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Record-Breaking Epsom Oaks Winner Snowfall Will Chase Oaks Double Saturday At The Curragh

Snowfall will attempt to become the 15th filly to complete the Oaks double, following her record breaking 16 lengths success at Epsom, when she lines up in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks this Saturday at The Curragh.

The Aidan O'Brien trained daughter of Deep Impact is among 9 fillies remaining in the Group 1 Classic following Tuesday's entry stage. He also has High Heels, Divinely, La Joconde and Willow in the race.

Trainer Donnacha O'Brien will look to win his first Classic as a trainer with Nicest, while his brother Joseph will be represented by Mariesque. Trainer Ger Lyons, who won the race last year with Even So, will look to win the race for a second successive year with Party House, while Fozzy Stack will be represented by Ahandfulofsummers.

A strong British trained team are set to line up in the Paddy Power Sapphire Stakes. The Group 2 contest has attracted Keep Busy trained by John Quinn and Came From The Dark trained by Ed Walker. Measure of Magic, Logo Hunter, Romantic Proposal, Gustavus Weston and Make A Challenge are the leading home trained contenders.

There are 10 entries for the Jebel Ali Racecourse and Stables Anglesey Stakes including recent Curragh Maiden winner Beauty Inspire, together with Hadman, Celtic Times, Strapped, Daisy Peers, Admiral D and Cadamosto.

Speak in Colours heads the 25 entries in the Paddy Power Scurry, which features three British trained contenders with Gulliver, Zargun and Mo Celita.

There are 23 entries in the Kildare Village Ladies Derby, won last year by Princess Zoe, while there are 15 entries in the Dingle Whiskey Nursery Handicap, 22 in the Juddmonte “Expert Eye” EBF Maiden and 13 in the Aquaturf Handicap, including Shanroe, Ever Present and Iowa

Sunday's 8 race program features the valuable Kilboy Estate Stakes with 19 entries in the Group 2 contest. These include Royal Ascot winner Create Belief trained by Johnny Murtagh, multiple stakes winner Angel Power trained in Britain by Roger Varian and Group 1 winner Pretty Gorgeous trained by Joseph O'Brien.

Breeders' Cup winner Order of Australia is one of 15 entries in the Romanised Minstrel Stakes, with contenders for the Group 2 contest also including A Case of You, Monaasib, Ace Aussie, Maker of Kings and Snapraeterea.

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Snowfall Posts Devastating 16-Length Victory In Epsom Oaks

Snowfall and Frankie Dettori produced a devastating display to claim the Cazoo Oaks by an incredible 16 lengths. There were no rivals in the picture and the Aidan O'Brien filly cruised home, eased down, in the hands of the evergreen Dettori.

It sealed a 40th British Classic for master trainer O'Brien, equaling the all-time record held by trainer John Scott, set between 1827 and 1863. It was a 21st such success for jockey Frankie Dettori – to place him alongside the legendary Fred Archer.

There was a steady pace throughout the leading stages as Sherbert Lemon and eventual second Mystery Angel dictated from the front.

Having passed Tattenham Corner runners switched to the standside as jockeys one-by-one decided to play their cards. Mystery Angel, running a huge race, caught plenty of her rivals out as many found themselves several lengths behind.

As sticks were drawn, it was clear that the ice-cool Dettori had plenty under the bonnet. Using hands and heals he began to nurse Snowfall to the front. Her response was emphatic, and she powered away with ease. The Epsom crowd, who had waited so long to return to racing here we treated to an astonishing display. The more Frankie urged, the wider the gap became until all rivals disappeared into the distance.

Snowfall, in splendid isolation, sauntered home to claim an almost facile success. A fitting return to British Classics on the famous Downs.

Mystery Angel defied her odds of 50/1 by claiming second under Ben Curtis, and third was Divinity for trainer Aidan O'Brien.

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Serpentine, Love Continue O’Brien’s Dominance Of Oaks, Derby At Epsom

Aidan O'Brien scored his third Group 1 Oaks-Derby double on Saturday at Epsom Downs in the United Kingdom, with Serpentine giving him a record eighth triumph in the Investec Epsom Derby shortly after Love won the Investec Epsom Oaks for the Wizard of Ballydoyle's eighth victory in that classic as well.

