Mother Earth will try to get her trainer Aidan O’Brien off the Group One mark for 2022 in Saturday’s Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes although she faces a major stumbling block in Baaeed. The Ballydoyle filly is one of just eight potential opponents to Baaeed after Monday’s acceptance stage.
Immediate bookmaker reaction was to make Mother Earth a 4-1 second best to the English star, who is a general 4-9 favourite to stretch his unbeaten record to seven races. However, O’Brien landed the Lockinge with a filly in the 2018 winner Rhododendron and his runners have been in red-hot form over the last week.
It leaves him with a firm grip on the top of the Epsom Derby market including with Sunday’s Leopardstown Trial winner Stone Age. …
- May 10, 2022
