O’Brien secures more ‘classic’ success with Queenstown to top triple-Group One weekend
Aidan O’Brien emerged from the weekend in familiar territory, having uncovered two more prime classic prospects for 2027 and collected a final “classic” for 2026 with the six-year-old gelding Queenstown at Saint-Cloud on Sunday.
The Prix Royal Oak is still widely referred to as France’s version of the St Leger, although it was opened to older horses in 1979, preceding the Curragh Leger’s same move by four years.


