Ballydoyle 1-2 as runner-up drops whip

Champion Trainer Aidan O'Brien sent out a 1-2 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden at the Curragh today as his Snow (5/1), under Seamie Heffernan, beat Salsa (9/2), whose rider Wayne Lordan dropped his whip.

Snow led second-placed and better supported Salsa virtually throughout the 1m2f contest and while jockey Lordan dropped his whip on Salsa with two furlongs to race, Snow found plenty in the final furlong to hold on for a three parts of a length win.

Trainer O'Brien later stated “she's tough and hardy. She stays well and she's a sister to Kew Gardens.

“We thought that these were going to be Oaks fillies and they'll probably turn up in a trial next.

“They will love going a mile-and-a-half.”

Quotes from Gary Carson