In landing last month’s Beresford Stakes the Frankel colt has followed a familiar route to Town Moor, with Saratoga Springs (1997), St Nicholas Abbey (2009), Saxon Warrior (2017), Luxembourg (2021) and Hawk Mountain (2025) all landing that Group Two prize before following up in the final Group One of the British Flat season.

Noble Exhibit is second only to stablemate Darkness Falls in the ante-post betting for next year’s Derby and O’Brien is hoping he can enhance his Classic claims with a success that will almost certainly ensure he also wins a ninth British trainers’ title.

Not too shabby a day for Aidan in the juvenile department ….

𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭 slaloms to Group Two glory in the Beresford Stakes @curraghrace

The Frankel colt looks the real deal 👀 pic.twitter.com/hps3NZHB30

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 26, 2026

“He’s been good since the Beresford, we’ve been happy with everything he’s done since then, absolutely,” the Ballydoyle handler told the Press Association.

“Obviously you don’t know when the ground gets that bad whether they’ll handle it or not, so we’re just hoping really.

“He’s not a slow horse, we think he’s a classy horse – he’s looked classy the twice he ran.”

The Ballydoyle handler appears intent on picking up the lion’s share of the £275,000 prize fund on offer as he also saddles the Champagne and Autumn Stakes runner-up Sergei Diaghilev, as well as Giant Sequoia, who won the Futurity Stakes on home soil before finishing a lacklustre sixth in the National Stakes.

O’Brien – who has sent out three future Derby winners to land this race in High Chaparral, Auguste Rodin and Camelot – added: “Sergei ran very well the last day and has form with ease in the ground as well. He seems to be in good form.

“We always thought a mile would suit Giant Sequoia. Whether he’ll handle the ground we’re not really sure, but we’re going to learn about that. We always thought he’d be very happy going up to a mile.”

The pick of the home team appears to be Karl Burke’s dual Haydock winner and Royal Lodge runner-up Burning Up, with jockey Clifford Lee expecting his mount to be suited by a return to easier underfoot conditions.

“It’s heavy ground out there and it should suit him very well,” Lee told Sky Sports Racing at Doncaster on Friday.

“He’s a horse that travels really well and he probably wants to have something to aim at the last furlong. He doesn’t want to hit the front too soon, but he’s come out of his races really well, he’s been working really well and we’re looking forward to a good run.”

William Muir has not made any secret of the regard in which he holds Breacher, comparing him favourably to his multiple Group One-winning former stable star Pyledriver in the aftermath of his winning debut at Salisbury.

The son of Cracksman has not done much wrong in finishing third in the Solario and Champagne Stakes since, and Muir, who trains the youngster in partnership with Chris Grassick, is looking forward to seeing how he handles what will be very testing ground.

“When the ground goes heavy, I don’t think anyone knows how they’ll handle it until they’ve run on it,” he said.

“The only thing is, me and Lewis (Edmunds, jockey) were talking and he said when he ran at Sandown the ground was closer to soft than good to soft and he actually thought he loved it going to post, but he’d only been on grass once before in his life and that was at Salisbury.

“Cracksman being his sire gives you a bit of hope with the ground and the form of the Champagne Stakes is good, so we’ll see what happens.”

Charlie Appleby’s Al Hudaiba looked bound for a trip to the Breeders’ Cup after winning a Grade One at Woodbine last month, but he instead bids for a top-level success on home soil.

Watch out!! 😬

1-2 shot Al Hudaiba tries going sideways but still has enough in hand to win the Grade 1 Bet365 Summer Stakes at @WoodbineTB…@WilliamBuickX @godolphin pic.twitter.com/XdJHiPfzVk

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 12, 2026

“Al Hudaiba is the only top-level winner in the field and we are keen to see how he goes on soft ground,” the trainer told www.godolphin.com.

“He is by Dark Angel and, from his work at home, we feel that he will appreciate slower conditions.

“We had toyed with sending him to the Breeders’ Cup but felt this was probably the right way to go. It looks a decent renewal of the race and hopefully he can be very competitive.”

The field is completed by once-raced Salisbury winner Gran Dia, who has the opportunity to keep Andrew Balding’s hopes of a first trainers’ championship crown alive.