Aidan O’Brien fined €4,500 over Fillies’ Mile runners mix-up

Aidan O'Brien pictured with the trophy for Champion Flat Trainer 2020, his 23rd time to achieve the feat with the offical presentation at Naas on November 7. Picture: Healy Racing.

Aidan O’Brien was given a £4,000 (€4,514) fine following a hearing into the confusion which surrounded his runners in last year’s bet365 Fillies’ Mile.

The Ballydoyle handler was doubly represented in the Newmarket Group One in October, and it was initially thought his 50-1 shot Snowfall had finished a close-up third in the hands of James Doyle, with stablemate Mother Earth eighth of the 10 runners under William Buick.