Sandown success for Aidan O’Brien as City of Troy adds to Group One honours

Secrecies Of Stone (second left) and Seán O’Keeffe arrive with their challenge to win at Tipperary on Thursday. Photo: Patrick McCann/Racing Post

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Aidan O’Brien added another Group One success to his glittering CV as City of Troy battled hard to win the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.

The Epsom Derby winner was the red-hot favourite to take the spoils, but the testing ground was a concern and the 1/4 shot had to dig deep under Ryan Moore to beat Al Riffa (11/1) by a length.