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Article: World of Breeding: O'Brien's Albert Hall an intriguing candidate for Derby.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2004
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Byline: Tony Morris
LAST week in this space I featured a Ballydoyle-trained Danehill juvenile colt whose dam had formerly raced for Sheikh Hamdan from Alec Stewart's stable; that was Oratorio, whose first Group 1 score came in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp. His stable companion Albert Hall, with an identical background, followed up on Sunday with a maiden victory at Group 2 level in the Beresford Stakes, the race won in the previous two years by future stars in Alamshar and Azamour.
This was a pleasing performance by a green colt who was not ...