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After Charlie Appleby’s emphatic Guineas double at Newmarket, it’s Aidan O’Brien who’ll be looking to land a blow of his own with Epsom fast approaching.
He saddles two in the final eight declared here—Lambourn and Thrice—as the Ballydoyle team seek to lay down a marker ahead of next month’s Derby.
It’s a race that’s served O’Brien well before—Ruler Of The World did the Vase-Derby double in 2013, and Wings Of Eagles went one better at Epsom after finishing runner-up here in 2017.
Lambourn, a Listed scorer in France last year, was second to stablemate Delacroix in the Ballysax on seasonal return and gets the nod from Ryan Moore.
With no Godolphin presence this time, William Buick—still riding high after that Guineas weekend—has been snapped up for Thrice, a maiden winner at Listowel last autumn.
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Ralph Beckett fields a pair: Pinhole, formerly with Sir Michael Stoute and a winner at Southwell on debut for the yard, and Square D’Alboni, a gelding who hit a purple patch last season, capped with a Listed success at Chantilly.
Boodles Chester Vase (Group 3)
£140,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 1m 4f 63y, Class 1
8 entries
Going: Good
NO. (DRAW) FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 (3) 1-1 Convergent 3 9-2 K R Burke Sam James
2 (6) 00807- Faire La Nouba 3 9-2 John F O'Neill Dougie Costello
3 (8) 72-1 Furthur 3 9-2 Andrew Balding Jason Watson
4 (7) 115-2 Lambourn 3 9-2 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore
5 (4) 20131- Lazy Griff 3 9-2 Charlie Johnston Joe Fanning
6 (1) 51- Pinhole 3 9-2 Ralph Beckett Rossa Ryan
7 (5) 9111- Square D'Alboni 3 9-2 Ralph Beckett Hector Crouch
8 (2) 314- Thrice b 3 9-2 A P O'Brien William Buick
