Blackbeard and The Antarctic seek to bridge 23-year void for O'Brien in Papin
Blackbeard and The Antarctic are Aidan O'Brien's fourth and fifth runners in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin on Sunday. The last eight winners of the Pap in were trained in Britain. Belbek is a contender to give Andre Fabre his first Papen win.
O'Brien's horse Blackbeard travels well and takes everything in his stride. The Antarctic had a good run at Tipperary last time. Mickael Barzalona will ride him. O'Brien has not won a race for 23 years.
Tony Fry, racing and stud manager for Nurlan Bizakov, owner of Belbek, is surprised how quickly his horse got to the track. Mauricio Delcher Sanchez, trainer of Vicious Harry, finished one-two in a Listed at Deauville the other day. Florien Guyader, Trainer of Bottle Of Bubbles, won in Italy when coming from last to first. Ludovic Gadbin, Trainers of Lova and Lovav, hopes the two Irish horses will put some extra pace in the race.