Both winners of the mile and one-half British classics campaign for Coolmore partners Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith and both were sired by Galileo, who gave O'Brien his first Epsom Derby win in 2001. Serpentine became Galileo's fifth winner of the Epsom Derby.

O'Brien previously won the Oaks and Derby in the same year in 2001 and 2012. This year, because of the coronavirus pandemic,  the races were delayed from their traditional date on the calendar and, in another departure from tradition, run on the same afternoon in front of an empty grandstand.

Love, ridden by Ryan Moore, crushed her seven opponents as the favorite, coming from off the pace to win by nine lengths over O'Brien stablemate Ennistymon (also by Galileo). Frankly Darling, the Group 2 Ribblesdale winner at Royal Ascot on June 16 for John Gosden and Frankie Dettori, finished third.

Love, now five for nine, was coming off a victory in the Group 1 One Thousand Guineas at Newmarket on June 7. The Irish-bred Oaks winner was produced from the Pivotal mare, Pikaboo.

Love winning the Investec Oaks under Ryan Moore

Serpentine, one of six runners for O'Brien in the 16-horse Derby field, was a 25-1 outsider whose only previous win came in a June 27 maiden race at the Curragh in his native Ireland – just one week before the Derby.

Ridden by Emmet McNamara, Serpentine darted straight to the lead in a role some suspected as a pacemaker, then opened an insurmountable advantage that was whittled down to six lengths at the winning post.

Andrew Balding-trained Khalifa Sat finished second, with O'Brien-trained Amhran Na Bhfiann third and co-favorites Kameko and English King finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Serpentine was produced from Remember When, a Danehill Dancer mare out of Lagrian, herself the producer of Group 1 winners Dylan Thomas, Queen's Logic and Homecoming Queen.

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Oaks Romp For Galileo’s Love

Already an emphatic winner of the G1 1000 Guineas, Coolmore’s Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) entered elite territory on Saturday with a nine-length romp in the G1 Investec Oaks at Epsom. While not quite in the arena of the 12-length 1983 heroine Sun Princess (GB), this winning margin equalled that of the 1996 heroine Lady Carla (GB) (Caerleon) and there have been only four fillies in this race’s history to have won by further. Settled behind a duo among the main six-strong group racing adrift of the runaway pacemakers Tiempo Vuela (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) early, the chestnut moved forward to swamp stablemate Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) approaching two out. Powering clear from there, she led home another one-two for Ballydoyle as Ennistymon held off Frankly Darling (GB) (Frankel {GB}) by 3/4 of a length for the runner’s-up spot. “She is very special I think,” Moore said of the 11-10 favourite. “She was exceptional today. We always thought she was very good, she proved that in the Guineas and took another step forward. She loved the trip and one of her best furlongs was her last. She couldn’t have been any more impressive. You never expect to win an Oaks by that far.”

Campaigned over seven furlongs on her first six starts, Love was fourth at Leopardstown and second at The Curragh in June before heading back to the former venue the following month to break her maiden and add the G3 Silver Flash S. to her rally. Only fifth a month later in the G2 Debutante S. back at The Curragh in August, she may have been undermined by the rain-eased ground there and was duly back in dominant mood when annexing the G1 Moyglare Stud S. also there in September. Taken to Newmarket for the G1 Fillies’ Mile, she was 1 3/4-lengths third to Quadrilateral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) when again the ground was riding on the soft side of good but conditions were ideal on her return last month for her first Classic date.

That four-length win in the June 7 Newmarket Classic marked her out as of distinguished class, but this powerful display was something else. While it was a strange race tactically, with Tiempo Vuela and Passion harrying each other into setting an unsustainable pace and the Ribblesdale winner Frankly Darling never looking happy on the track, Love was in a league of her own virtually the whole way. Seamie Heffernan made the first move when steering Ennistymon down the descent on the rail, but Moore always had her covered and while the first three in the market came away from the rest it was Love who ended the contest in isolation.

