RYAN MOORE has named a Ballydoyle dark horse you might have missed as one of his possible new stars for trainer Aidan O’Brien.
Not much gets missed among the Ballydoyle runners, especially given they pretty much always head the markets for the world’s biggest races.
Victorious is from the family of superstar Minding, who won a whole host of Group 1s in an amazing 2016 season Credit: PA:Press Association
But unless you happened to be watching the action at Naas last week then there’s a chance this two-year-old filly may have passed you by.
Bookies noticed her, though, quickly making her 5-1 favourite for Royal Ascot’s Albany Stakes on the back of her debut.
Moore was taken by Victorious, who is by Wootton Bassett and out of a Galileo mare.
Sent off 100-30 under Moore for the fillies’ maiden over six furlongs, she ducked right out of the stalls.
Kept away from the running rail, she gave Moore a far from easy time in the saddle.
But once she got the hang of things she really got going, eating up the ground to win with her ears pricked.
Victorious is a half-sister to Sugar Island, who won the Group 3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes at the Curragh last October.
She is from the Ballydoyle family of Minding, who won the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, Pretty Polly Stakes, Nassau and QEII Stakes on Champions Day as part of an all-conquering 2016.
And Tuesday, who won the Oaks in 2022.
Moore said: “There aren’t too many ‘dark horses’ at Ballydoyle, but one who’ll be lesser known at this stage of her career is Victorious.
“She’s a nice Wootton Bassett filly who won a maiden at Naas recently and is hopefully one to follow for the season.”
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