50-1 Upset In Oaks
The muted response from the crowd said it all as Qualify powered her way home to hand Aidan O’Brien a surprise fifth victory at 50-1 in the Investec Oaks at Epsom.
6th June 2015
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The muted response from the crowd said it all as Qualify powered her way home to hand Aidan O’Brien a surprise fifth victory at 50-1 in the Investec Oaks at Epsom.
He will need to forge a significant career both on the track and at stud to repay his €2.85m price tag as a yearling but he could not have made a more polished start
Aidan O’Brien’s name is written like no other across the history of the Dubai Duty Free 2014 Irish Derby, having landed a record ten victories, and Australia is hot favourite to make it a football team’s worth of winners for the master of Ballydoyle.
Australia has pace but is also well-balanced and has a good temperament – you really cannot fault him. I like him and always have done. I really believe in the horse. To be successful, you have to believe in your own horse.
British classic winner Camelot has been retired because of an injury detected earlier this week. He will stand at Coolmore Stud in 2014.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien paraded Investec Derby favourite Camelot at a media morning organised by Epsom Downs Racecourse and Investec at his Ballydoyle Stable in County Tipperary and is counting down the days until the premier Classic on 2 June.
ROBYN LOUW: The Breeders’ Cup was a bit of a mixed bag for racing fans. Favourites were dethroned. However, the biggest hit of the festival for me was a young raider from Ireland called Mark Boylan.
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
