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The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Aidan O'Brien's massive Derby favourite a huge drifter in the market as stablemate is smashed in
WINTER'S OVER Punters are siding with only one of the runners Sam Morgan Published: 14:18, Updated: 14:19, AIDAN O'BRIEN'S massive Derby favourite The Lion In Winter is a huge drifter in the market. And stablemate Delacroix has been smashed into favourite. 1 Acomb Stakes winner The Lion In Winter - who flopped in the Dante at York - is out to a huge 11 (10-1) on the Betfair Exchange. While Coral reported a surge of bets for Coolmore-owned Delacroix, who looks like being the mount of Ryan Moore. Coral's David Stevens said: "Since Aidan O'Brien's comments earlier this week that Ryan Moore would find it difficult not to ride Delacroix at Epsom, the Leopardstown Trial winner has been the best-backed Derby contender by far. "He has regained outright favouritism for the Classic, in contrast to The Lion In Winter, who has now been eased to 6-1 for next Saturday's race." More to follow. . Remember to gamble responsibly
The Sun
6 days ago
- General
- The Sun
Royal Ascot hammer blow as superstar horse Kyprios retires just weeks before third Gold Cup bid
ROYAL ASCOT has been dealt a hammer blow - after superstar horse Kyprios' retirement was confirmed. Aidan O'Brien's all-conquering monster was to go for a third Gold Cup on June 19. But a flare up of an injury has forced connections to announce his retirement aged seven. Owners Coolmore posted on X: "Kyprios Retires. "Due to an aggravation of an old ringbone lesion we have decided to take no chances with Kyprios and although he is currently sound and doing well the decision has been made to retire him from racing." Trainer O'Brien had insisted publicly as was well with the awesome stayer, who won 17 of his 21 races, after he turned awkwardly following his last win at Leopardstown earlier this month. Kyprios had just won the Saval Beg in Ireland at odds of 1-14 when he moved gingerly in the winner's enclosure. Footage seemingly from the following morning showed him moving well. But, as ever, the markets told the real story with stablemate Illinois smashed in for the Gold Cup out of nowhere. Kyprios' price shot up as a result and, though it did move back in in the following days, the writing was really on the wall. It's a sad end for a true icon of racing, who won a staggering £2.7million on the track - and was beaten just twice since May 2021. But connections, who nursed him back from the brink of death over the winter of 2022, always said they would never risk him. More to follow. . Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who:
Powys County Times
7 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
O'Brien keeping the faith with Storm Boy
Aidan O'Brien was not discouraged by Storm Boy's beaten effort on his Irish debut in the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. The Justify three-year-old was formerly campaigned in Australia by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and was a multiple Group-race winner under that jurisdiction. Having been shipped to the other side of the world he made his debut for O'Brien at Group Two level, but did not live up to his billing as the 6-4 favourite when coming home last of nine runners. His trainer was not overly deflated, however, and is glad to have completed a valuable fact-finding mission before Royal Ascot. 'He had never been galloped or worked, but we had to run him to find out what else we had to work on between now and Ascot,' he said. 'We learned that we have a good bit to work on, but I was very happy to do that. 'He was beaten less than six lengths and he got a bad enough check at the two (furlong) marker. You could take another two off that, so he probably would have been beaten less than four lengths. 'That was a very respectable run. I know everyone was disappointed, but we think we'll take him home now and we're going to train him. 'We haven't really trained him yet and hopefully what we think will come, will come.'