Aidan O’Brien, who was registering an eighth victory in the Classic, commented, “Before the Guineas we were aware that it was a little bit short for her–we always thought she would get a mile and a quarter well and obviously she is by Galileo and has a lovely, long, low action. As you see she is very genuine, sticks her head out and really tries very hard, so we were always hoping that the extra distance was going to improve her, and we were absolutely delighted with the result.”

“She was working incredibly well,” he added. “Her last few canters through the week were incredible, really, so although we obviously didn’t know what was going to happen, we were aware that she was incredibly well. We are in a very privileged position to have such horses to train and an incredible group of people, both here and in Coolmore, and everybody involved. Love is very special. It is very hard to say you would ever have a better filly than her–we saw what she did in the Guineas. We will wait and see what is next and the lads will decide that, but obviously the Irish Oaks is a possibility. We will see how she is over the next few days before we make any decisions, but that was always going to be a possibility. You would have to think about the Arc in the autumn. We know what three-year-old fillies can do in the Arc. We would definitely have to think about it. I guess it will all depend on how she comes out of today and whether she has a midsummer break now or gets in another run and has a break after that, but the Arc has to be a definite possibility.”

There is a chance that Love could emulate Oh So Sharp (Ire) (Kris {GB}) in completing the fillies’ triple crown, but O’Brien seemed cool on the idea in the aftermath of this second part of the equation. “The St Leger comes three weeks or a month before the Arc, so would it be too tough for a filly to do that and then go on to the Arc? I don’t know, but I suppose we will see how she trains and what the lads want to do.”

Of Ennistymon, O’Brien said, “We felt after Ascot that we would be happy to take the winner on again. It worked out how we thought it might. She was back a bit at Ascot and Frankly Darling got an easier time out in front and that changed today. We were delighted with her performance today and the quick pace suited. She is a very nice filly for Mrs Stockwell.” Frankie Dettori said of Frankly Darling, “The track was not for her. She just started hanging and all sorts.”

Love’s dam Pikaboo (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) is also responsible for the G2 Lowther S. and G2 Cherry Hinton S. scorer Lucky Kristale (GB) (Lucky Story) and the strong-staying group 3-winning Galileo fillies Flattering (Ire) and Peach Tree (Ire). Pikaboo is a half-sister to the seven-furlong specialist and dual G2 Park S.-winning sire Arabian Gleam (GB) by Pivotal’s son Kyllachy (GB), and the listed-winning sprinter Kimberella (GB) who is also by Kyllachy. Another half-sibling Light Quest (Quest For Fame {GB}) in produced the G3 Prix Fille de l’Air scorer and stakes producer Skia (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) and the Singapore Gold Cup winner Tropaios (GB) (Excellent Art {GB}). This is also the family of the G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas-winning sire Don’t Forget Me (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}).

Saturday, Epsom, Britain
INVESTEC OAKS-G1, £250,000, Epsom, 7-4, 3yo, f, 12f 6yT, 2:34.06, gd.
1–LOVE (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Pikaboo (GB), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Gleam of Light (Ire), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Gold Runner, by Runnett (GB)
O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £141,775. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Ire, 9-5-1-1, $743,276. *Full to Flattering (Ire), GSW-Ire & SP-Eng; and Peach Tree (Ire), GSW-Ire, $142,207; and 1/2 to Lucky Kristale (GB) (Lucky Story), MGSW-Eng, $288,793. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ennistymon (Ire), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Lahinch (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O/B-Mrs Evie Stockwell (IRE); T-Aidan P. O’Brien. £53,750.
3–Frankly Darling (GB), 126, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Hidden Hope (GB), by Daylami (Ire). O-A E Oppenheimer; B-Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden. £26,900.
Margins: 9, 3/4, 5. Odds: 1.10, 6.00, 1.75.
Also Ran: Queen Daenerys (Ire), Passion (Ire), Bharani Star (Ger), Gold Wand (Ire), Tiempo Vuela (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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