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St Mark's Basilica was unbeaten in four starts during his Classic campaign

Multiple Group One winner St Mark's Basilica retired

Aidan O'Brien's star three-year-old colt St Mark's Basilica has been retired to stud.

Racing • 27 Sep 21

St Mark's Basilica, right, with Ryan Moore up, on their way to winning the Irish Champion Stakes from second place Tarnawa

Irish Champions Weekend: St Mark's Basilica on top

St Mark's Basilica landed the odds in a pulsating renewal of the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Racing • 11 Sep 21

St Mark's Basilica missed last month's Juddmonte International at York due to a leg infection

Irish Champions Weekend: O'Brien & Keane assess feature

There may be only be four runners in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown – but the race still looks set to live up to expectations, with three multiple Group One winners taking each other on.

Racing • 10 Sep 21

St Mark's Basilica is the favourite for the feature at Leopardstown

Irish Champions Weekend: Stars collide at Leopardstown

St Mark's Basilica, Tarnawa and Poetic Flare have all been declared among a field of four in Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Racing • 10 Sep 21

St Mark's Basilica has been in scintillating form

St Mark's Basilica ruled out of Juddmonte International

Aidan O'Brien will rely on Love in the Juddmonte International at York on Wednesday after being forced to rule out hot favourite St Mark's Basilica due to a reported injury.

Racing • 16 Aug 21

St Mark's Basilica powers clear of his three rivals at Sandown

St Mark's Basilica slams Eclipse rivals at Sandown

Favourite St Mark's Basilica ran out a brilliant winner of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown Park for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore.

Racing • 03 Jul 21

St Mark's Basilica winning the French Derby on 6 June

St Mark's Basilica to face three in Eclipse feature

Aidan O'Brien's French Guineas and Derby winner St Mark's Basilica will take on older horses for the first time in Saturday's enthralling renewal of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown with a small but select field of four set to line up.

Racing • 01 Jul 21

Spanish jockey Ioritz Mendizabal and St Mark's Basilica took the 181st edition of The Prix du Jockey-Club horse race at Chantilly.

St Mark's Basilica gives Ballydoyle first French Derby

St Mark's Basilica gave Aidan O'Brien a first victory in the Qatar Prix du Jockey Club with a brilliant effort at Chantilly.

Racing • 06 Jun 21

St Mark's Basilica (purple silks) seen here winning the Dewhurst Stakes on his final juvenile outing

St Mark's Basilica and Coeursamba record Classic wins

St Mark's Basilica (41-10) provided Aidan O'Brien with his fifth victory in the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp, while Coeursamba (38-1) denied O'Brien's Mother Earth a Classic double with a shock victory in the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches.

Racing • 16 May 21

St Mark's Basillica was a springer in the market, backed from a morning high of 22-1 into 10-1

St Mark's Basilica strikes for O'Brien in the Dewhurst

Aidan O'Brien dominated the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, as 10-1 shot St Mark's Basilica and Frankie Dettori held off stablemate Wembley (15-2) and Ryan Moore.

Racing • 10 Oct 20

St Mark's Basilica