Minding rivals don’t scare Moore

Ryan Moore admits Minding hasn’t had an ideal preparation for Friday’s Investec Oaks at Epsom – but he can’t find a rival he’s afraid of either.

He was aboard the Aidan O’Brien-trained filly for an impressive win in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket but the pair then met with a surprise defeat in the Irish equivalent at the Curragh.

The daughter of Galileo banged her head on the stalls prior to going down in a photo finish to Jet Setting but her jockey is more inclined to blame the ground rather than that incident for the result.

Writing in his exclusive Betfair blog he said: “My high opinion of this filly is well-known and I was gutted that she got beaten in the Irish 1,000 Guineas.  But it was a late decision to run in the race after Ballydoyle was found to be off-colour and the fact that she banged her head coming out of …

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