Royal Ascot: True Love powers clear in Queen Mary Stakes on day two for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore | Racing Information

True Love shed her maiden tag in type with victory within the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Educated by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore, True Love had chased dwelling Tuesday’s Coventry Stakes winner and stablemate Gstaad on her newest begin and was duly despatched off the 9/4 favorite.

True Love took a while to work her means into the race as Zelaina set a scorching early tempo, however she stayed on to actual impact within the closing furlong to beat 100/1 shot Flowerhead, with Patrick Biancone’s American raider Lennilu third.

It was win quantity 93 for O’Brien on the huge assembly, though relatively surprisingly his first within the Queen Mary.

He mentioned: “She’s beautiful and in her first run Ryan got here in and mentioned they will not beat her once more after which after her second run Wayne (Lordan) mentioned the identical factor, that they will not beat her once more, after which you must contemplate the 2 that beat her (Girl Iman and Gstaad) are superb horses.

“Ryan gave her a stupendous trip and Michael (Tabor) has all the time cherished her and all the time spoken about her. It is nice as her mom (Alluringly) is in foal to Metropolis Of Troy and her sister is in foal to Wootton Bassett so it is marvellous actually.

“She was drawn by herself and there was no tempo the place she was so she needed to go and do her personal work and that is what Ryan did, he was glorious on her. She was most likely strongest within the final half furlong and when she obtained going she actually powered away.

“Ryan mentioned he was slightly sluggish to step and slightly on the again foot on a regular basis and I feel that is why he was making an attempt to stoke her up a bit, however late on she was actually robust.

“She needed to work actually exhausting and the one place she was going to get firm was out within the center and Ryan did rather well to let her go there. She was beneath the pump a great distance out, however so robust on the line and is clearly excessive class.

“She’s like a four-year-old actually and Ryan thought she could be higher when she steps as much as six furlongs and she or he’s a giant, mature filly who walks within the ring like a four-year-old, she’s so scopey – she’s one thing to sit up for.”

On future plans, O’Brien added: “I feel we sit up for going up in journey now, the lads will resolve that. You’ll think about she would haven’t any downside going six furlongs, however she is No Nay By no means and he is a giant velocity affect all the time.

“The Queen Mary winner appears to all the time head to Deauville (Prix Morny) or the Curragh (Airlie Stud Stakes) and that will be the 2 races actually or there may be the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket in July. Which will come too quickly, however we are going to see how she is.”

Carmers claims landmark victory for Twomey

Carmers maintained his unbeaten document with a decided show within the Queen’s Vase.

A primary runner on the Royal fixture for coach Paddy Twomey, the Wootton Bassett colt had been profitable on his two earlier begins at Ballinrobe and Navan and was a 9/2 shot to finish his hat-trick on this one-mile-six-furlong Group Two.

At all times to the fore within the palms of Billy Lee, Carmers took over from Shackleton rounding the house flip and answered his rider’s each name to repel the staying-on pair of Furthur and Rahiebb, with three-quarters of a size the profitable margin.