Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), second in both the G1 1000 Guineas and the G3 Nelly Gwyn S. this season, will head next to the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas on May 23, according to trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam.
“She has been left in the Oaks in case anything happened in Ireland or Government rules changed, because living in Covid times things like that can happen,” Chapple-Hyam said. “The owners are all on the same page and are keen to send her to Ireland, where Adam [Kirby] will ride her. Her pedigree suggests a mile and The Curragh is a harder mile than it would be here at Newmarket. A bit of juice in the ground she won't mind; we saw how well she ran on ground like that last year. We are there to give it a go.”
In respect of the opposition to last year's G3 Oh So Sharp S. winner, Chapple-Hyam said, “Aidan [O'Brien] is likely to have [Irish 1000 Guineas Trial winner] Joan Of Arc and a few other bouncers and bodyguards from Ballydoyle, but she [Saffron Beach] is a big girl and she will hold her own. She is not petite; she is a solid beast. She has had no issues since Newmarket, and her training has been fine and we are now looking forward to Sunday week.”
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