Factfiles for the 11 runners in the 2015 Investec Oaks

4.30pm Epsom Downs, Friday, June 5

Al Naamah (IRE)

Breeding: b f Galileo (IRE) - Alluring Park (IRE) (Green Desert (USA))

Breeder: Lodge Park Stud

Born: March 30, 2012

Owner: Al Shaqab Racing

Trainer: Andre Fabre FR

Jockey: Gregory Benoist

Form: 16-2

*Full-sister to 2012 Investec Oaks heroine Was. Bred by Jim Bolger’s Lodge Park Stud and from the family of 2008 Investec Derby victor New

Approach.

*Cost five million guineas as a yearling at Tattersalls, Newmarket, in October, 2013 – a world record price for a yearling filly.

*Made winning debut over seven furlongs at Chantilly in June, 2014, scoring by two lengths.

*Disappointed on only other two-year-old start when sixth of seven behind Shahah in Group Three Prix d’Aaule over a mile at Chantilly in September.

*Made an encouraging return to action when second, beaten a short-neck by Little Nightingale, in the Group Three Prix Cleopatre over an extended

10 furlongs at Saint-Cloud on May 13.

*Bought over from France on May 26 for Breakfast With The Stars, with jockey Gregory Beoist also having his first experience of the undulating

course.

Race Record: Starts: 3; 1st: 1; 2nd: 1; 3rd:- Win & Place Prize Money: £26,570

Al Shaqab Racing Background: Al Shaqab Racing represents the racing interests of Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, a brother of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Al Shaqab takes its name from a historic battle between the Qataris and the Ottoman Empire in 1893. The racing operation was officially launched in November, 2013 although Sheikh Joaan raced horses, both thoroughbred and Arabian, in his own name previously, both in Qatar and in Europe. His first thoroughbred winner was Fatih Al Keir at Dax, France, on August 22, 2012. The Hon Harry Herbert is Al Shaqab's racing advisor in Europe with Bradley Weisbord representing Al Shaqab's affairs in the USA. Frankie Dettori is the organisation's retained rider in Britain, with Gregory Benoist fulfilling the same role in France from April, 2015. Khalifa Bin Mohammed Al Attiya was appointed General Manager of Al Shaqab Racing in May, 2015. Al Shaqab sponsored a raceday for the first time at Newbury on May 16, 2015, Al Shaqab Lockinge Day. Breeding Interests: Sheikh Joaan owns Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy, France, where the stallions Planteur, Style Vendome, Olympic Glory and Boby Di Job are based. Toronado stands at the National Stud in Newmarket. Al Shaqab paid a record 5 million guineas at Tattersalls in 2013 for a sister to the 2012 Investec Oaks winner Was, named Al Naamah and in training with Andre Fabre and bought into established stars like Treve, Ruler Of The World and Toast Of New York, plus The Wow Signal. Big-Race Wins: Treve, winner of the French Oaks, Prix Vermeille and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2013, plus a second Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2014, is Sheikh Joaan's best horse to date and is being aimed at a third Arc victory in 2015. Olympic Glory (2013 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, 2014 Lockinge Stakes, 2014 Prix de la Foret), Toronado, (2013 QIPCO Sussex Stakes & 2014 Queen Anne Stakes), The Wow Signal (2014 Prix Morny) and US Grade One scorer Mshawish (2015 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap) are among other top-class winners for Al Shaqab. No previous Investec Oaks winners Andre Fabre (Chantilly, France)

Born: December 9, 1945 Background: A qualified lawyer and the son of a diplomat. Also spent time working as a plumber during his time as a

student. Married to Elisabeth, France’s first female jump jockey. He won more than 250 races as a jump jockey himself, including the Grand

Steeplechase de Paris in 1977, and started training jumpers the same year with great success (including four Grand Steeplechase de Paris victories),

following the death of his boss Andre Adele. Fabre’s first high-profile Flat horse, Al Nasr, was one of his initial three yearlings and won five Group

races in 1981 and 1982. By 1983 he had switched solely to the Flat and has dominated the French racing scene, being champion trainer 26 times.

He has won both the Investec Derby (2011 Pour Moi) and the Investec Oaks (1993 Intrepidity), and also has a great record in the third Group One

of Investec Derby Festival, the Investec Coronation Cup with six successes - Saint Estephe (1986), In The Wings (1990), Apple Tree (1994), Sunshack

(1995), Swain (1996) and Shirocco (2006). Accolades: Champion trainer 26 times in France – for 21 consecutive years between 1987 and 2007,

plus 2010-2014 inclusive. British Classic Wins (6): Investec Derby (2011 Pour Moi), Investec Oaks (1993 Intrepidity), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1993

Zafonic, 1995 Pennekamp), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2014 Miss France), Ladbrokes St Leger (1991 Toulon). Other major wins include: Qatar Prix de

l’Arc de Triomphe (Trempolino 1987, Subotica 1992, Carnegie 1994, Peintre Celebre 1997, Sagamix 1998, Hurricane Run 2005 and Rail Link 2006),

Investec Coronation Cup (Saint Estephe 1986, In The Wings 1990, Apple Tree 1994, Sunshack 1995, Swain 1996, Shirocco 2006), Breeders’ Cup

Classic (1993 Arcangues), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1990 In The Wings, 2005 Shirocco), Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2001 Banks Hill), Poule d’Essai

des Poulains (Siberian Express 1984, Soviet Star 1987, Vahorimix 2001, Clodovil 2003, Lope de Vega 2010, Make Believe 2015), Poule d’Essai des

Pouliches (Houseproud 1990, Musical Chimes 2003, Golden Lilac 2011), Prix du Jockey Club (Peintre Celebre 1997, Lope de Vega 2010, Intello 2013),

Prix de Diane (Lypharita 1985, Jolypha 1992, Nebraska Tornado 2003, Golden Lilac 2011), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2006 Hurricane

Run).

Investec Oaks Record: 1992-5 Shining Bright, 1993-1 INTREPIDITY, 1993-5 Wemyss Bight, 1994-5 Bonash, 1999-4 Sunday Picnic

Gregory Benoist

Born: February 7, 1983, Belgium Background: The son of a jockey, he began his career his career as an apprentice to trainer Jean-Marc Cappite in

south-eastern France. Appointed second jockey to Gerard Augustin-Normand in 2011 and rode his first Group One winner on the Elie Lellouche-

trained Ectot in the 2013 Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. Struck up an excellent partnership with dual French Classic winner Avenir Certain in

2014. Was appointed retained rider to Al Shaqab Racing for the organisation’s French-trained runners in April, 2015. Seven rides in Britain, with one

winner, the Pia Brandt-trained Fresles in the £150,000 32Red.com All-Weather Fillies' And Mares' Championships at Lingfield Park on April 3, but has

never ridden in a race at Epsom Downs. Had his first experience of Epsom Downs when working Al Naamah on the Breakfast With The Stars media

morning, May 26. Big-Race Wins: Criterium International (2013 Ectot), Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (2014 Avenir Certain), Prix de Diane (2014

Avenir Certain), Prix Chaudenay (2014 Auvray, 2012 Canticum), Prix Niel (2014 Ectot), Prix de la Nonette (2014 Avenir Certain), Prix Robert Papin

(2013 Voirda), Prix Du Miguet (2013 Don Bosco)

No previous Investec Oaks rides

Bellajeu (IRE)

Breeding: b f Montjeu (IRE) - Arbella (Primo Dominie)

Breeder: Windymains Farm Ltd

Born: April 16, 2012

Owner: Qatar Racing Limited/Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani/Mohammed Al Kubaisi

Trainer: Ralph Beckett

Jockey: Andrea Atzeni

Form: 942-2

*Attempting to become the first maiden to land the Investec Oaks since Sun Princess in 1983.

