‘She’s A Monster’: True Love Gives O’Brien 1000 Guineas Number Eight

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Achieving the formidable feat of winning the G2 Queen Mary Stakes, G1 Cheveley Park Stakes and G1 1,000 Guineas, Ballydoyle's True Love (No Nay Never) entered hallowed territory at Newmarket on Sunday.Sent off at 5-1, the second-string for Aidan O'Brien who had already won this seven times was always travelling like the winner stalking the pace among the stand's-side group and when sent by Wayne Lordan swamped Evolutionist (Night Of Thunder) to beat that rival by 1 3/4 lengths. Venetian Lace (Masar) was another half a length behind in third with the winner's stablemate Precise (Starspangledbanner) only seventh as the 9-5 favourite.“She relaxed beautifully and travelled so well and got to the line well,” Lordan said of his third winner of this Classic, who hails from the family of Galileo and Sea The Stars and who finally provides her sire with a Guineas winner.O'Brien added, “She's an amazing filly and Wayne gave her a great ride. She's a monster of a filly–I ran her in the wrong race in America, she should have gone for the mile. She's a massive, powerful filly with a great mind–I can't imagine there are many colts as big. There's nowhere to hide at Newmarket, you have to get the mile here. I'd imagine it will be the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Coronation for her now. It's very unusual for a Queen Mary winner to win a Guineas. She's an unusual specimen–I remember at Ascot last year she looked like a national hunt mare against fillies.”The last Queen Mary winner to go on to glory here was Attraction in 2004, who missed the Cheveley Park in between through injury. The win also provides a landmark for No Nay Never, whose Guineas hoodoo was finally broken after his high-profile sons Wichita, Ten Sovereigns and Little Big Bear and filly Alcohol Free all failed to win their mile Classics. True Love wins the @Betfred 1000 Guineas for @waynemlordan and Aidan O'Brien! @NewmarketRace pic.twitter.com/BuRJl7BvE2— Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 3, 2026The post ‘She’s A Monster’: True Love Gives O’Brien 1000 Guineas Number Eight appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.