Eight fillies have been declared for Saturday’s Juddmonte-sponsored G1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh. Aidan O’Brien is set to send out half of the the field with a team of four, all daughters of Galileo (Ire), headed by G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up Ennistymon (Ire).
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Dual Classic heroine Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will skip the G1 Irish Oaks and instead point for the G1 Yorkshire Oaks in August, Racing Post reported on Monday. The Aidan O’Brien pupil, who won the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in June and the G1 Investec Oaks at Epsom on July 4, will then target the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
“Love doesn’t run this weekend,” O’Brien told Racing Post. “She is perfect. What we are thinking at the moment is that she probably going to go straight to York for the Yorkshire Oaks, and then on to the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after that.”
“We are going to run Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), and Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who also ran at Epsom,” O’Brien said of his Irish Oaks fillies. “We’re also planning on running Laburnum (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was just beaten in an Oaks trial at Naas, as well as Snow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who won the Oaks trial at Cork.”
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Trainers Aidan and Donnacha O’Brien have been fined €2,500 each and prohibited from attending race meetings in Ireland for two weeks for failing to enter The Curragh through the health screening area at a meeting last month. The pair were found to have breached coronavirus health screening protocols at the County Kildare course on June 12, which was G1 Irish 2000 Guineas day during the week racing resumed in Ireland. The matter was heard by the referrals panel of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board on Monday.
A tweet from the IHRB read, “At a referral hearing of Aidan O’Brien [Trainer] & Donnacha O’Brien [Trainer] following a referral from The Curragh on 12/06/20 both trainers were fined €2,500 & prohibited from attending a racecourse for 2 weeks for failing to enter The Curragh through the health screening area.”
IHRB press officer Niall Cronin said, “We noted the decision of the referrals committee and the various protocols regarding Covid-19 are very serious. It is important that they are strictly adhered to at all times to make sure that racing can continue in a safe manner for everyone involved.”
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Aidan O'Brien will not be able to saddle his runners in person at this weekend's Juddmonte Irish Oaks meeting at the Curragh after breaching Irish racing's COVID-19 protocols.
Both O'Brien and his son Donnacha have been barred from attending any race meetings for two weeks by the Irish Horse Racing Board.
The two trainers were referred to the panel having failed to enter the Curragh through the health screening area on the day of the Irish 2,000 Guineas meeting. They were each also fined €2,500 ($2,839).
A statement from the IHRB said: “At a referral hearing of Aidan O'Brien (Trainer) & Donnacha O'Brien (Trainer) following a referral from The Curragh on [June 12] both trainers were fined €2,500 & prohibited from attending a racecourse for two weeks for failing to enter The Curragh through the health screening area.”
The penalty will be an inconvenience to the trainers but unlikely to disrupt their big race plans with Aidan O'Brien having not attended either Royal Ascot or the Investec Derby meeting and Donnacha having not been present at Chantilly when Fancy Blue delivered the 21-year-old his first Classic victory in the Prix de Diane.
Originally published at HorseRacingPlanet.com. Republished with permission.
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