*Second on seasonal reappearance, beaten a length and a quarter by Toujours L'Amour, in the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial on May

9.

*Ran three times in 2014, putting up best performance when second in mile maiden at Newbury in October.

*Half-sister to Listed place performer Lat Hawill and cost 37,000 guineas as a yearling.

Race Record: Starts: 4; 1st: -; 2nd: 2; 3rd:- Win & Place Prize Money: £9,687

Qatar Racing Ltd/Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani/M Al Kubaisi Background: Qatar Racing Ltd is headed by Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, who was born in June, 1989, and his brothers. They are sons

of Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, a former prime minister of Qatar and brother of the country's former Emir. Sheikh Fahad

did his A-Levels in London and a three-year BBA in business administration at the London Campus of the Geneva-based Europa

University. He approached bloodstock agent David Redvers in February, 2010, about dipping his toe into racehorse ownership.

Racing as Pearl Bloodstock, he enjoyed great early success capped by a victory for Dunaden in the 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup

at Flemington, Australia. Other flagbearers include that year's Windsor Castle Stakes winner Frederick Engels and Cheveley Park

Stakes heroine Lightening Pearl. They won the 2013 Irish 1,000 Guineas with Just The Judge, owned the 2013 Investec Oaks

runner-up Secret Gesture and Pearl Bloodstock's Side Glance won the 2013 Mackinnon Stakes and 2014 Woodbine Mile. Through

their family company QIPCO, the brothers back Britain's Champion Series and plenty of top-level races including both the British

and Irish Champion Stakes and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Their stallions standing at Redvers'

Tweenhills Stud in Gloucestershire are Harbour Watch, Havana Gold and Charm Spirit. They have an international brand of

broodmares and over 200 horses in training in Britain, France, Ireland, Germany, America, Australia and Japan. In 2013, they

bought Robins Farm Stables in Surrey, where trainer Olly Stevens is based. Pearl Bloodstock is their other identity. Karpino won

the Group Two German 2,000 Guineas at Cologne on May 25. Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani is a minister of state in Qatar while

Mohammed Al Kubaisi is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Company (QIPCO

Holding).

No previous Investec Oaks winners

Ralph Beckett (Kimpton Down, Hampshire)

Born: June 24, 1971. Background: spent part of his childhood at Serlby near Doncaster and is a cousin of Prince Khalid Abdullah's racing manager Lord Grimthorpe. Formerly assistant to Peter Walwyn, he began training at his old boss's Windsor House Stables, Lambourn, in November, 1999, and then moved to Whitsbury Manor Stables, Hampshire, in January, 2006. Moved to his current base, Kimpton Down Stables, prior to the 2011 season. Previously worked for Bart Cummings plus Martin Pipe, Arthur Moore, Jimmy FitzGerald, David Loder, Australian trainer Colin Hayes and Tommy Skiffington in the US. He has a tremendous record in the Investec Oaks. British Classic Wins (2):Investec Oaks (2008 Look Here, 2013 Talent). Other major wins include: Breeders' Cup Marathon (2008 Muhannak)., Middleton Stakes (2015 Secret Gesture), German 1,000 Guineas (2012 Electrelane), Fred Darling Stakes (2005 Penkenna Princess, 2010 Puff, 2012 Moonstone Magic, 2015 Redstart) Investec Oaks Record: 2007-9 Kayah; 2008-1 LOOK HERE; 2010-13 Ceilidh House; 2012-9 Colima; 2013-1 TALENT, 2-Secret Gesture; 2014-12 Regardez, 2014-16 Honour Bound

Andrea Atzeni

Born: March 26, 1991 in Sardinia. Background: Hailing from Sardinia, Andrea's introduction to horses came by chance. With no

family background involved in racing - his mother was a nurse and his father a farmer. It was by accident the young Atzeni was

introduced to horses through a school friend who used to go riding after school. He was hooked from that day and soon after his

father bought him his first horse called 'Stella'. Andrea's apprenticeship started in Milan, Italy at the age of 15 with trainer Alduino

Botti and then joined trainer’s son Marco in Newmarket in 2006. A graduate of the British Racing School. Rode work in the US in

the winter of 2008/2009. Appointed first jockey to Qatar Racing from the start of 2015. First winner: Ruwain at Great Leighs in

July, 2008. British Classic Wins (1): Ladbrokes St Leger (2014 Kingston Hill) Major wins include: Autumn Stakes (2013

Kingston Hill), Cesarewitch (2009 Darley Sun), Premio Lydia Tesio (2012 Sortilege), Winter Derby (2013 Farrajj), Italian Derby

(2013 Biz The Nurse), Lancashire Oaks (2013 Emirates Queen), Middleton Stakes (2014 Ambivalent), Princess Margaret Stakes

(2013 Princess Noor), Celebration Mile (2013 Afsare), Sceptre Stakes (2013 Nargys), Racing Post Trophy (2013 Kingston Hill, 2014

Elm Park), Middleton Stakes (2014 Ambivalent, 2015 Secret Gesture), King George Stakes (2014 Take Cover), Great Voltigeur

Stakes (2014 Postponed), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2014 Postponed).

Investec Oaks Record: 2014-15 Anipa

Crystal Zvezda (GB)

Breeding: ch f Dubawi (IRE) - Crystal Star (Mark Of Esteem (IRE))

Breeder: Southcourt Stud

Born: March 2, 2012

Owner: Sir Evelyn de Rothschild

Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute

Jockey: Richard Hughes

Form: 31-1

*Half-sister to multiple Group Two winner Crystal Capella and Hillstar, successful in the Grade One Canadian International in 2014.

*Ran twice in 2014, finishing third on debut at Newbury in September before annexing seven-furlong Polytrack maiden at Lingfield Park the following

month.

*Entered the Investec Oaks reckoning with stunning reappearance in Listed Haras De Bouquetot Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury on May 16, when

she won impressively by three and a half lengths from Montalcino.

Race Record: Starts: 3; 1st: 2; 2nd: 1; 3rd:- Win & Place Prize Money: £46,649

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild

Born: 29 August 1931 Background: The Harrow/Trinity College, Cambridge-educated son of Anthony de Rothschild enjoyed a gilded youth before

joining the family business, N M Rothschild & Sons in 1957, from which he retired in 2007 after being chairman from 1976 to 2003. He established

EL Rothschild, a family investment operation, in 2003. He has served as chairman of many organisations, including United Racecourses (1977-1994

consisting of Epsom Downs, Sandown Park and Kempton Park Racecourses) and the ERANDA Foundation, a family charitable body. He has been

married three times and his current wife is US-born Lady (Lynn) de Rothschild. The Rothschilds have been involved with racing for more than a

century, with Sir Evelyn’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather all having owned Classic winners. Lionel de Rothschild, his great-grandfather,

was the first Jewish Member of Parliament and owned the 1879 Derby winner Sir Bevys, while his grandfather Leopold owned the 1904 Derby victor

St Amant. Racing/Breeding Interests: He owns Southcourt Stud in Bedfordshire. His late sister Renee Robeson, who died in January, 2015, was

a trainer who handled Sir Evelyn’s Jump performers, most notably the smart staying hurdler Ogee. He was knighted in 1989 and serves as the

Queen’s financial adviser. In 2015, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Sir Evelyn and his wife’s wealth at £467 million. Success: Sir Evelyn’s first

top-class runner was the Peter Walwyn-trained Town Crier, who won the 1969 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Since 1992, his horses have been

trained by Sir Michael Stoute. He bred the three-time Group One winner Notnowcato, who ran in the names of his sons, Anthony and David, to

encourage their interest in the sport. His other good horses include Crystal Capella, dual winner of Newmarket’s Group Two Pride Stakes and Hillstar,

winner of the 2013 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot and the 2014 Canadian International at Woodbine.

