Moonee Valley Racing Club’s dream of luring star European three-year-old Paddington south for this year’s Cox Plate appears over after Aidan O’Brien outlined the next steps for the four-time Group 1 winner.

It may be Irish 1000 Guineas day at the Curragh on Sunday, but racing fans are also being treated to an exciting renewal of the 1m2½f Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup (2:45).

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Aidan O’Brien is confident Luxembourg will make his mark at the highest level again this season.