‘The computer went bananas’: error at O’Brien yard removes horses from 2,000 Guineas

• Trainer calling on authorities to apply ‘common sense’

• ‘There was a blip on the computer’, says Irish handler

The most successful horse racing operation in Europe has mistakenly taken two well-backed horses out of the first English Classic due to “computer error” and left the ante-post betting market for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket next month in turmoil.

Aidan O’Brien says Albert Einstein and Gstaad were mistakenly removed from the race and has told the Racing Post: “There was a blip on the computer. Something happened, the computer went bananas and took out a couple of horses that weren’t meant to be taken out. We are hoping to get them back in and could do with a bit of common sense being applied.