No previous Investec Oaks winners

Sir Michael Stoute (Newmarket, Suffolk)

Background: born in Barbados on October 22, 1945, where his father was chief of police, Michael Stoute came to Britain in 1965 to nurture his love

of racing. Joined Pat Rohan at Malton before moving to Newmarket three years later to work for Doug Smith and then Tom Jones. Took out a public

licence to train in 1972, recording his first success that year when Sandal won at Newmarket on April 28. Trains at Freemason Lodge in Newmarket

and is one Britain’s top trainers. He has taken the Investec Derby five times, the Investec Coronation Cup four times and the Investec Oaks twice.

Accolades: British champion trainer 10 times - 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009; knighted in 1998 for his services

to sport and tourism in Barbados. He has had 72 Royal Ascot winners including Estimate in the 2013 Gold Cup for Her Majesty The Queen. British

Classic Wins (15): Investec Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1987 Unite), Investec Derby (1981 Shergar, 1986 Shahrastani, 2003 Kris Kin, 2004 North

Light, 2010 Workforce), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (1989 Musical Bliss, 2003 Russian Rhythm), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1985 Shadeed, 1988 Doyoun, 1997

Entrepreneur, 2000 King's Best, 2001 Golan), Ladbrokes St Leger (2008 Conduit). Other Major Wins Include: Irish 1,000 Guineas (1986 Sonic

Lady), Irish 2,000 Guineas (1989 Shaadi), Irish Derby (1981 Shergar, 1983 Shareef Dancer, 1986 Shahrastani), Irish Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1986

Colorspin, 1987 Unite, 1988 Melodist (dead-heat), 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka), Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2003 Islington, 2013 Dank),

Breeders' Cup Turf (1996 Pilsudski, 2000 Kalanisi, 2008 & 2009 Conduit), Coral-Eclipse (1993 Opera House, 1994 Ezzoud, 1997 Pilsudski, 2001

Medicean, 2007 Notnowcato), Dubai World Cup (1997 Singspiel), Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 1997 Pilsudski), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Stakes (1981 Shergar, 1993 Opera House, 2002 Golan, 2009 Conduit, 2010 Harbinger), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2010 Workforce)

Investec Oaks Record: 1977-4 Triple First; 1978-1 FAIR SALINIA, 1978-8 Sofala; 1979-4 Reprocolor, 1979-13 Rimosa’s Pet; 1981-11

Allegretta; 1983-7 Royal Heroine; 1984-4 Optimistic Lass, 1984-8 Malaak; 1985-5 Bella Colora, 1985-9 Morning Devotion; 1986-2

Untold, 1986-3 Maysoon, 1986-4 Colorspin; 1987-1 UNITE; 1988-10 Dabaweyaa; 1989-Disq Aliysa, 1989-4 Knoosh, 1989-6 Musical

Bliss; 1990-8 Kartajana; 1991-6 Dartrey; 1992-7 Perfect Circle; 1993-6 Iviza; 1994-3 Hawajiss, 1994-8 Dance To The Top; 1995-2

Dance A Dream, 1995-3 Pure Grain; 1996-6 Whitewater Affair; 1997-3 Crown Of Light; 2000-4 Petrushka; 2001-2 Flight Of Fancy,

2001-6 Gay Heroine; 2002-8 Islington; 2003-13 Waldmark, 2003-14 Halawanda; 2006-3 Short Skirt, 2006-10 Riyalma; 2007-7 Dance

Of Light; 2009-6 Phillipina; 2011-10 Havant; 2013-5 Liber Nauticus

Richard Hughes

Born: January 11, 1973. Background: Served apprenticeship with father Dessie, a former top-class National Hunt rider who trains in Co Kildare and

won the 2004 and 2005 Champion Hurdles at Cheltenham with Hardy Eustace. Had first win on Viking Melody at Fairyhouse on April 6, 1988, a month

after his first ride. He moved to Britain in 1994. He was Prince Khalid Abdullah's retained jockey from 2001 to the end of 2007. He rides regularly for

Richard Hannon, to whose sister Lizzie he is married. The 5ft 9in Hughes has, like his father, also ridden winners over jumps but concentrates on the

Flat. At Windsor on October 15, 2012, he rode seven winners from a possible eight and became only the second jockey after Frankie Dettori to ride

seven winners at a single meeting (Dettori had seven wins from seven rides at Ascot in 1996). Writes a weekly column in Racing Post and his

autobiography "A Weight Off My Mind" was published in May, 2012, in which he admitted to being a former alcoholic. Banned for 50 days when riding

in India in February, 2012, delaying his return to action that year. Accolades: British champion jockey 2012, 2013 and 2014. Retirement Plans:

Hughes has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2015, to become a trainer at Ken Cunningham-Brown’s yard in Hampshire British Classic

Wins (2): QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2013 Sky Lantern), Investec Oaks (2013 Talent). Royal Ascot Wins (29): including Coronation Stakes (2007

Indian Ink, 2013 Sky Lantern), Queen Anne Stakes (2009 Paco Boy, 2011 Canford Cliffs, 2014 Toronado), St James's Palace Stakes (2010 Canford

Cliffs), King’s Stand Stakes (2014 Sole Power) Other major wins include: Irish 2,000 Guineas (2010 Canford Cliffs), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream),

Sussex Stakes (2010 Canford Cliffs, 2013 Toronado), Haydock Sprint Cup (2004 Tante Rose), King's Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Lockinge Stakes

(2010 Paco Boy, 2011 Canford Cliffs), Falmouth Stakes (2010 Music Show), Nassau Stakes (2012 The Fugue), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream,

2014 Sole Power), Matron Stakes (1998 Tadwiga), Prix du Moulin (2003 Nebraska Tornado), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2008 Youmzain), Prix du

Cadran (1998 Invermark), Prix d'Ispahan (2001 Observatory), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (2003 American Post, 2012 Olympic Glory), National Stakes

(2013 Toormore), Fillies’ Mile (2013 Chriselliam), Sun Chariot Stakes (2013 Sky Lantern), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2013 Olympic Glory), Breeders’

Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf (2013 Chriselliam), Cheveley Park Stakes (2014 Tiggy Wiggy), Al Quoz Sprint (2015 Sole Power)

Investec Oaks Record: Investec Oaks Record: 2000-12 Bluebell Wood, 2001-4 Mot Juste, 2002-12 Maryinsky, 2003-12 High Praise,

2007-8 Passage Of Time, 2008-2 Moonstone, 2009-5 The Miniver Rose, 2012-10 Devotion, 2013-1 TALENT; 2014-3 Volume

Diamondsandrubies (IRE)

Breeding: b f Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Quarter Moon (IRE) (Sadler´s Wells (USA)) Breeder: Premier Bloodstock Born: April 30, 2012 Owner: Roisin Henry/Sue Magnier Trainer: Aidan O’Brien IRE Jockey: Seamie Heffernan Form: 6-131 *By leading Australian sire Fastnet Rock and out of Quarter Moon, who was runner-up in the 2002 Investec Oaks for the same owner-trainer combination of Roisin Henry/Sue Magnier and Aidan O’Brien. *Booked her Investec Oaks place with a convincing six-length victory in the Listed Cheshire Oaks (1m 3f 79y) at Chester on May 6. *Third behind Bocca Baciata and Pleascach in 10-furlong Listed Salsabil Stakes at Navan on April 18, and made a winning start to the season with a smooth victory in a nine-furlong Tipperary maiden on April 9. Race Record: Starts: 4; 1st: 2; 2nd: -; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £32,405

