O’Brien indebted to majestic Queen

Aidan O’Brien became the first trainer since 1942 to claim the 1000 and 2000 Guineas in the same season on two occasions as Homecoming Queen was a surprise winner of the fillies’ Classic yesterday, 24 hours after Camelot’s triumph.

The legendary Fred Darling was the last man to achieve the feat that O’Brien first managed in 2005 with Virginia Waters and Footstepsinthesand.

That O’Brien won the Qipco 1000 Guineas was no shock, but he was expected to do it with the 13-8 favourite Maybe, ridden, like Camelot, by his son Joseph, and not 25-1 shot Homecoming Queen, the mount of Ryan Moore.