Minding leads home O’Brien 1-2-3 in 1000 Guineas at Newmarket

A sense of both joy and relief could be detected in the smile on the face of Aidan O’Brien after Minding destroyed her rivals to confirm superiority over her peers when leading home a remarkable one-two-three for the trainer in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket yesterday.

After suffering the anguish of watching Air Force Blue fail to live up to his odds-on status at the track 24 hours earlier in the 2000 Guineas, O’Brien had no such worries on this occasion.

Long admired by all those involved with her, including jockey Ryan Moore, the daughter of Galileo did not disappoint as she trounced the opposition, just as she did in the Fillies’ Mile on her final run as a two-year-old back in October.