Roisin Henry/Sue Magnier

Roisin Henry is from Fethard in Co Tipperary. Her husband Richard, who originally worked for Richard Craddock's bloodstock advertising agency and Tim Rogers' Airlie Stud, is managing director of Primus Advertising, based opposite the famous McCarthy's pub in Fethard. Primus controls the multi-million pound marketing budget for the nearby Coolmore Stud. The Henrys jointly bred Yesterday and her sister Diamondsandrubies’ dam Quarter Moon, who both finished runner-up in the Oaks. Roisin is a keen dressage rider, Sue Magnier - Background: Born October, 1953, daughter of legendary trainer Vincent O'Brien (who saddled six Derby winners). Husband John Magnier (born in County Cork on February 10, 1948) has changed the bloodstock world since teaming up with Robert Sangster and Vincent O'Brien to buy Coolmore in the 1970s. Purchased potential stallions as yearlings, early successes included Alleged, Be My Guest, El Gran Senor, Golden Fleece, Sadler's Wells and Storm Bird. Magnier subsequently bought out partners and now owns Coolmore, its American and Australian offshoots, and the Ballydoyle training centre. Worth £587 million according to 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. Myriad other business interests include stakes in Barchester nursing homes, pub group Mitchells & Butlers, property, Ladbrokes, the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados and Global Radio. Formerly had stake in Manchester United. Homes in Ireland, Barbados and Switzerland. Racing interests: Sue Magnier has had a share in all of Aidan O'Brien's best horses. Those to have carried the Magnier dark blue silks include the Investec Derby winners Galileo, Pour Moi and Ruler Of The World. Other flagbearers include King Of Kings, Hawk Wing, Giant's Causeway, Imagine, George Washington, Duke Of Marmalade, Dylan Thomas, Henrythenavigator, Rip Van Winkle and four-time Ascot Gold Cup scorer Yeats. Investec Oaks Wins: 1998 SHATOUSH (Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier), 2001 IMAGINE (Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier), 2006 ALEXANDROVA

(Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith), 2012 WAS (Derrick Smith Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor)

Aidan O'Brien IRE (Ballydoyle, County Tipperary)

Born: County Wexford on October 16, 1969. One of six children of Stella and Denis O'Brien Background: Won Irish jump amateur riders' title in 1993/94. Worked for P J Finn, then spent three years with Jim Bolger before assisting now wife Annemarie and her father Joe Crowley. The O'Briens and Crowley have around 20 mares at Carriganog Stud in Co Kilkenny (breeding as Whisperview Trading) and have bred Rock Of Gibraltar, Kingsbarns, Beethoven, King Torus and Ishvana. First trainer to have three consecutive winners in the Investec Derby with Australia (2014), following on from Ruler Of The World (2013) and Camelot (2012). Has won the Investec Derby five times in all (also Galileo (2001) & High Chaparral (2002). Has won the Investec Oaks four times and the Investec Coronation Cup a record seven times The O'Briens' son Joseph rode the 2012 & 2014 Investec Derby winners Camelot (first father/son partnership to achieve this), Australia and the 2013 Ladbrokes St Leger victor Leading Light. Their other children are Sarah, Ana and Donnacha, who have all ridden winners. Training Record: One of Ireland's most successful all-time trainers since taking out licence at Piltown in County Kilkenny in 1993. First winner was Wandering Thoughts at Tralee on June 7, 1993. Took over from the unrelated Vincent O'Brien at John Magnier's Ballydoyle stables in County Tipperary in 1996. Accolades: Champion Irish jump trainer five times: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/7, 1997/98. Champion Irish Flat trainer 17 times: 1997 and from 1999 to 2014. Champion British Flat trainer four times: 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2008. British Classic wins (22): Investec Derby (2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2012 Camelot, 2013 Ruler Of The World & 2014 Australia), Investec Oaks (1998 Shahtoush, 2001 Imagine, 2006 Alexandrova, 2012 Was), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2005 Virginia Waters, 2012 Homecoming Queen), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1998 King Of Kings, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2005 Footstepsinthesand, 2006 George Washington, 2008 Henrythenavigator, 2012 Camelot, 2015 Gleneagles), Ladbrokes St Leger (2001 Milan, 2003 Brian Boru, 2005 Scorpion, 2013 Leading Light). His

33 Irish Classic winners include Irish Derby (1997 Desert King, 2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2006 Dylan Thomas, 2007 Soldier Of Fortune, 2008 Frozen Fire, 2009 Fame And Glory, 2010 Cape Blanco, 2011 Treasure Beach, 2012 Camelot, 2014 Australia) His 43 Royal Ascot winners

include Yeats, who captured an unprecedented four Gold Cups (2006-2009). Other Major Wins Include: Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2001 Johannesburg), Breeders' Cup Turf (2002 and 2003 High Chaparral, 2011 St Nicholas Abbey), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Galileo, 2007 Dylan Thomas, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2007 Dylan Thomas), Cox Plate (2014 Adelaide) Investec Oaks Record: 1998-1 SHAHTOUSH, 1999-6 Sunspangled, 1999-8 Crystal Downs, 2001-1 IMAGINE, 2002-2 Quarter Moon,

2002-4 Starbourne, 2002-11 Kournakova, 2002-12 Maryinsky, 2003-2 Yesterday, 2003-PU L’Ancresse, 2004-2 All Too Beautiful, 2004-

4 Necklace, 2004-7 Kisses For Me, 2005-4 Virginia Waters, 2005-5 Silk And Scarlet, 2005-9 Mona Lisa, 2006-1 ALEXANDROVA, 2007-

2 Peeping Fawn, 2007-3 All My Loving, 2007-5 Cherry Hinton, 2007-12 Nell Gwyn, 2008-2 Moonstone, 2008-8 Savethisdanceforme,

2008-13 Sail, 2008-14 Tiffany Diamond, 2008-15 Adored, 2008-16 Ice Queen, 2009-10 Perfect Truth, 2010-2 Remember When, 2010-

10 Awe Inspiring, 2010-12 Cabaret, 2011-2 Wonder Of Wonders, 2011-5 Misty For Me, 2011-8 Eirnin, 2011-12 Why, 2012-1 WAS,

2012-5 Maybe, 2012-8 Betterbetterbetter, 2012-10 Devotion, 2012-11 Twirl, 2013-4 Moth, 2013-10 Say; 2014-6 Marvellous, 2014-7

Palace, 2014-14 Dazzling

Seamie Heffernan

Born: James Anthony Heffernan on July 17, 1972. Background: Based at Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle stable since 1996. Like O'Brien, gained his grounding at Jim Bolger's stable. Twice second in the Investec Derby and won the Investec Oaks on Was in 2012. Accolades: Jointly Ireland's champion apprentice in 1994. British Classic Wins (1): Investec Oaks (2012 Was). Other major wins include: Irish Derby (2007 Soldier Of Fortune, 2008 Frozen Fire), Irish 1,000 Guineas (2001 Imagine, 2008 Halfway To Heaven, 2011 Misty For Me), Irish St Leger (2008 Septimus), Irish Champion Stakes (2010 Cape Blanco, 2011 So You Think), Eclipse Stakes (2011 So You Think), Sun Chariot Stakes (2008 Halfway To Heaven), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2008 Again, 2010 Misty For Me), National Stakes (2000 Beckett, 2010 Power), Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (2012 Pedro The Great), Pretty Polly Stakes (2011 Misty For Me), Critérium International (2006 Mount Nelson), Middle Park Stakes (2011 Crusade). Investec Oaks Record: 2007-5 Cherry Hinton, 2008-14 Tiffany Diamond, 2010-10 Awe Inspiring, 2011-5 Misty For Me, 2012-1 WAS,

