Irish 1000 Guineas for Tuesday ahead of big June Friday at Epsom Oaks
- Tom Reed
- 10 May 2022
Aidan O'Brien's Tuesday has beautiful breeding and the Irish 1000 Guineas followed by the Epsom Oaks is in order for the daughter of Galileo.
Star filly Tuesday can make it happy days for Aidan O'Brien with a tilt at the Irish 1000 Guineas before tackling the Cazoo Epsom Oaks.
The Galileo filly placed third in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in as many career starts.
Beautifully bred as expected, the full sister to Minding has quite the pedigree for Classic races and will go to Epsom on Friday, June 3 as one of the market leaders for the Oaks.
With regular jockey Ryan Moore riding Tenebrism in the English 1000 Guineas, Frankie Dettori took the ride on Tuesday at HQ and the irrepressible Italian was quick to press her Irish 1000 Guineas potential
"The first thing Frankie said when he got off her after Newmarket was the Irish Guineas. We left her in and we'll see after that. She's not a three-year-old until the first week in June, so what she's doing is amazing," said O'Brien.
"Looking at her in the Guineas, you'd say that she'd definitely get a mile and a quarter well and is crying out to go up in trip. She's still only a baby, so at the moment we're looking at going to the Irish Guineas with her and then we'll go to the Oaks, much like her sister did (Minding).
"We've done it plenty with the fillies. They're fit and ready and conditioned, so we're happy for them to go there.
"Some years there's not as much of a gap between the (Irish) Guineas and Epsom, but when there's two weeks you have a chance of doing it if they're after having a run or two before it."
Everything O'Brien touched at Chester last week turned to gold, winning with all five runners on the Roodee, including a slight surprise in the Cheshire Oaks with Thoughts Of June.
"You wouldn't run Thoughts Of June over a mile as she's a mile-and-a-half filly. She's a big filly that stays well," said O'Brien.
"I sent her to Chester to see how she'd handle a track like that, and really she was probably too big for Chester. She's nearly 17 hands, but she went round the bend well and Ryan gave her a great ride. The plan at the moment is to go to Epsom."
