Albert Einstein return still appears some way off
He holds entries in September, including in the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes.
O'Brien said: 'He's not near to running yet, he's not back cantering yet. He's just been on a break.
'We're still hoping he'll be back for something in the autumn, but it will depend on how he is really.'
Albert Einstein's reputation has only risen in his absence with O'Brien winning the Queen Mary, Coventry Stakes and the Norfolk yet hailing the Wootton Bassett colt as perhaps the best of his crop.
Following Gstaad's impressive Coventry win O'Brien said: 'Albert Einstein was always something very different and a very quick horse, incredibly quick from the day we worked him.
'Gstaad is a big horse who travels well and with lots of speed. We always thought this was a top-tier horse alongside Albert, but your man was just so fast it was different.'
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