2013-10 Say, 2014-14 Dazzling

Jack Naylor (IRE) Breeding: Champs Elysees - Fashionable (Nashwan (USA) Breeder: Oliver Costello Born: April 22, 2012 Owner: Gerard Byrne Trainer: Jessica Harrington IRE Jockey: Fran Berry Form: 521113-4 *Won three of her six starts last season, with her best performance coming when giving both Legatissimo and Together Forever 5lband a beating in a mile Listed race at the Curragh in August. *Also captured the Group Three Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown and finished third to Found in the Group One Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp in October. *Made an eye-catching return this season when storming home to take fourth behind Pleascach in the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 24. Race record: Starts: 7; Wins: 3; 2nd: 1; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £104,477

Gerard Byrne Background: owns a finance business based in Dublin and has worked in the financial sector for 42 years Racing interests: grew up in a family that had no interest in racing and described himself as “a sit on the couch on a Saturday afternoon punter” before getting involved in racehorse ownership through Jessie Harrington. He has had horses with the stable, in both partnerships and his own name, for almost 20 years. Started out with National Hunt horses but now concentrates on the Flat. Jack Naylor is the best horse Byrne has owned. She is named after his grandson Jack, who passed away in 2013, and Holby City character ‘Jac Naylor’ (played by Rosie Marcell). Big race

wins: Silver Flash Stakes (2014 Jack Naylor) No previous Investec Oaks winners

Jessica Harrington (Moone, Co Kildare)

Born: February 25, 1947, London Synopsis: Jessica Harrington is one of a select group of trainers to have won a

Grade One over jumps and a Group One on the Flat. She has enjoyed eight winners at The Festival at Cheltenham

including Moscow Flyer, who took the Racing Post Arkle in 2002 and the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase in

2003 & 2005, and the 2014 Stan James Champion Hurdle victor Jezki. Background: Daughter of Brigadier Bryan

'Friz' Fowler, who won a silver medal as part of the Great British polo team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Her late brother John was also a trainer, sending out Maid Of Money to win the 1989 Irish National, and only missed

out on the 1968 Olympics with a broken collarbone. Her equine career began in the eventing world and she rode at

the prestigious Burghley horse trials at the age of 18. Jessica and John became the first brother and sister to ride

at the European Eventing Championships at Punchestown in 1967. She went on represent Ireland at three European

championships and one World championships. Jessica was selected for the Olympics in 1980 and 1984 but missed

out due to the boycott of the Moscow Games and her horse becoming lame at the Los Angeles Games - she did ride

at the substitute Olympics in France in 1980. Jessica took out a training licence at Commonstown Stables at Moone

in County Kildare in 1989. Her husband Johnny, a bloodstock agent, died from cancer in April, 2014, at the age of

77 Big Race Wins (Flat): Vincent O’Brien National Stakes (2010 Pathwork), Debutante Stakes (2010 Laughing

Lashes), Beresford Stakes (2007 Curtain Call)

Investec Oaks Record: 2011-7 Siren’s Song

Fran Berry

Born: January 2, 1981 Background: Bred to be a jockey. His father Frank was a Classic-winning apprentice who

was Irish champion jump rider 10 times and - after a spell training - is now racing manager to owner J P McManus.

Fran Berry, whose brother Alan is a successful National Hunt amateur, originally made his name as a jump jockey,

winning the 1999 Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival on Khayrawani. Despite being 5 foot 8 inches tall, he is able

to ride off 8st 8lb and now concentrates on the Flat. He served as second rider behind Mick Kinane at John Oxx's

powerful Curragh stable from 2002 until the end of 2009 when Kinane retired and Berry was promoted to the number

one spot. But following the appointment of Johnny Murtagh in 2011, he relinquished that role and is now a freelance.

He rides regularly for Jessica Harrington, Charles O’Brien and John Feane. Big-Race Wins: National Stakes (2010

Pathfork), Railway Stakes (2014 Kool Kompany), American Jockey Club Stakes (2013 Danon Ballade), Futurity

Stakes (2011 Dragon Pulse, 2010 Pathfork), Park Stakes (2009 Duff), Beresford Stakes (2007 Curtain Call)

Investec Oaks Record: 2011-7 Siren’s Song

Jazzi Top (GB) Breeding: b f Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Zee Zee Top (Zafonic)

Breeder: Meon Valley Stud

Born: February 5, 2012

Owner: Helena Springfield Limited

Trainer: John Gosden

Jockey: Frankie Dettori

Form: 33-11

*Superbly-bred filly. Dam Zee Zee Top won Group One Prix de l’Opera, grand-dam Colorspin won the Irish Oaks and her great grand-dam is one of

Meon Valley Stud’s outstanding foundation broodmare, Reprocolor, who died in 2008 aged 32. Her half-sister is the dual Group One winner Izzi Top.

*Third in two fillies’ maidens over seven furlongs in 2014, at Newmarket and at Kempton Park.

*Registered first victory on April 1 this year with comfortable victory in mile fillies’ maiden on Polytack at Kempton Park.

*Entered Investec Oaks reckoning with length and a half victory over Zannda in Listed Tweenhills Pretty Polly Stakes over 10 furlongs at Newmarket

on May 3. Both of the latest two Investec Oaks heroines – Talent (2013) and Taghrooda (2014) – won this race before going on to score at Epsom

Downs.

*Worked at Epsom Downs on May 26 during Breakfast With The Stars with stable companion Star Of Seville, who also runs in the Investec Oaks.

Race Record: Starts: 4; 1st: 2; 2nd: 2; 3rd:- Win & Place Prize Money: £26,749

Helena Springfield Ltd

Background: In the autumn of 1977, bloodstock agent Richard Galpin was dispatched to Tattersalls sales to buy four yearling fillies as possible

foundation mares for Egon and Elizabeth Weinfeld. It could scarcely have been a more successful venture with three of them proving high-class

performers. The Henry Cecil-trained One In A Million, who cost 18,500gns, won the 1000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes, stablemate Odeon

(38,000gns) won the Galtres Stakes at York while the Michael Stoute-trained Reprocolor, purchased for 25,000 guineas, won the Lingfield Oaks Trial

and Lancashire Oaks and finished fourth in the Investec Oaks at Epsom. In 1979, the Weinfelds bought a farm at Bishop’s Waltham in Hampshire

that was named Meon Valley Stud and - breeding from the descendants of those yearling purchases - has become one of the most successful British

commercial breeding operations. Success: The stud, now covering 900 acres, has bred a string of top-class winners including 1996 Investec Oaks

heroine Lady Carla, 1998 Investec Oaks runner-up Noushkey, Opera House (1991 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Coral-Eclipse, Coronation

Cup), Kayf Tara (1998 and 2000 Ascot Gold Cup), Colorspin (1986 Irish Oaks), Milligram (1987 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes), Stagecraft (1991 Prince

Of Wales’s Stakes), Cezanne (1994 Irish Champion Stakes), One So Wonderful (1998 Juddmonte International), Necklace (2003 Moyglare Stud

Stakes), Zee Zee Top (2003 Prix de l’Opera), Izzi Top (2012 Pretty Polly Stakes & 2012 Prix Jean Romanet) and Shirocco Star (second in both 2012

Investec Oaks and Irish Oaks). Meon Valley Stud bred its 200th individual winner when Fantasy Fry scored at Bath in July, 2010. The stud, which

has enjoyed some spectacular sales results, keeps a number of fillies in training, this year split between Luca Cumani, James Fanshawe, John Gosden,

Hughie Morrison and Roger Varian. Egon Weinfeld died in December, 2013. His son Mark and daughter Helena are actively involved in the stud and

many of their racehorses are leased to run in the name of the promotional company Helena Springfield. No previous Investec Oaks winners

John Gosden (Newmarket, Suffolk)

Born: Lewes, Sussex, on March 30, 1951. Background: His father Towser was a trainer. Educated at Eastbourne College and Cambridge University.

