Johanna Walsh (Ire)

Few stables could deal with losing Thundering On from the G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks picture on the morning of the race, but Joseph O'Brien brushed off that disappointment, saddled Johanna Walsh (Sea The Stars) and enjoyed a clear-cut win regardless. Proving more than an able deputy for the Oaks heroine when registering a four-length success in the Curragh Classic, Wells Watson's Ribblesdale runner-up who was purchased for €460,000 at Goffs Orby Book 1 by Andrew Cary was adding more stardust to her trainer's already stellar campaign. "It was unreal," Dylan...

Shapoor Mistry's Oaks heroine Thundering On (Frankel) will face 10 rivals as she bids for a Classic double in Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks at The Curragh. Disappointing when only fourth in the Pretty Polly last month, the Joseph O'Brien-trained homebred is joined by stablemates Johanna Walsh (Sea The Stars), the Ribblesdale runner-up who races for Wells Watson, and Rebel Moon (Lope De Vega) who defends an unbeaten record for Al Shira'aa Racing after taking the Jannah Rose Stakes. In total, the O'Briens have eight runners with Aidan saddling a quintet...

It is taking almost a crowbar to deny Joseph O'Brien at Royal Ascot this week, but luckily for Wathnan and James Doyle they had the equine equivalent as the operation's recent acquisition Earth Shot (Time Test) got up to deny the Owning Hill runner Johanna Walsh (Sea The Stars) late in a thrilling G2 Ribblesdale Stakes. Rated highly from an early point by William Haggas, the bargain 90,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 purchase who is a half-sister to Wednesday's Prince of Wales's pacemaker Devil's Advocate had been sold by Childwickbury...