Aidan O’Brien labelled True Love ‘a monster of a filly’ after seeing her safe an eighth Betfred 1,000 Guineas triumph for his Ballydoyle operation at Newmarket.
Ridden by Wayne Lordan with steady No 1 Ryan Moore aboard favorite Exact, final season’s Cheveley Park Stakes heroine decisively answered any pre-race issues relating to her stamina at a mile by devouring the rising floor to beat Evolutionist by a length-and-three quarters.
The prominently ridden Venetian Lace continued a superb assembly for coach Charlie Johnston by staying on gamely for third, a spot forward of The Prettiest Star.
In distinction to her profitable stablemate, Exact failed to select up when requested a query on the two-furlong marker and will solely end ninth.
‘She’s a monster of a filly,’ enthused O’Brien who was going one higher than 24 hours beforehand when Gstaad was runner-up to Bow Echo within the colt’s Traditional.
‘You could not ensure she was going to get a mile, she’s a Queen Mary winner and it’s totally uncommon for a Queen Mary winner to get a mile.
‘She’s superb, a giant, highly effective filly. She’s very relaxed in all her work, so there was all the time an opportunity she’d get the mile.’
Jockey Wayne Lordan rides True Love to victory within the Betfred 1000 Guineas Stakes
Coach Aidan O’Brien (centre) is pictured forward of Sunday’s Guineas Competition at Newmarket
Of Exact O’Brien added: ‘We knew Exact was away a month in the past however she had a very simple bit of labor as a result of she had a temperature a month or two in the past. That meant we did not do what we wished so there was all the time going to be a hazard it might catch her out just a little bit and I believe she simply bought a bit drained.’
It was a 3rd victory within the characteristic for Cork-born Lordan who was additionally beforehand profitable aboard Winter (2017) and Hermosa (2019) for O’Brien.
The 44-year-old was sidelined for eight months with a number of fractures in 2023 when sustaining a horror fall from San Antonio within the Irish Derby however his front-running victory aboard Lambourn in final yr’s Derby and this triumph on True Love showcased what an important cog he has grow to be to the Ballydoyle operation.
‘Fortunately, it is a fortunate race for me however I am within the place to journey good horses and you’ve got all the time bought an opportunity while you’re driving good horses,’ he stated.
‘She’s a giant, highly effective filly as you can see within the ring. She’s fairly tall however she has the power to go along with it.
‘She ran over seven furlongs the final day and she or he bought to the road fairly effectively and since she confirmed a lot tempo there was all the time just a little query mark over whether or not she would get the mile.
‘Her homework would recommend that she would, so we got here right here at present assured and hopeful. She jumped and she or he relaxed fantastically and I went by the race very snug and once I requested her to go ahead, she bought to the road effectively.’