Worked in land management in Venezuela before returning to Britain to assist Sir Noel Murless from 1974 to 1975 and Vincent O'Brien from 1976 to

1977. After brief spell assisting Tommy Doyle in California, set up on his own in the US in 1979, where he trained with success for nine years. Saddled

Robert Sangster’s Royal Heroine to win inaugural Breeders’ Cup Mile at Hollywood Park in 1984. Prompted by Sheikh Mohammed, returned to Britain

in 1988, to train at the owner’s Stanley House Stables in Newmarket. In 2000, moved to Robert Sangster’s Manton estate in Wiltshire. Returned to

Newmarket in 2005, having bought Clarehaven Stables. British champion trainer for the first time in 2012 with more than £3.7 million in prize money.

Accolades: Trained US Eclipse Award winners Bates Motel and Royal Heroine. British champion trainer in 2012. Has had 37 Royal Ascot winners.

British Classic wins (7): Investec Derby (1997 Benny The Dip), Investec Oaks (2014 Taghrooda), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2000 Lahan), Ladbrokes

St Leger (1996 Shantou, 2007 Lucarno, 2010 Arctic Cosmos, 2011 Masked Marvel). Other major wins include: Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1999

Valentine Waltz, 2002 Zenda), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2014 Kingman), Irish Oaks (2012 Great Heavens), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

(2011 Nathaniel, 2014 Taghrooda), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1984 Royal Heroine), Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (2008 Donativum, 2009 Pounced), Breeder’s

Cup Classic (2008 Raven’s Pass), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2000 Observatory, 2008 Raven’s Pass), Irish St Leger (1992 Mashaallah, 2011 Duncan-

dht), Arlington Million (2010 Debussy), Yorkshire Oaks (2009 Dar Re Mi, 2013 The Fugue), Dubai Sheema Classic (2010 Dar Re Mi), Coronation

Stakes (2006 Nannina, 2012 Fallen For You), Eclipse (2012 Nathaniel), Diamond Jubilee Stakes (2002 Malhub), Haydock Sprint Cup (1993

Wolfhound), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream) Lockinge Stakes (1994 Emperor Jones, 2009 Virtual), Nassau Stakes (1997 Ryafan, 2012 The Fugue, 2013

Winsili, 2014 Sultanina), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Prix Rothschild (2012 & 2013 Elusive Kate), Prince of Wales's Stakes (1994 & 1995

Muhtarram, 2014 The Fugue), Irish Champion Stakes (1993 Muhtarram, 2013 The Fugue), Falmouth Stakes (2013 Elusive Kate), Hollywood Derby

(1983 Royal Heroine, 2013 Seek Again), Prix Jacques Le Marois (2014 Kingman), QIPCO Sussex Stakes (2013 Kingman), St James’s Palace Stakes

(2014 Kingman). Investec Oaks Record: 1993-8 Marillette, 1995-10 Bunting, 2003-12 High Praise, 2008-7 Michita, 2009-4 Rainbow

View, 2010-4 Gertrude Bell, 2011-3 Izzi Top, 2012-3 The Fugue, 2013-8 Gertrude Versed; 2014-1 TAGHROODA

Frankie Dettori

Born: December 15, 1970, Milan, Italy Background: the son of Gianfranco, 13-time champion jockey in Italy. Frankie (christened Lanfranco) Dettori

arrived from his homeland to join Luca Cumani's Newmarket yard as an apprentice in July, 1985. His first success came on Rif at Turin, Italy, on

November 16, 1986, and he rode his first British winner on Lizzy Hare at Goodwood on June 9, 1987. He passed 100 winners for the first time in

1990 when recording 141 successes and created history when riding all seven winners on the Saturday at the Ascot Festival in September, 1996.

Dettori survived a horrific plane crash at Newmarket in 2000 in which the pilot was killed. He was retained by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin

operation in 1993, but it was announced in September, 2012, that the retainer would not be renewed. It was subsequently revealed he had failed a

drugs test whilst riding in France. On December 5, 2012, Dettori was suspended from riding for six months after being found guilty of taking a

prohibited substance, believed to be cocaine. He returned from his ban at the 2013 Investec Derby Festival and became retained rider for Sheikh

Joaan Al Thani in July, 2013, whose horses run under the Al Shaqab Racing banner. He is married to Catherine and they have five children.

Accolades/achievements: British champion apprentice in 1989 and champion jockey three times (1994, 1995 and 2004). Awarded an honorary

MBE in December, 2000. Celebrated his 500th Group race victory on Dabirsim in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagadere at Longchamp on October 2, 2011. He

has ridden well in excess of 3,000 winners including over 100 at Group One level. British Classic Wins (14): QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark Of

Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia, 2011 Blue Bunting), Investec Derby (2007 Authorized - 15th

attempt), Investec Oaks (1994 Balanchine, 1995 Moonshell, 2002 Kazzia), Ladbrokes St Leger (1995 Classic Cliché, 1996 Shantou, 2005 Scorpion,

2006 Sixties Icon, 2008 Conduit) Major wins include: Breeders' Cup Classic (2008 Raven's Pass), Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2003

Moon Ballad, 2006 Electrocutionist), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1995 Lammtarra, 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Japan

Cup (1996 Singspiel, 2002 Falbrav, 2005 Alkaased), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard). Royal Ascot

Wins (49), major wins include: Gold Cup (1992 & 93 Drum Taps, 1998 Kayf Tara, 2004 Papineau, 2012 Colour Vision), St James’s Palace Stakes

(1997 Starborough), King’s Stand Stakes (1994 Lochsong), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera, 2011 Rewilding), Golden

Jubilee Stakes (1995 So Factual), Queen Anne Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction, 1997 Allied Forces, 1998 Inktikhab, 2003 Dubai Destination, 2004

Refuse To Bend, 2007 Ramonti) Investec Oaks Record: 1991-2 Shamshir, 1993-3 Oakmead, 1994-1 BALANCHINE, 1995-1 MOONSHELL,

1996-2 Pricket, 1997-11 Siyadah, 1998-2 Bahr, 1999-3 Zahrat Dubai, 2001-13 Najah, 2002-1 KAZZIA, 2003-5 Hi Dubai, 2004-3

Punctilious, 2005-12 Fen Shui, 2006-6 Time On, 2007-13 Measured Tempo, 2008-4 Clowance, 2010-14 Sajjhaa, 2011-4 Blue Bunting,

2014-17 Amazing Maria

Lady Of Dubai (GB)

Breeding: Dubawi (IRE) - Lady Of Everest (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE)) Breeder: Fittocks Stud Born: February 19, 2012 Owner: Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Trainer: Luca Cumani Jockey: Adam Kirby Form: 7312-1 *Entered the Investec Oaks picture with an impressive three and a quarter length victory in the Listed Height Of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood on May 21. *Won a mile maiden at Newmarket in September and went down by half a length to subsequent French 1,000 Guineas runner-up Irish Rookie in a mile Listed race over the same course and distance in October. Race record: Starts: 7; Wins: 3; 2nd: 1; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £104,477

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Background: Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, a member of the Dubaian ruling family, is a cousin of Sheikh Mohammed. His yellow and black silks were famously carried to victory in the 1998 Derby by the Luca Cumani-trained High-Rise. In Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid manages the racing interests of Sheikh Ahmed al Maktoum, the youngest of the four Maktoum brothers. Those interests include the racecourse and training center at Jebel Ali. All his horses in Britain are trained by Luca Cumnai. Big-Race Wins: Investec Derby (1998 High-Rise), Italian Oaks (1998 Zomaradah), Lancashire Oaks (2013 Emirates Queen), Celebration Mile (2013 Afsare), Great Voltigeur Stakes (2014 Postponed) No previous Investec Oaks winners Luca Cumani (Newmarket, Suffolk)

