Chaucer earns tilt at Trophy

Geoffrey Chaucer provided Aidan O’Brien with his thirteenth victory in the Group 2 Juddmonte Beresford Stakes when getting the better of stable-companion Oklahoma City in yesterday’s feature at the Curragh.

The son of Montjeu - a half-brother to Shamardal - is now unbeaten in two starts and proved the first leg of a double for Aidan and Joseph O’Brien completed by Eye Of The Storm to leave Joseph on the 112-winner mark for the season, just two short of Michael Kinane’s record, set in 1993.

Sent off at 4/7, Geoffrey Chaucer came from off the pace, showed signs of inexperience when in front and scored by a length and quarter to the satisfaction of his trainer, who explained: “I’m very happy with that. He didn’t learn much in front the first day and the plan was to drop him in and teach him today.