Aspectoflove justifies tidy morning gamble

JOHN Oxx completed a big-race double with Aspectoflove and Erdiyna at Naas yesterday, the latter proving a shock 22/1 winner of the October Handicap under a power-packed ride by Michael Kinane.

Unlucky at Ascot last time, Aspectoflove initiated the Oxx double when justifying a tidy morning gamble in the listed Garnet Stakes, scoring at the expense of classy older fillies She’s Our Mark and Mad About You.

The Danetime filly was continuing Fran Berry’s tremendous form, giving the winning rider his fifth winner in three days and prompting the winning trainer to comment: “She’s tough and genuine and, although she only finished tenth at Ascot the last day, she ran into all sorts of trouble and Ryan Moore was happy she ran a good race.