Born: Milan on April 7, 1949. Background: Father Sergio Cumani was successful trainer in Italy until his death in 1980. Luca was a useful amateur, partnering 85 winners including the 1972 Moet & Chandon Silver Magnum (the amateurs' Derby) at Epsom on Meissen. Took out training licence in 1976 after assisting Henry Cecil for two years. He bought Bedford House Stables in Newmarket for £75,000 and sent out his first winner from the yard when Three Legs obliged in the Duke Of York Stakes at York on May 13, 1976. Cumani has gone on to be one of the leading trainers of his era. With his wife Sara, Cumani runs Fittocks Stud near Newmarket and bred the 2001 St Leger winner Milan. Their daughter Francesca is a former face of the Investec Derby Festival and broadcaster, mainly in Australia and their son Matt is his assistant. British Classic wins (3): Investec Derby (1988 Kahyasi, 1999 High-Rise), Ladbrokes St Leger (1984 Commanche Run).Other major wins include: Irish 1,000 Guineas (1991 Ensconse, 2002 Gossamer), Arlington Million (1983 Tolomeo), Irish 2,000 Guineas (1993 Barathea), Irish Derby (1988 Kahyasi), Breeders' Cup Mile (1994 Barathea), Coral-Eclipse (2003 Falbrav), Juddmonte International (1985 Commanche Run, 1998 One So Wonderful, 2003 Falbrav), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction, 2003 Falbrav, 2005 Starcraft), St James's Palace Stakes (1985 Bairn, 1987 Half A Year), Queen Anne Stakes (1987 Then Again, 1990 Markofdistinction, 1994 Barathea), Hong Kong Cup (2003 Falbrav), Japan Cup (2003 Falbrav, 2005 Alkaased). Investec Oaks Record: 1977-2 Freeze The Secret, 1977-3 Vaguely Deb, 1978-13 Spring In Deepsea, 1986-10 Tralthee, 1988-2 Sudden Love, 1991-2 Shamshir, 2014-3 Volume

Adam Kirby Born: August 22, 1988, Norwich Background: His father bred Maurice several racehorses, including Magnet Cup winner Achilles. Kirby jnr completed his initial training at the Northern Racing College in July, 2004. His first ride was at Lingfield on October 1 that year, when he partnered the Gay Kelleway-trained Broughton Knows to victory in an apprentice race. Attached to the shrewd Michael Wigham yard, Kirby soon gained a reputation as a jockey with a bright future and he gained the first double of his fledgling career on January 4, 2005, winning aboard Ragasah for Ernst Oertel and Eight Ellington for Kelleway. Hailed by Wigham as the best young rider he had seen ride since Walter Swinburn, Kirby soon enjoyed his first big-race victory when scoring aboard the Clive Cox-trained Out After Dark to take the Gosforth Park Cup at Newcastle in June, 2005, and the combination won again three months later in the Portland Handicap. Having ridden 54 winners in 2005, Kirby finished second to Philip Makin in number of winners by an apprentice, beating the joint champions Hayley Turner (53) and Saleem Golam (44). Kirby joined the Clive Cox yard in January, 2006. He continues to ride regularly for Cox, who gave him the biggest wins of his career with Lethal Force in the 2013 Diamond Jubilee Stakes and July Cup, as well as Luca Cumani and Godolphin’s Charlie Appleby. Big-Race Wins: Diamond Jubilee Stakes (2013 Lethal Force), July Cup (2013 Lethal Force), Hungerford Stakes (2012 Lethal Force, 2011 Excelebration), Lennox Stakes (2014 Es Que Love), Vintage Stakes (2009 Xtension), German 2,000 Guineas (2011 Xtension), Norfolk Stakes (2012 Reckless Abandon) Investec Oaks Record: 2008-11 Miracle Seeker

Legatissimo (IRE) Breeding: b f Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Yummy Mummy (Montjeu (IRE)) Breeder: Newsells Park Stud Born: April 22, 2012 Owner:Michael Tabor & Mrs John Magnier & Derrick Smith Trainer: David Wachman IRE Jockey: Ryan Moore Form: 612-411 *Bidding to become the 48th filly to win both the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks (and the first since Godolphin’s Kazzia in 2002), following a three quarters

of a length success over Lucida in the mile Classic at Newmarket on May 3.

*Looks set to appreciate a step up in distance; convincing winner of Listed Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes over nine and a half furlongs at Gowran

Park on April 26. Full-sister to Irish Derby & Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory, who was second to Sea The Stars in the 2009 Investec Derby and

captured the Investec Coronation Cup the following year.

*Fourth on seasonal return on soft to heavy ground in seven-furlong Group Three Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial on April 12, her only appearance

to date on ground slower than good.

*Won seven-furlong maiden at the Galway Festival in July and ran well to take second in strong mile Listed contest at the Curragh in August – winner

Jack Naylor was subsequently third in Prix Marcel Boussac and the third home Together Forever went on to take the Fillies’ Mile.

Race Record: Starts: 6; 1st: 3; 2nd: 1; 3rd: -; Win & Place Prize Money: £279,024

Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier & Derrick Smith

Sue Magnier - Background: Born October, 1953, daughter of legendary trainer Vincent O'Brien (who saddled six Derby winners). Husband John Magnier (born in County Cork on February 10, 1948) has changed the bloodstock world since teaming up with Robert Sangster and Vincent O'Brien to buy Coolmore in the 1970s. Purchased potential stallions as yearlings, early successes included Alleged, Be My Guest, El Gran Senor, Golden Fleece, Sadler's Wells and Storm Bird. Magnier subsequently bought out partners and now owns Coolmore, its American and Australian offshoots, and the Ballydoyle training centre. Worth £587 million according to 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. Myriad other business interests include stakes in Barchester nursing homes, pub group Mitchells & Butlers, property, Ladbrokes, the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados and Global Radio. Formerly had stake in Manchester United. Homes in Ireland, Barbados and Switzerland. Racing interests: Sue Magnier has had a share in all of Aidan O'Brien's best horses. Those to have carried the Magnier dark blue silks include the Investec Derby winners Galileo, Pour Moi and Ruler Of The World. Other flagbearers include King Of Kings, Hawk Wing, Giant's Causeway, Imagine, George Washington, Duke Of Marmalade, Dylan Thomas, Henrythenavigator, Rip Van Winkle and four-time Ascot Gold Cup scorer Yeats. Michael Tabor - Background: Born October 28, 1941, in East London. Trained as hairdresser and built up Arthur Prince bookmaking chain before selling to Coral in 1995. Married to Doreen and has homes in Barbados and Monaco. Son Ashley founded Global Radio, Europe's largest commercial radio group, with backing from his father. Michael Tabor's fortune grew through currency dealing and his many business interests include ownership of Victor Chandler and shares in Ladbrokes. Valued at £600 million in 2015 Sunday Times Rich list. Racing interests: Joined forces with John Magnier after his Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in 1995. Previously best known for owning jumpers such as Neville Callaghan-trained Royal Derbi. Best horses to carry his colours include Montjeu, High Chaparral (2002 Derby), Hurricane Run, Entrepreneur, Desert King, Johannesburg, Stravinsky, Starspangledbanner, Lillie Langtry, Peeping Fawn, Misty For Me and 2007 Belmont Stakes heroine Rags To Riches. Derrick Smith - Background: Former Ladbrokes trading director, now based in Barbados with wife Gay. Currency trading helped him to be worth £590 million in 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. Business interests include, with his racing partners, Barchester nursing homes, pub group Mitchells & Butlers and the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. Racing

interests: In 2004, joined Coolmore as an investor and his purple silks with white seams, purple and white striped sleeves and purple cap have become a common sight atop such horses as the Investec Derby winners Camelot (2012) and Australia (2014) and Investec Oaks heroine Was. Others to sport his silks include Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach, 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf and triple Investec Coronation Cup victor St Nicholas Abbey, Ascot Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory, Simply Perfect, Astronomer Royal, St Leger hero Leading Light, Mastercraftsman and the 2010 Irish Derby and Irish Champion Stakes winner Cape Blanco as well as Australian import So You Think. Gay Smith has owned a number of jumpers including Holywell, a dual winner at the Cheltenham Festival. Their son Paul owns 2014 Ladbrokes St Leger hero Kingston Hill. Overview: Coolmore partners have won the Investec Derby a record six times, including the last four winners, another record. Investec Oaks Wins: 1998 SHATOUSH (Diane

