Paddington looks smart prospect in Curragh victory

Royal Ascot 2023 kicked off in familiar fashion with Aidan O'Brien's all-conquering team notching up a first day double, following up River Tiber's win in the Coventry Stakes by taking the day's feature event, the St James's Palace Stakes. The Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes was billed as the decider between the English and Irish 2000 Guineas…

There hasn't been an Irish-trained winner of the race of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes since 2016 but they look to hold a strong hand in Saturday's renewal with Paddington and Tahiyra dominating the ante-post betting. The pair, both sired by Siyouni, have not stood still since winning the Irish 2000 Guineas and Irish 1000 Guineas, respectively, at…

New Ballydoyle superstar is seeking seventh straight win in the Sussex Stakes on Wednesday, the £1m highlight of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting - and also part of the Breeders' Cup'Win and You're In' Challenge Paddington bids for a seventh straight win and a fourth G1 in ten weeks when he takes on five rivals headed by the high-class…

Ahead of every flat racing season, punters are eager to know which horses from Aidan O'Brien's esteemed Ballydoyle stable in County Tipperary they need to add to their trackers as the master trainer looks to further dominate the sport around the globe. The name on everyone's lips ahead of this campaign was Auguste Rodin, and while the Coolmore…

We look at the Paddington entries after the next big Aidan O'Brien superstar in the making landed the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown - his third Group One race and his sixth success on the bounce. Paddington got the better of the useful John Gosden mare Emily Upjohn in the 2023 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on July 8th - (watch below) a win that took the…

They were coming at the big prizes from all directions over this second weekend in July, Classic winners attempting further Group 1 triumphs, writes Tony Stafford. While some notable stars continued their upward momentum, the challenge of maintaining that level of excellence is never easy. Normally staged on the first Saturday of the month, the…

This was a day to gamble. Aidan O'Brien admitted the'lads' had wanted to see if crack three-year-old Paddington could stay 10 furlongs - and against older opponents - for the first time. It was also a punt to know the appropriate attire, with oppressive humidity coupled with band of slow-moving showers meaning it was 10-11 each of two for…

The master of Ballydoyle's first Eclipse hero was Giant's Causeway in 2000, a colt who was making his fifth start of a busy 10-race Classic season and later dubbed the'Iron Horse', and O'Brien feels Paddington possesses a similar kind of constitution required to carry his form deep into the campaign. Paddington is also treading a similar path to…

Paddington is all the betting rage to secure Aidan O'Brien a record-breaking victory in Saturday's Coral Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. O'Brien's recent run of landmark successes include notching 100 European Classic wins in Sunday's Irish Derby and becoming Royal Ascot's most successful ever trainer last month. Now he is set to try and land a seventh…

Paddington (11/5), the winner of the Irish 2000 Guineas, solidified his position as the top three-year-old miler by convincingly defeating Chaldean, the winner of the 2000 Guineas, in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes. Under the skillful guidance of jockey Ryan Moore, Paddington accelerated strongly in the home stretch, pulling away to secure a…

Aidan O'Brien became the most successful trainer in Royal Ascot history after Paddington ran out a brilliant winner of the St James's Palace Stakes. The Ballydoyle handler joined Sir Michael Stoute when River Tiber provided him with an 82nd success courtesy of the Coventry Stakes earlier in the afternoon. The St James's Palace was one of the most…

He's done it. Aidan O'Brien is now the most successful trainer in Royal Ascot history - and how fitting the record was smashed by a brand spanking new star of the mile division. Paddington is the name and winning Group 1s is his game. There could be plenty more to come, too. This was everything we need the St James's Palace Stakes to be. The…

Ballydoyle maestro Aidan O'Brien has trained a remarkable 81 Royal Ascot winners and is closing in on Sir Michael Stoute's record of 82 victories at the Royal meeting. This year it looks like O'Brien has a typically strong hand heading over to Berkshire for the five-day meeting, kicking off on Tuesday June 20, all live on Sky Sports Racing. We have…

Impressive 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean is set to lock horns with the emphatic Irish 2000 Guineas hero Paddington in a mouth-watering renewal of the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday 20th June, 2023. We take a look at the latest St James's Palace Stakes betting here and pick out some of the more fancied runners set to take…

Aidan O'Brien extended his Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas record to an astounding 12, and winning rider Ryan Moore put a third win in the race on his CV, when Paddington took the season's first Irish Classic on Saturday afternoon at a sun-soaked Curragh racecourse. With a relatively modest rating of 105 but what we can generously assess as a…

Aidan O'Brien has hardly been mired in an irrevocable slump but sometimes a change of tack is required to inject some life into proceedings and Paddington winning a Classic having started his season in a handicap is about as unconventional as it gets in Ballydoyle. With the Newmarket Classics a miserable washout for the all-conquering outfit, we…

Use our 2023 Irish 2000 Guineas trends to find the best profiles based on past winners of the race. It's a Group One Curragh prize that trainer Aidan O'Brien has won a remarkable eleven times and will be well represented again this Saturday. We've had the English Guineas earlier this month but this weekend the focus switches to the Ireland for…

A setback that has ruled out long-term Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas favourite Al Riffa has blown the first Irish Classic of the season wide open. Last seen running out an impressive winner of the Group 1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes at the Curragh in September, the Joseph O'Brien-trained colt had been a 5-4 favourite with the Irish Guineas…

Third in the race last year, Visualisation made all to land the Group 2 Coolmore Stud Sottsass Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh, beating last year's victor Layfayette to complete a Group-race double for Joseph O'Brien, in a race which saw uneasy 10-11 favourite Luxembourg, squeezed for room briefly when trying to mount his challenge, only…

Joseph O'Brien's Visualisation made all under Declan McDonogh to win the Coolmore Stud Sottsass Irish EBF Mooresbridge Stakes as Luxembourg was unable to land a blow on his seasonal reappearance. The one-time Derby favourite and dual Group One winner was sent off 10/11 favourite to make a winning return and looked to have every chance when Wayne…

Wide-margin victories for two-year-olds Paddington and Hispanic, both ridden by Seamus Heffernan, proved the highlights of a Curragh treble for Aidan O'Brien. Well beaten on his debut at Ascot back in early September, Siyouni colt Paddington stepped up significantly to record an impressive five-length success over Rochester Mike in the opening Bill…

Aidan O'Brien's Paddington entered the 2000 Guineas picture with a smart display in the Bill Hanlon Memorial Irish EBF Maiden at the Curragh. Unusually sent to Ascot for his debut, the Siyouni colt did not offer much encouragement when only fifth of eight, beaten eight lengths by Charlie Appleby's City Of Kings. Paddington (16-5 favourite) was a…

Kameko: out to follow up his 2000 Guineas success Lightly raced and his form got a big boost in the Irish Derby. Outsiders from this yard have won before. Trainer: Aidan O'Brien Jockey: William Buick Draw: 5 Odds: 80-1 A beaten even-money favourite on reappearance this season but is held in the highest regard by his Classic-winning…