BEDTIME STORY justifies 1/16 favouritism... but only narrowly

It may have lacked the fireworks of some of her previous starts, but Bedtime Story ultimately maintained her unbeaten record with a hard-fought victory in the Alpha Centauri Debutante Stakes at the Curragh.

A daughter of Frankel out of dual Nunthorpe heroine Mecca’s Angel, Aidan O’Brien’s filly made a winning debut at Leopardstown in June before producing a scintillating display to land the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot by nine and a half lengths.

Having since completed her hat-trick with a comfortable success in Leopardstown’s Silver Flash Stakes, Bedtime Story was a 1-16 favourite to make it four from four in a race her trainer had won on 13 previous occasions, but it was harder work that most would have anticipated.

Ryan Moore’s mount was still in third place passing the furlong marker, with her stablemate Exactly and Jessica Harrington’s Barnavara in her sights.

Moore had to resort to his whip to ensure Bedtime Story bridged the gap, but she did get rolling and was half a length in front of Exactly at the line, with Barnavara a neck further behind in third.

O’Brien said: “We didn’t want to go too fast today as it was a prep for the next day. She has a lot of speed early and Ryan was lovely on her as we didn’t want to empty her out today.

“She needed to get down and race a little bit late, but we couldn’t be happier really.

“She’ll go for the Moyglare now.”

Bedtime Story is an unchanged 3-1 favourite for next year’s 1000 Guineas with Coral, who also make her their 5-1 market leader for the Oaks.

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[degengamblemaker]

That was a comfortable win. Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn’t a clue

[GBeret]

Talented filly! She's responded well to everything that's been asked of her on the racetrack to this point in her career.

[jackskerry]

Had it in a £10 double with a 1/4 shot..Get in😀

[stehannah]

Only getting going at the line. Much better when stepped up in trip

[Geeezzyy]

Martin would have been holding on to his arse after that one 🤣

[pauldonohoe]

Still impressive. Couple of cracks and away she went pulling away. Could easily have gone for her a bit further out and won by further but just keeping her fresh enough for the Moyglare.

[welshwizardzzz]

Only reason it was close at all is because she was held up and the front runner judged the kick for home well and caught her on her heels a bit, she was travelling powerfully throughout and the gears to get there was quality

[HammersofSTEPNEY]

She's going to be even better once she goes up to a mile .

[greentombdive]

The going .. compared to the front two, once Moore asked her to give chase notice how many times she changed legs

[robertomeara]

She was pulling away all the time?plenty left in her

[DeanW-]

Even kieran shoemark couldn’t get that beat 😉

[linusboyz]

Way too slow pace for bedtime. She was pulling slightly and her mouth was open early on. 😅

[tykennedy]

She's two She's won 4/4 very easily when she comes back at three she'll be unbeatable she may even be better than frankel "TIME WILL TELL"

[janetmarshall]

Aidan And Ryan And Bedtime Story=Another Win For The Day!!

[stephenburke]

Fairy Godmother is the Filly for the 1k Guineas and certainly not Bedtime Story.

[andrewwilliams]

I think he runs his horses too often, but thats just me.

[Martin.Lewis..]

That is the beauty of the master AOB, he doesn’t just run a 2 year old once in a nothing race and then puts it away for 12 months, reappears in a group 1 and gets lapped, like a certain all blue operation, oh no Aidan runs and runs them and is not afraid if they get beat.
#knowledgeispower

[CheerfulDragonflies-fixo]

No thankgod or pleasegod for aidan up coolmore arse

[pwbohgt]

Will struggle to get placed in proper group races next year

[brianneale]

It won, but by god it didn't win like a 1/16 should. Wont win any genuine G1 races imo.