Frozen Fire has been disappointing this year, finishing a well-beaten seventh behind Conduit on his latest start in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, while Golden Sword, runner-up to O'Brien's Fame And Glory in the Irish Derby following his Epsom effort, came home fifth in the King George.
25 KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (GROUP 1) (CLASS 1) 1m 4f [pounds sterling] 1,000,000 (9 runners) 0-11 ASK 50 (CD) 6-9-7 1 (7) Sir M Stoute O Peslier 1-23 CONDUIT 21 (D) 4-9-7 2 (2) Sir M Stoute R L Moore 0-35 FROZEN FIRE 50 (D) 4-9-7 3 (6) A P O'Brien (IRE) J A Heffernan 0210 SCINTILLO 27 (D) 4-9-7 4 (9) R Hannon R Hughes 3-12 TARTAN BEARER 38 (BF) 4-9-7 5 (4) Sir M Stoute M J Kinane 3-33 LOOK HERE 28 (BF,D) 4-9-4 6 (8) R Beckett S Sanders -412 ALWAARY 16 3-8-9 7 (3) J Gosden R Hills 4152 GOLDEN SWORD 27 (D) 3-8-9 8 (1) A P O'Brien (IRE) J Murtagh 1004 ROCKHAMPTON 14 (D) 3-8-9 9 (5) A P O'Brien (IRE) C Donoghue Betting -- 7-4 Conduit, 7-2 Tartan Bearer, 9-2 Golden Sword, 6 Look Here, 12 Ask, 14 Frozen Fire, 16 Alwaary, 40 Scintillo, 200 Rockhampton.
Byline: MOSCROP WHEN in doubt, leave it to Aidan O'Brien, and that's exactly how I have approached the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster today in nominating Frozen Fire as the pick for his quintet.
FROZEN Fire has provided Aidan O'Brien with one Classic success this season and can give the Ballydoyle handler yet another top-level victory in the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.
Byline: By ASHLEY IVESON Sports Correspondent FROZEN FIRE has provided Aidan O'Brien one Classic success this season and can give the Ballydoyle handler yet another top-level success in the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.
Byline: By NAOMI MATTHEW FROZEN FIRE has provided Aidan O'Brien one Classic success this season and can give the Ballydoyle handler yet another top-level success in the Ladbrokes St Leger (3.
Coral have trimmed Look Here to 4-1 from 9-2 for the Group One contest following strong support, while market leader Frozen Fire has been eased to 9-4 from 15-8.
