It's all systems go for Galileo.(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: July 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Tony O'Hehir

AIDAN O'BRIEN has said that Galileo could gallop on water, so even concern about rain at The Curragh has not dampened belief that the devastating Vodafone Derby winner will take one step closer to greatness in the Budweiser Irish Derby today, writes Tony O'Hehir.

Jockey Mick Kinane, with a right to be uneasy after 17 straight misses in the race, wants the ground to dry out, but even so the Irpounds 900,000 event looks set up for Galileo, w...

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