Aidan O’Brien keeps vow to claim Cox Plate as Adelaide takes the crown

By Chris Roots
Updated October 26 2014 - 2:08am, first published October 25 2014 - 8:57pm
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Three-for-all: Adelaide pips Fawkner and a wall of horses in a thrilling finish. Photo: Darrian Traynor

It was the phone call that was always going to come from Ireland before the Cox Plate. Ryan Moore was tucked in the corner of the weighing room talking to the Irish perfectionist trainer Aidan O'Brien.

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