Aidan O’Brien’s massive Royal Ascot favourite and ‘truly exceptional’ unbeaten horse OUT with injury in latest blow

A ‘TRULY exceptional’ unbeaten Aidan O’Brien superstar and red-hot Royal Ascot favourite is OUT – in the latest blow for the top trainer.

O’Brien has already seen staying king Kyprios denied a tilt at a third Gold Cup after he was retired with immediate effect.

PAAlbert Einstein will miss Royal Ascot having been huge 11-10 favourite for the Coventry Stakes on day one[/caption]

And now awesome two-year-old speedster Albert Einstein is the latest big name to be pulled.

The Coolmore-owned monster, who is two from two and won from a nightmare position in the Marble Hill Stakes last time, had been as short as 11-10 for the Coventry Stakes on day one.

For many he was one of the big bets of the meeting, with second-fav Treanmor being a relatively huge 6-1.

But a tweet from Ballydoyle read: “Gr.3 Marble Hill Stakes winner Albert Einstein unfortunately will not run at Royal Ascot due to a sprained joint. He will have an easy three weeks.”

Albert Einstein’s injury sparked a massive market shift.

Godolphin’s £1.7million Frankel colt Treanmor is now the general 3-1 favourite.

While Wathnan Racing’s Postmodern, who was breathtaking in smashing rivals by five lengths on debut, has plunged from 12-1 into joint-fav 3s with some bookies, although some 5-1 is still around.

O’Brien, who is the leading trainer in the Coventry with ten wins, has seen his other special two-year-old colt Charles Darwin cut into around 11-2 for the 6f Group 2.

Punters were devastated with the news about Albert Einstein, with betting slips torn up weeks before Ascot starts.

One said ‘day’s ruined’ in reply to Ballydoyle’s post, while another commented: “This is the second time in about a month that I’ve backed an O’Brien horse ante-post and it’s declared a non runner the next day.”