O'Brien posts his intentions

Aidan O'Brien provided four of the 15 acceptors at yesterday's five-day declaration stage for Saturday's £150,000 Racing Post…

Aidan O'Brien provided four of the 15 acceptors at yesterday's five-day declaration stage for Saturday's £150,000 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.

O'Brien, who suffered a disappointment when highly-touted Stravinsky finished third in last weekend's Dewhurst Stakes, has left Coliseum, Festival Hall, Tchaikovsky and Cupid in the last British Group One race of the season - which he won with Saratoga Springs 12 months ago.

Coliseum is still a maiden but was narrowly beaten in the Group One Aga Khan Studs National Stakes at the Curragh last month, with Festival Hall in third. Tchaikovsky won a maiden on the same card. Cupid is a maiden after two starts.

Peter Chapple-Hyam has two entries in Bienamado, winner of the Prix Conde at Longchamp and Commander Collins, though the latter, runner-up in the Champagne Stakes, is also in Friday's Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury.

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Possible favourite is Shaamit's brother Timahs, who was supplemented for the race at a cost of £15,000 after impressively winning an 18-runner Newmarket maiden last month.

Timahs, currently with David Loder, will join Godolphin after the race and has been entered here as Saeed bin Suroor's Easaar is heading straight for Dubai.

Coral made the Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained Bienamado 3 to 1 favourite for Saturday's race, with stable-companion Commander Collins next best at 9 to 2. O'Brien's pair Tchaikovsky and Colisuem are quoted at 5 to 1 and 11 to 2 respectively.

Bienamado is firm's 14 to 1 favourite for next year's Epsom Derby, while Tchaikovsky and Commander Collins are both offered at 20 to 1 and Coliseum 25 to 1.