Impressive Love skips away from her rivals to hand Aidan O’Brien a sixth 1,000 Guineas

LOVE breezed away from the opposition to give Aidan O’Brien a sixth victory in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Love and Ryan Moore (right) were impressive winners of the Qipco 1000 Guineas.Love and Ryan Moore (right) were impressive winners of the Qipco 1000 Guineas.
Love and Ryan Moore (right) were impressive winners of the Qipco 1000 Guineas.

LOVE breezed away from the opposition to give Aidan O’Brien a sixth victory in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

The Ballydoyle handler fielded just one runner in the Classic and Love emphatically turned around last year’s Fillies’ Mile form with Quadrilateral to claim a cosy success under Ryan Moore.

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She travelled extremely well throughout the mile contest and when Moore gave the signal, Love picked up in fine style and shot clear in the final furlong to win by four and a quarter lengths.

This is Love and Ryan Moore winning the Qipco 1000 Guineas behind closed doors at Newmarket.This is Love and Ryan Moore winning the Qipco 1000 Guineas behind closed doors at Newmarket.
This is Love and Ryan Moore winning the Qipco 1000 Guineas behind closed doors at Newmarket.

Cloak Of Spirits kept on for second, with Quadrilateral a head back in third.

The winner is now favourite for next month’s Epsom Oaks.

O’Brien said: “We’re delighted with her. She was doing everything right all through the winter and the spring.

“She’s a lovely filly. We always thought she would get much further than a mile. She showed she got a mile last year and we always thought we’d start here and then maybe go on to the Oaks and I think that’s what the lads were thinking about doing.

“She was well and that was her target all the time.”

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However the Oaks appears to be off the agenda for Run Wild who had earlier galloped her rivals ragged to win the Pretty Polly Fillies’ Stakes under 2000 Guineas hero Oisin Murphy.

Murphy was eager to set the pace on the John Gosden-trained winner, opting to race towards the middle of the track and allowing the daughter of Amaron to stride on through the early stages.

She built up a handy advantage and it was apparent with a couple of furlongs to run that Run Wild had everything else off the bridle.

Murphy merely shook the reins at her in the final furlong and while she tired slightly in the final few yards, Run Wild still had three and three-quarter lengths in hand at the line.

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“She loves to use her stride and she was drawn in the middle, so I said to Oisin ‘stay there and do your own thing’,” said Gosden.

“She has got plenty of experience and put it to good use. We will stay at a mile and a quarter and we will not charge off to an Oaks or anything.”

The Gosden stable is in fine form – last year’s Cambridgeshire winner Lord North proved his progression has not stopped yet by winning the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Haydock.

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