O’Brien: Maybe should handle rain-softened ground

Trainer Aidan O’Brien does not expect the rain-softened ground to trouble the unbeaten Maybe as she shoots for Classic glory in Sunday’s Qipco 1000 Guineas.

After making a winning debut at Naas a year ago, the tough filly was successful on four more occasions, rounding off the year with victory in the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh in August.

Connections deliberately gave Maybe an extended winter break to ensure she would be ready to make her three-year-old debut at Newmarket.