Galileo's Love Makes All In the Silver Flash

With TDN Rising Star Windracer (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) sleepwalking through Thursday's G3 Jockey Club of Turkey Silver Flash S. at Leopardstown, Ballydoyle's Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was alert and sprightly in contrast to register an impressive 11th success in the race for Aidan O'Brien. Runner-up to that Jessie Harrington trainee at The Curragh June 27, the chestnut had shown an aptitude for hard graft by breaking her maiden over this course and distance from the subsequent G3 Anglesey S. third Soul Search (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) July 11. Sent to the front soon after the stalls' opening by front-running supremo Seamie Heffernan, the 8-1 shot never looked back en route to a 3 1/4-length dismissal of the Joseph O'Brien-trained Unforgetable (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}). Two more from Ballydoyle, So Wonderful (War Front) and the 2-1 favourite Precious Moments (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), were third and fourth in another O'Brien father-son whitewash while Windracer started sluggishly in last and stayed there throughout.

“She's a lovely filly and is progressing obviously,” O'Brien said. “They are really coming forward with every run. They are just progressing and she won nicely here the last day. Ryan was happy with his filly [Precious Moments], he didn't have a good draw, but he was happy with her. She has plenty of speed. Wayne [Lordan on So Wonderful] was happy with his filly too and said she's still progressing. She's still a maiden as well. They'll probably all go to the [G2] Debutante [S. at The Curragh Aug. 23] and we'll see what happens there.”