Aidan O’Brien will have a dozen runners when racing resumes behind closed doors in Ireland on Monday but on Sunday all he needed was Love to win the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket. Love was in control from over a furlong out and reversed juvenile form with a vengeance over the 11-4 favourite Quadrilateral. But ahead of Irish racing’s resumption, and both Irish Guineas taking place at the Curragh on Friday and Saturday, this outcome confirmed how O’Brien’s Ballydoyle operation has hit the ground running. O’Brien stayed at home rather than travel to Newmarket where Moore described Love as looking like the best three-year-old filly around. “The distance between the races should be perfect and we always thought the Oaks would suit her.”

Source: The Irish Times June 07, 2020 16:07 UTC