Action

Trained by A P O'Brien at Cashel in Tipperary, Action performs at his best over distances between a mile and one furlong and a mile and two furlongs, where he has won 1 of his 4 races. When he broke through at Galway in August 2024, Lordan said afterwards that Action had "hit the line well" and would "learn plenty" from the experience — comments that suggest the horse had shown promise but perhaps not yet the sharpness needed at the highest level. O'Brien has spoken about training Action towards the Derby, imagining him as an Epsom type and planning a trial race at either Chester or Leopardstown. The yard itself is in excellent form this season, having sent out 125 winners already, so there is clearly confidence in what Action might yet achieve. Whether he can recapture the form that brought him home at Galway, and prove his trainer's ambitions justified, remains to be seen.