Hawk Mountain gives O’Brien 12th Futurity win

In the final Group One race of the British Flat season, Hawk Mountain claimed the record-extending 12th victory over Aidan O’Brien at Doncaster.

O’Brien horses were the field’s top three finishers, with the Irish trainer’s 23rd Group One winner of 2025 taking the top three spots.

In the final stages, his most anticipated horse, 7-4 favorite Benvenuto Cellini, fell away, leaving 18-5 Hawk Mountain to battle it out with 3-1 chance Action to come out.

Ronan Whelan’s horse, Hawk Mountain, won by half a length in the final burst, increasing his chances of winning the Derby in Epsom next year.

According to O’Brien, “we thought he was a classy horse and that we thought he could also be a Derby horse and a Guineas horse next year.”

“So Ronan gave him a lovely ride, and he has class.”