Snow Fairy takes Darley Irish Oaks in style

Snow Fairy completed a double on the day for British champion jockey Ryan Moore when taking the Darley Irish Oaks in superb style.

Moore produced the 7/2 shot to lead over a furlong out and in a matter of strides the pair had the races to themselves.

The daughter of Intikhab galloped all the way to the line for an impressive eight length win over the supplemented Miss Jean Brodie

Winning trainer Ed Dunlop said afterwards: “That was a good performance, it was pretty spectacular really the way she put the race to bed.”

“Ryan [Moore] said she got bumped at one stage and she’d be better on better ground.”

“We were very confident she’d run well on decent ground so I was walking my box a bit today. It was the owner who decided to take the plunge and said go. She is stronger than what she was at Epsom and she has a huge heart.”

“The Yorkshire Oaks is a possibility now. I persuaded the owner to supplement her twice for the Breeders Cup and I don’t know if I’ll ask her to do it again.”

“We’d have to start to think of going down a similar road to Ouija Board. I’m reliably informed that once everything is ok she’ll stay in training as a four year old.” Hibaayeb the 100/30 favourite sat in mid-division before weakening quickly from over three furlongs out and finished last. Frankie Detorri reported to the Stewards that his mount struggled throughout and didn't handle the soft ground.