Aidan O'Brien is a relentless thinker who is cut from the same cloth as Pep Guardiola... watching him close up you can understand why there will be more glory days, writes DOMINIC KING

DOMINIC KING AT BALLYDOYLE, TIPPERARY: O'Brien's wife, Anne-Marie, went to see Bruce Springsteen in Kilkenny on Sunday night and, clearly, a good time had been had by all.