Irish Times
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Transformed Lake Victoria routs her classic opposition in Irish 1,000 Guineas
If a week is a long time in politics then three weeks in the life of a thoroughbred can be transformational as Lake Victoria proved with her Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas success at the Curragh on Sunday. Rarely can an outstanding champion juvenile have finished only sixth in a classic and left connections so pleased as Lake Victoria did after her effort behind Desert Flower in the Newmarket Guineas earlier this month. Aidan O'Brien's confidence that her first start of the season would bring on the filly massively was infectious enough to have her start a 10/11 favourite at the Curragh. Once again, the master trainer was proved correct. Lake Victoria's only challenge through the race was securing enough daylight to get off the rail behind the pacesetting 50/1 outsider California Dreamer, and Ryan Moore managed that manoeuvre with the minimum of fuss. READ MORE Once in daylight the race was in effect over and although California Dreamer held off the 20/1 Cercene for second, just like Saturday's 2000 Guineas success for Field Of Joy, this looked a classic case of the winner first and the rest nowhere. It put the seal on a four-timer for Moore that comprised all four Group races on Sunday, including more top-flight success in a vintage Tattersalls Gold Cup for Los Angeles. That 9/4 favourite rallied to beat Anmaat and another pair of Group One winners. Ryan Moore on Porta Fortuna wins The Lanwades Stud Stakes at The Curragh on Sunday. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Porta Fortuna landed the Lanwades Stud Stakes while thoughts even turned to the 2026 classics after giant two-year-old Albert Einstein landed the Marble Hill. If that colt – lauded by O'Brien as 'very special' – is all potential then Lake Victoria proved herself the real classic deal. Unbeaten before Newmarket, and a Group One winner at three different distances in three different countries, the Frankel filly underlined the benefit of a first run of the season by scoring with total authority. 'She went to Newmarket getting ready for a racecourse gallop and was beaten only a length or two in the Guineas. She has all the speed in the world, she travels and does everything,' O'Brien said before nominating Royal Ascot's Coronation Stakes next. It was the trainer's 11th win in the race and a fourth for Moore, who said: 'She done everything beautifully today. She's come on massively from Newmarket and she's really exciting.' Earlier, Moore had to work harder to win on Los Angeles, but once again advertised his uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time. Ryan Moore on Los Angeles wins The Tattersalls Gold Cup on Sunday, beating Jim Crowley on Anmaat. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Last year's Irish Derby was one of the first 'under the pump', but swept to the front in a tactical affair and when Anmaat headed him inside the final furlong, Los Angeles reacted as if affronted. There was just a half a length between them at the line, but the imposing O'Brien colt ultimately won with authority, although the fluctuating fortunes implicit in riding at the top level were advertised in behind. Having won Saturday's classic on Field Of Joy with a perfectly judged spin, Colin Keane endured contrasting fortunes on White Birch, who missed out on third by a head. Keane's decision to try to launch a challenge on the inner rather than go to the outside resulted in a frustrating passage for the grey, who ultimately never got a proper shot at repeating his 2024 success in the race. Los Angeles, too, will be pointed to Royal Ascot and be kept to a mile-and-a-quarter in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. A shot at the King George and then the Arc could come later. Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien after winning The Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas with Lake Victoria at The Curragh on Sunday. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/INPHO 'That was the best he has been today. He done everything beautifully and it was a proper horse race. There was no hiding place. The second is an older horse, but he is proven at the top level and he put it up to me, but my fella found plenty,' Moore said. 'He is a Camelot and they do tend to get better as they get older and you can see the size of this lad, there is still a bit more in him. I'd say the second horse probably went a neck up, but my lad was well on top again at the line.' If Porta Fortuna is a diminutive star on course for the Queen Anne Stakes, then the 540kg Albert Einstein will dwarf his Royal Ascot opposition in the Coventry. The colt had to get out of a pocket in the Marble Hill, but managed it and might even ultimately live up to his billing by O'Brien, who said his counterintuitive priority with the colt is to slow him down. 'The special ones are like that,' he said. 'All you're trying to do is get them to relax all the time.'
The Sun
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Horse racing tips: ‘Superstar will be bang there on return' – Templegate's NAP to score for Aidan O'Brien
TEMPLEGATE'S Sunday picks are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. LAKE VICTORIA (3.40 Curragh, nap) Looked like a superstar in an unbeaten juvenile campaign that culminated in a trio of impressive Group 1 wins. She snagged top-level successes at 6f, 7f and the mile trip, running riot in the Cheveley Park before her remarkable win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. She was below her best on return in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, but Aidan O'Brien's horses tend to improve for their returns and he has a habit of bringing them forward from below-par Guineas runs. KALPANA (3.05 Curragh, nb) Looked the real deal last season, rounding off the campaign in the manner of a filly going places. After winning Listed and Group 3 races at Hamilton and Kempton in a common canter, she stepped into Group 1 company at Ascot and ran riot in the British Champions Fillies & Mares on Champions Day. Given that she did not race as a juvenile, there has to be a lot of hope she will blossom even further as a four-year-old. Paul Nicholls saddles this seven-year-old who should have more to offer upped in trip. Templegate's tips CURRAGH 1.20 Composing 1.55 Albert Einstein 2.30 One Look 3.05 Kalpana (nb) 3.40 LAKE VICTORIA (nap) 4.15 Varshini 4.50 Robbies Rock 5.25 Gifted UTTOXETER 2.03 Getuptheyard 2.38 Kaituna River 3.13 Service Minimum 3.48 Matterhorn (treble) 4.23 Leading Force 4.58 Tara Iti 5.33 Bushstreet Bowman KELSO 2.13 Pergamon 2.48 Spartan Warrior 3.23 Wee Alki 3.58 Rewired 4.33 Theirshegoes 5.08 Cushendall FONTWELL 1.48 Just A Heartbeat 2.23 School For Scandal 2.58 Doc McCoy 3.33 Thirtyfour Thirty 4.08 Man Of The Sea 4.43 Jack Sparrow Grey 5.18 Hyperbole Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. You should be aware brands pay fees to appear in the highest placements on the page. 18+. T&Cs apply. Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who:
