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Aidan O’Brien’s beaten Guineas pair to aim for Curragh redemption

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Aidan O’Brien is keeping the faith in Expanded and Lake Victoria after the pair came up short in their respective Classic assignments at Newmarket over the weekend.

Dewhurst runner-up Expanded became the Ballydoyle handler’s 2000 Guineas contender by default after first The Lion In Winter and then stablemate Twain were ruled out of the Rowley Mile showpiece, and he was unable to make his presence felt when finishing a disappointing ninth of 11 runners.

Speaking at the Curragh on Monday, O’Brien said: “Expanded was a bit of a mess really. It was all rushed and I shouldn’t have gone there.

“I only went there when the other horse (Twain) was gone and it was the wrong thing for Expanded. I had a plan that he’d do another piece of work and come here today for this (Tetrarch Stakes).

Aidan O'Brien blamed himself for Expanded's disappointing run in the 2000 Guineas
Aidan O’Brien blamed himself for Expanded’s disappointing run in the 2000 Guineas (Mike Egerton/PA)

“I forced it all on him, the poor fellow. I’ve done all the wrong things with him but he’ll be fine. I’ll just give him a little bit of time to freshen up now.

“It was all a bit of a non-event really. It was all a bit too quick for him but he’ll leave that behind him. We’ve had loads of horses that ran very bad in that race (2000 Guineas) but came back here (for the Irish Guineas). When it goes wrong there (Newmarket), it can go very wrong.

“They went very slow for the first two furlongs and he missed the break a little bit. Then they sprinted for the last six. He just got lost when they started to sprint out of not being right, and not being prepared properly really.”

Following an unbeaten juvenile campaign that featured a hat-trick of Group One wins, Lake Victoria met with defeat for the first time in Sunday’s 1000 Guineas but was not beaten far into sixth place following an interrupted preparation.

O’Brien added: “The filly ran well, she stumbled coming out of the stalls and then she came too much on the bridle.

“She was a bit fresh. She just did a little bit too much in the first two furlongs. She’s run a nice race and got a little bit tired.

“Two weeks before the Guineas she wasn’t going to run. It’s the same thing (as Expanded) – it was a bit of a rushed preparation.

“The Irish Guineas is the plan and you’d look forward to seeing her the next day now.”

Lake Victoria ‘really coming’ in Newmarket fitness race

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Aidan O’Brien has offered fresh hope that his unbeaten filly Lake Victoria will be ready to make her reappearance in the Betfred 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

The daughter of Frankel carried all before her as a juvenile last season, winning each of her five starts including Group One victories in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, the Cheveley Park Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Last month, O’Brien cast doubt over whether Lake Victoria would be fit enough to head for the first fillies’ Classic of the season, but speaking at a Jockey Club-organised press morning on Monday, he appeared more optimistic that she could either join or even replace stablemate Exactly on the Rowley Mile early next month.

“Exactly has had a run, so the plan would be to go (to Newmarket) with her, and Lake Victoria is on the way back. We stepped her up a couple of weeks ago and she’s really coming – she could be there in time,” said the Ballydoyle handler.

“If she wasn’t, she could go to the Curragh on the Monday (Athasi Stakes), but it’s very possible that she could be there in time and if that happened Exactly could go to the French Guineas instead.”

A filly O’Brien has high hopes for over longer trips this season is Dreamy, who won her first two starts before being beaten into fourth place by 1000 Guineas favourite Desert Flower in the Fillies’ Mile in October.

The daughter of American Pharoah is a general 25-1 shot for the Betfred Oaks at Epsom in June, but O’Brien said: “Dreamy is probably a filly that could be an Oaks filly and she’s a very big price.

“She’s a real mile-and-a-half filly, probably a dark filly and she could go to Chester or York for one of the trials.”

O’Brien expresses Guineas doubts about The Lion In Winter

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Aidan O’Brien has raised doubts over whether his Betfred 2000 Guineas favourite The Lion In Winter will be ready in time for the Newmarket Classic on May 3.

The unbeaten colt broke the juvenile track record at York when winning the Acomb Stakes in August, a race which has seen its form repeatedly boosted.

However, he did not manage to to run again as a two-year-old due to minor setbacks and as a result he is a little bit behind schedule compared to some of O’Brien’s other Classic contenders.

“The Lion In Winter took a little bit of time to come right so he’s a little bit behind the others,” O’Brien said at a Ballydoyle press morning on Monday.

“We took him to the Curragh last weekend and he went well, the work was easy what he did.

“Whether he’ll make it in time for the Guineas or not I’m not sure. We’ll know in the next week or so but if he doesn’t he might be trained for something like the Dante (at York) and go straight to the Derby, something like that.

“There has to be a doubt about the Guineas but he’s very well, he’s just carrying plenty of condition so he might not make it, in the next couple of weeks we’ll know.”

O’Brien’s leading filly from last year, Lake Victoria, who won Group Ones over six and seven furlongs as well as over a mile, is also not certain to be ready in time for the 1000 Guineas.

“She’s good, she had a long break, longer than the others because her year went very long,” said O’Brien.

“She was at the Curragh last weekend as well on an easy piece of work. I’m not sure if she’ll make the Guineas but we’re training her for it. If she didn’t (make it) she would go for the Athasi Stakes the day after at the Curragh if she didn’t come in time.

“Knowing her she probably will come in time because she’s that type of filly. I’m very happy with her and we think she’s done very well.”

Lake Victoria crowned top juvenile filly following stellar campaign

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Aidan O’Brien is eyeing Classic glory with the unbeaten Lake Victoria after she was confirmed as the Champion European Two-Year-Old Filly for 2024.

The daughter of Frankel rattled off five straight victories as a juvenile, the last three of which came at Grade One level over a trio of different distances.

Having claimed the Moyglare Stud Stakes over seven furlongs at the Curragh, she dropped back to six for Newmarket’s Cheveley Park and then closed her campaign with victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf over a mile at Del Mar.

A rating of 119 put her second to Godolphin colt Shadow Of Light (120) in the overall standings and only Minding has managed a higher rating from O’Brien’s eight past winners in the leading filly category.

The Ballydoyle handler said: “What she did was very unusual, you couldn’t really believe that a two-year-old filly would do that – to win all three Group Ones over three different distances.

“She’s obviously quick and she got a mile well in America the last day. You’d imagine that she’s going to be a miler-type and might get a mile and a quarter.

“She’s by Frankel and out of Quiet Reflection, who was very quick, but she’s big, she’s powerful and has a great mind, plus a great constitution.

“She was obviously going through her races very easily and doing her work very easily. If you see her in a race, she travels very well and when she quickens, she puts a lot of her races to bed.

“But obviously she has a lot of class, that’s what she has and it made her very different.”

Lake Victoria was a comprehensive winner of the Juvenile Fillies Turf
Lake Victoria was a comprehensive winner of the Juvenile Fillies Turf (PA)

Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board handicapper Mark Bird said: “Lake Victoria created her own piece of history on the way to emerging as the Champion European Two-Year-Old Filly for 2024 by becoming the only champion filly in the history of the classifications to win three Group/Grade One races at the age of two.

“Almost as remarkable, the daughter of Frankel recorded top-level wins at six furlongs, seven furlongs and a mile, as well as in three different countries.

“She matches the feat previously only achieved this century by Found (2014) in becoming the outright two-year-old Champion ahead of the colts in her native Ireland, a country which this year had the highest number of horses on the Two-Year-Old Classification for the first time ever.”

The leading juvenile filly in Britain was Godolphin’s Desert Flower, who achieved a rating of 117 following an unbeaten campaign that ended with a five-and-a-half-length success in the Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket.

The July Festival 2024 – Cup Day – Newmarket Racecourse
Desert Flower ridden by William Buick winning at Newmarket (Nigel French/PA).

Her trainer Charlie Appleby said: “She’s won over a mile already and she’s a filly I’d imagine going straight to the Guineas with. Obviously we’ve got a few months to see how she progresses, but she’s done very well over the winter and I’m very pleased with her.

“I’m sometimes a fan of going straight into the Guineas without a prep and just timing-wise it suits us better. I feel we’re getting these horses fit enough and it’s a long season ahead of them.

“Will she be a likely Oaks filly? I don’t know if I see her stretching out that far, although on her running style, I think she’d give herself a chance of getting that trip, but for the foreseeable future we’ll stick to a mile and our target is very much the Guineas.”

Lake Victoria sweeps aside Breeders’ Cup rivals

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Lake Victoria’s flawless record remains intact after she struck in the John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar.

Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel two-year-old was ridden by Ryan Moore on an inside line in the opening stages of the one-mile contest, with the filly significantly tightened up for room on the first bend.

Lake Victoria appeared to briefly lose her balance, but Moore soon got her back on an even keel and was able to regain momentum on the rail.

In the straight she was switched out to find some racing room and when asked was easily able to pull away to a comprehensive success, extending her unbeaten run to five races and adding a third top-level success after victories in the Moyglare and Cheveley Park Stakes.

O’Brien was full of praise for Moore’s ride given the trouble Lake Victoria encountered in the initial exchanges.

He said: “Whether she got crowded or was bumped I’m not sure, but Ryan was further back than he wanted to be. He was in a terrible position but he gave her a brilliant ride

“The lads (Coolmore) decided to give her a bit more time (after the Cheveley Park) and come here and Ryan was very confident.

“Ryan says she will be a miler and we will train her for the Guineas. Hopefully she will get a mile and a quarter.

“We will let her thrive over the winter with the colts and then we will map out plans for all of them into the new year.”

Moore was in no doubt about Lake Victoria’s class before the race and felt she had stamped her authority in style.

He said: “She had very strong form, all she needed was normal racing luck she had her share of that and she was much the best.

“I had no concerns about the distance she had won over seven at the Curragh and to me there was no doubt that she would get the mile – she was way too good for them.

“Going forwardm she’s more of a miler and probably a Guineas filly.”

Reflecting on the incident on the first turn, Moore added: “She got pushed into the fence and that was that. They had gone pretty quick and by the end of the back (straight) most of them were done.

“She jumped very well but there were quite a lot of them wanted to lead, there wasn’t much space.”

Aidan O'Brien (right) celebrates with Derrick and Paul Smith
Aidan O’Brien (right) celebrates with Derrick and Paul Smith (PA)

The filly is owned by the Coolmore triumvirate but runs in the colours of Michael Tabor, who is eager to see what the filly achieves in the future.

He said: “Something happened that I couldn’t quite see but she showed she is special under a great ride.

“She ranks very highly with some of our best fillies, only time will tell how good she is.”

Lake Victoria powers to impressive Cheveley Park victory

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Lake Victoria maintained her flawless record with a dazzling triumph in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket.

Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly, who was dropping back to six furlongs after winning the Moyglare Stud Stakes over seven earlier this month, was the 6-4 favourite for the Group One, and was ridden masterfully by Ryan Moore to lead the pack of runners on the inner rail in the opening stages.

The two groups combined halfway through the race and with two furlongs left to travel, Lake Victoria was clearly faring best of all.

Once Moore pressed the button, she strode into a clear lead in the final furlong and went on to prevail comfortably by three lengths from Daylight, with the previously unbeaten Babouche a disappointing fourth.

The winner is now 9-4 favourite (from 3-1) for the Fillies’ Mile with Paddy Power, should she run again this year. She is 7-4 favourite for next year’s 1000 Guineas with the same firm.

O’Brien said: “She quickened very well. For a Frankel filly, she was very impressive over six furlongs.

“We always had this race in mind and before she won the Moyglare, the plan was to come back here, she’s always worked very quick.

“We wouldn’t normally do it that way round but we had it in our head before the Moyglare we were coming here. She’s obviously very quick.

“We wouldn’t be afraid of stepping up to a mile, that is what Ryan said. To come back here for the Fillies’ Mile, that’s what Ryan said. We’ll see what the lads want to do.

“We’ve got some good fillies this year, it’s unusual really. It’s very rare to do what she has done, and look more impressive. It was uncomplicated, she wasn’t dropped in, he gave her a lovely ride.

“She was very impressive when she won the Sweet Solera and Sean (Levey) was very impressed with her that day.

“She was always very classy, even when she ran first time. We’ll let her tell us if she’s going to run again. We did back her up quick, though, and it is a risk doing that.

“We have Dreamy in the Fillies’ Mile too, and it’s possible that she will run.”

Lake Victoria in Cheveley Park mix for Aidan O’Brien

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Aidan O’Brien could allow Lake Victoria to bid for back-to-back Group One victories in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday, after confirming Royal Ascot heroine Fairy Godmother will not run again this season.

Lake Victoria maintained her unbeaten record in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh and has the option of dropping back in trip from seven to six furlongs just a fortnight later on the Rowley Mile.

Fairy Godmother, not seen since her brilliant victory in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot, had previously been identified as the likely Ballydoyle representative this weekend, but she has now been put away for the winter.

Paddy Power make the pair their 5-1 joint-favourites for next year’s 1000 Guineas.

“Fairy Godmother is finished for the season, we just decided to leave her off for the rest of the year,” O’Brien told the PA news agency on Monday.

“As for Lake Victoria, we were thinking we might bring her back to six furlongs for this going to the Moyglare.”

Lake Victoria is among 14 fillies in the mix for the Cheveley Park Stakes, with O’Brien also confirming Bubbling, Heavens Gate, Merrily and Truly Enchanting.

The likely favourite is the Ger Lyons-trained Babouche, who has carried the Juddmonte colours to a hat-trick of wins including a Group One victory over the O’Brien-trained Whistlejacket in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

Celandine winning the Lowther Stakes at York
Celandine winning the Lowther Stakes at York (Mike Egerton/PA)

Francis-Henri Graffard has supplemented the runaway Chantilly winner Rayevka and Ed Walker is set to saddle his Lowther Stakes winner Celandine.

O’Brien dominates the entries for the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes, with the Ballydoyle handler responsible for 10 of 18 remaining contenders. Acapulco Bay is the shortest priced.

Charlie Fellowes will justifiably have high hopes for his Ascendant Stakes winner Luther in the one-mile Group Two, while Ralph Beckett’s Convivial Maiden scorer Angelo Buonarroti is another horse worthy of respect in what promises to be an informative event.

Lake Victoria swoops for Moyglare Stud success

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Lake Victoria upstaged her better-fancied stablemate Bedtime Story in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh.

Bedtime Story had created a huge impression when winning the Chesham Stakes by nine and a half lengths at Royal Ascot and while her subsequent two wins were more workmanlike, she was the 4-5 favourite to extend her unbeaten record to five.

Ryan Moore set out to make all the running aboard the daughter of Frankel and dual Nunthorpe heroine Mecca’s Angel, but Aidan O’Brien’s youngster was flat out entering the final furlong and her four rivals were queuing up to challenge.

Lake Victoria – also a Frankel filly out of a Group One winner in Quiet Reflection – had looked a smart prospect herself in winning on her course and distance debut before following up in the Group Three Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket last month, and she finished best down the outside of the five-strong field to win going away by a length and a quarter under Wayne Lordan.

Ollie Sangster’s British raider Simmering filled the runner-up spot, just ahead of O’Brien’s apparent third string Exactly in third and Red Letter in fourth. Bedtime Story passed the post last of five.

O’Brien said: “She’s a very good filly. She won here the first day, she got to the front and was very green. Ryan said she got to the front way too early that day, but her pace took her there and she obviously still won.

“She went to Newmarket and Seanie (Levey) won on her and she won very impressively. She’s a very classy filly.

“We thought she would be second to the other filly. Ryan’s filly just hit the gates, he just couldn’t get her back then and that was it. When that happens it’s usually over.

“She’ll be grand too, she’s a little bit like her sister and we’ll just go gentle and slow her down a little bit.

Lake Victoria (right) swoops for victory
Lake Victoria (right) swoops for victory (Niall Carson/PA)

“It’s always a worry after what she did in Ascot that could happen and we took it very gentle the next twice afraid it could happen but it still happened.

“We’ll work another way out just to get her to go to sleep again. Wayne rides her out the whole time and he will do that.

“I’m delighted for Wayne. He’s a great fella and he does a lot of work, day in day out at home.

“He’s a great rider and we’re so lucky to have him here after what happened in the Irish Derby. He went through a tough time for four or five months and nobody deserves it more. He’s a world-class rider.

“It’s a possibility the winner could go to the Cheveley Park. We ran her here with the thought in our head that she could be a Cheveley Park filly.

“We thought she’d be second to the other filly. She’s a very fast filly and that was the plan. We took our time on her, let her relax, and didn’t want to give her a tough race.

“Wayne gave her a brilliant ride. She’s fast, she’s by Frankel but she’s made like a sprinter.”

Sweet success for O’Brien at Newmarket with Lake Victoria

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Lake Victoria confirmed the promise of her debut success to give Aidan O’Brien a first victory in the JenningsBet Sweet Solera Stakes.

The Group Three event was one of the few races not to appear on the Ballydoyle handler’s CV, but that all changed once the 11-8 favourite graced Newmarket’s July course to produce a display that hints at even better things to come.

With Ryan Moore required at the Curragh, former Ballydoyle apprentice Sean Levey came in for the spare ride aboard the talented daughter of Frankel – who is out of Commonwealth Cup scorer Quiet Reflection.

Keen away from the stalls, Levey was content to go forward on the market leader, who was still travelling powerfully entering the final quarter-mile and showed her class when it mattered to come home two lengths clear of Charlie Appleby’s 2-1 second-favourite Mountain Breeze.

Gemma Tutty’s York scorer Elsie’s Ruan was a length further back in third having punched above her weight on just her second start.

Levey was impressed with his mount and said: “She’s not short of speed, but at the same time she stayed that seven (furlongs) strong I thought.

“Just looking at the screen going across the line and just catching a glimpse of her, she looked and felt decent to be fair. I think she will be a nice filly.”

O’Brien appears blessed with some talented fillies this year with both Bedtime Story and Fairy Godmother high in the betting for next season’s Classics, but Lake Victoria is well worth her place in the discussion, with Paddy Power going 12-1 from 16s for next year’s 1000 Guineas and 20-1 from 25s for the Oaks.

Lake Victoria after winning at Newmarket
Lake Victoria after winning at Newmarket (PA)

Levey continued: “She’s a quality filly and on the back of that, it’ll be interesting to see what they do next.

“She’s a strong filly with plenty of scope and there’s no doubt she will improve. There’s plenty of speed in the pedigree and on the back of that I think there will be plenty of options.

“If you look at the pedigrees throughout today alone, at the Curragh and also here, they’re very good pedigrees, very nice horses and she’s obviously up there with the rest of them.”

Levey has starred this season aboard crack miler Rosallion, but was thrilled for the chance to revisit his early days and ride for O’Brien on the big stage, registering his biggest UK success in the famous Coolmore silks of Michael Tabor.

Levey added: “It’s been a long time since I rode a winner in these silks and it’s nice to have them back on – they make me look younger when I look at my reflection.

“I was very privileged and they were very good to me when I was apprenticed to them and I’ve had a good time of things since I moved over here.

“I’ve always stepped in for the odd spare here and there, but it’s nice to be given the opportunity to ride a good horse like that and win a nice race for them again.”

The victory was also notable for the winner’s sire, as the 100th Group/Graded triumph for Frankel as a stallion – putting him ahead of Danehill, Deep Impact, Galileo and Dubawi in reaching that landmark.

O’Brien seeking first Sweet Solera at Newmarket on Saturday

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Lake Victoria could give Aidan O’Brien his first success in the JenningsBet Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Not many races of note have eluded the Ballydoyle handler throughout his decorated career, but this Group Three is one missing from his CV and he could have identified the perfect candidate to initiate change.

A game winner of a Curragh maiden on debut, the form of that race now reads strongly, with the runner-up Red Letter winning in style on her next start and on course for Group-race engagements of her own in the future.

Regally-bred as a daughter of Frankel out of the dual Group One-winning mare Quiet Reflection, Lake Victoria now makes an immediate step up in grade on her second start and with Ryan Moore required at the Curragh, it is Sean Levey who has been handed steering duties on the July course.

Swaziland-born Levey spent six years as an apprentice at Ballydoyle before relocating to England.

