RACING:Johnny Murtagh is poised to ride Duke Of Marmalade rather than stablemate Henrythenavigator in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday week.
The jockey is in an enviable position, as the Aidan O'Brien-trained colts have won nine Group One races between them this year alone.
Duke Of Marmalade has been responsible for five of those, including the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and appears to currently have the edge in Murtagh's thinking over the dual 2000 Guineas winner.
O'Brien said: "For the Classic you need a horse who definitely gets a mile and a quarter. It is a race where you have to be tough and hard.
"The Duke is an unbelievably tough horse, with a great will to win, and if any horse can cope it will be him.
"We can't be sure that Henry will get a mile and a quarter, and at the moment Johnny is favouring riding Duke Of Marmalade over Henrythenavigator.
"We have booked John Velazquez for whichever one he doesn't ride."