer. A win here will see him break Frankel’s record. The Coral News Team are backing him to do with Saxon Warrior.