“We were very happy with her debut and we think she’s happy for another run,” said O’Brien.

“We’re hoping she’ll run a nice race and we think the experience will do her good.

“We’ve trained a few out of Quiet Reflection, but she’d be the sharpest, being by Frankel, the others were more middle-distance types, she looks the quickest one.

“Her maiden form looks strong, the second has won well since and she’d be one of our nicer fillies, we liked her when she ran.”

Charlie Appleby is another seeking to break his Sweet Solera duck, relying on Mountain Breeze, who has shown plenty of ability so far.

Mountain Breeze has already achieved a high level of form
Mountain Breeze has already achieved a high level of form (John Walton/PA)

Twice a winner on the Rowley Mile earlier in the campaign, the half-sister to Pinatubo was a respectable fourth behind Fairy Godmother in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot, before giving Arabian Dusk most to think about over six furlongs at this track in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes.

“We feel that stepping up to seven is the right way for Mountain Breeze and it should produce a bit more improvement,” Appleby told the Godolphin website.

“She should be very competitive on the back of what she has already achieved and this will hopefully open up a few more doors for her heading into the autumn.”

Karl Burke won this with subsequent Classic heroine Fallen Angel 12 months ago and owners Clipper Logistics seek back-to-back victories with Liberalised, who was back in eighth here in the Duchess of Cambridge when last seen.

Like Mountain Breeze, the daughter of Kodiac steps up to seven furlongs, while similar applies to Hugo Palmer’s Dream Voyager, who went into one or two notebooks when opening her account at Salisbury.

Meanwhile, Andrew Balding’s Flaming Stone was sent off favourite for Sandown’s Star Stakes only 16 days ago and is now bidding to get back on track having got stuck in soft ground when third at the Esher track.

“She came out of Sandown well, I know the ground was classed as good but the jockeys reported it was closer to soft than good,” said Barry Mahon, European racing manager for owners Juddmonte.

“William Buick just felt she wasn’t comfortable on the soft ground and a return to good to firm this weekend should suit.

“She’s a nice filly and we’ll be hoping to add some more black type to the pedigree.”

It was Ollie Sangster’s Celestial Orbit who accounted for Flaming Stone at Sandown and the Manton trainer is represented by the maiden Angelica Bay here.

Gemma Tutty’s York debut winner Elsie’s Ruan completes the field of seven heading to the start.

Lake Victoria adds to Ballydoyle juvenile riches at the Curragh

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Lake Victoria just held off the late charge of Red Letter in what could prove a very informative renewal of the Kildare House Hotel Irish EBF Fillies Maiden at the Curragh.

Ryan Moore kicked clear just under two furlongs out and at that stage looked set for an emphatic victory on board Aidan O’Brien’s Lake Victoria.

However, fellow 5-2 joint-favourite Red Letter, also sired by Frankel, came out of the pack to finish very strongly and went down by just a neck for Ger Lyons and Colin Keane in the Juddmonte colours.

The pair pulled well clear of the rest in the seven-furlong contest and the winner earned a quote of 20-1 for next year’s 1000 Guineas from Paddy Power, as well as being priced up at 25-1 for the Oaks.

Lake Victoria is a daughter of former Commonwealth Cup and Sprint Cup heroine Quiet Reflection, who has already produced 2022 Dante third Bluegrass and recent Queen’s Vase fifth The Equator.

“We’re delighted with her. She was showing lovely work at home,” said O’Brien, who sent out another Frankel filly, Bedtime Story, to win so brilliantly last week at Royal Ascot.

“It was her first day out, first day at the track, so you’d have to be very happy with her. Ryan was very happy with her.

“She was green and Ryan said he didn’t mean to send her on as early, but when she went there, she started pricking her ears and waiting. She was never away and hadn’t been in front that much.

“He said he had to make her get down and do it but he said she still had her ears pricked going to the line, that’s always a good sign.

“Obviously she’ll go into one of the good fillies’ races. She has loads of speed, they didn’t go very fast but she still travelled very well and quickened very well.

“I think probably the Silver Flash or something like that. Obviously, depending on where some of the other fillies will go and we’ll see what the lads want to do.”