Nagle & Sue Magnier), 2001 IMAGINE (Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier), 2006 ALEXANDROVA (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick

Smith), 2012 WAS (Derrick Smith Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor)

David Wachman (County Tipperary, Ireland)

Born: July 5, 1971. Background: Educated at Glenstal Abbey. Grandfather Norman was a famous punter who owned The Bug, who landed a gamble

worth £1 million in today’s money when winning 1946 Wokingham Handicap. Worked for trainer Bill Mitchell in Australia, before assisting Jenny

Pitman in Lambourn. Returned to Ireland to work for Michael Hourigan and Jim Bolger, when he shared a house with subsequent multiple British

champion jump jockey A P McCoy. Began training in 1996, originally concentrating around jumpers and selling on point-to-pointers. First winner was

Middle Moggs in a maiden hurdle at Clonmel on September 5, 1996. Based at Coolmore-owned Longfield Stud near Cashel in Co Tipperary. Married

John and Sue Magnier’s daughter Katie in August, 2002. British Classic Wins (1): QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2015 Legatissimo) Irish Classic Wins

(1): (2009 Again) Other Big Race Wins Include: Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (2013 Sudirman), Middle Park Stakes (2008 Bushranger), Moyglare

Stud Stakes (2008 Again), Prix Morny (2008 Bushranger), Phoenix Stakes (2004 Damson, 2013 Sudirman), Garden City Breeders’ Cup Handicap

(2005 Luas Line) Investec Oaks Record: No previous runners

Ryan Moore

Born: September 18, 1983. Background: From a family steeped in racing. His late grandfather Charlie was a trainer, dad Gary, a former jump

jockey, is a trainer under both codes, while mum Jayne was an accomplished amateur rider, as was his aunt Candy Morris. Older brother Jamie is a

successful jump jockey who has just had his best season, while his sister Hayley has also ridden winners as an amateur and his youngest brother,

Joshua, has followed the others into a riding career. Moore's career began over hurdles, when making a winning debut as an amateur on Mersey Beat

at Towcester on May 15, 2000, but he soon concentrated on the Flat. First major success on the Flat came as a 5lb claimer when he captured the

2002 Cesarewitch at Newmarket on the Martin Pipe-trained Miss Fara. Appointed first rider to Sir Michael Stoute in November, 2007 and was became

first jockey for Coolmore-owned runners at start of 2015 season. Leading Jockey at Royal Ascot in 2014 – his fourth QIPCO Royal Ascot Top Jockey

Award in the last five years. He is demand worldwide. Accolades: champion apprentice in 2003 (59 winners); British champion jockey three times

- 2006 (182 wins), 2008 (192), 2009 (178). Gained first Longines World Best Jockey Award in December, 2015. British Classic Wins (6): Investec

Oaks (2010 Snow Fairy), Investec Derby (2010 Workforce, 2013 Ruler Of The World), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2012 Homecoming Queen, 2015

Legatissimo), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (2015 Gleneagles). Royal Ascot Wins (27): Coronation Stakes (2014 Rizeena), King George V Handicap (2008

Colony), Queen’s Vase (2008 Patkai, 2012 Estimate), Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap (2008 Sugar Ray; 2013 Opinion, 2014 Arab Spring), Tercentenary

Stakes (2009 Glass Harmonium, 2014 Cannock Chase), Wolferton Handicap (2009 Perfect Stride), Wokingham Handicap (2009 High Standing),

Jersey Stakes (2010 Rainfall), Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (2010 Strawberrydaiquiri, 2014 Integral), Hardwicke Stakes (2010 Harbinger, 2011 Await

The Dawn, 2012 Sea Moon), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2010 Bergo, 2012 Simenon), Coventry Stakes (2011 Power), Chesham Stakes (2011 Maybe),

Ascot Handicap (2012 Simenon), Britannia Handicap (2012 Fast Or Free), Gold Cup (2013 Estimate), King Edward VII Stakes (2013 Hillstar) Other

Major Wins Include: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2011 Wrote, 2012 George Vancouver), Breeders' Cup Turf (2008 & 2009 Conduit, 2013 Magician),

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2013 Dank), Hong Kong Cup (2010 Snow Fairy), Coral-Eclipse (2007 Notnowcato), King George VI and Queen

Elizabeth Stakes (2009 Conduit), Japan Cup (2013 Gentildonna), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2010 Workforce), Dubai Sheema Classic (2014

Gentildonna), Prix du Jockey-Club (2014 The Grey Gatsby), Irish Champion Stakes (2014 The Grey Gatsby), Cox Plate (2014 Adeladie), Melbourne

Cup (2014 Protectionist), Canadian International (2013 Joshua Tree, 2014 Hillstar), Yorkshire Oaks (2014 Tapestry), Prix Marcel Boussac (2014

Found), Beverly D Stakes (2013 Dank, 2014 Euro Charline), Secretariat Stakes (2014 Adelaide), Falmouth Stakes (2014 Integral), Sun Chariot

Stakes (2014 Integral), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2015 Gleneagles)

Investec Oaks Record: 2008-13 Sail, 2009-6 Phillipina, 2010-1 SNOW FAIRY, 2011-10 Havant, 2013-5 Liber Nauticus, 2014-7 Palace

Qualify (IRE)

Breeding: Fastnet Rock (AUS) – Perihelion (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))

Breeder: Whisperview Trading Ltd

Born: April 22, 2012

Owner: Mrs Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jockey: Colm O’Donoghue

Form: 4315618-00

*Bought by her current owners in March, 2015 and has run in two Classics this year, finishing last in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas at

Newmarket on her seasonal debut before coming 10th of 18 in the Irish equivalent at the Curragh.

*Got off the mark at the third time of asking when landing a seven-furlong Dundalk maiden in August, 2014.

*Won the Group Three Park Stakes at the Curragh on her penultimate start as a juvenile by three lengths before finishing eighth

of 13 in the Grade One Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita.

*Was bred by her trainer Aidan O’Brien.

Race record: Starts: 9; Wins: 2; 2nd: 0; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £53,100

Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez Background: based in Spain, Regalado-Gonzalez is married to John Murrell and the pair have owned horses for many years, especially mares. Have two daughters, Sophie Murrell-Regalado and Vanessa Murrell-Regalado, both of whom are directors of Sonessa Bloodstock Racing interests: has owned several horses with various trainers, including Aidan O’Brien, John Joseph Murphy, Joseph G Murphy, Pat Murphy James Fanshawe, Mark Johnston, Jo Hughes, David Nicholls and the retiring Peter Makin. No previous Investec Oaks winners

Aidan O'Brien IRE (Ballydoyle, County Tipperary) Born: County Wexford on October 16, 1969. One of six children of Stella and Denis O'Brien Background: Won Irish jump amateur riders' title in 1993/94. Worked for P J Finn, then spent three years with Jim Bolger before assisting now wife Annemarie and her father Joe Crowley. The O'Briens and Crowley have around 20 mares at Carriganog Stud in Co Kilkenny (breeding as Whisperview Trading) and have bred Rock Of Gibraltar, Kingsbarns, Beethoven, King Torus and Ishvana. First trainer to have three consecutive winners in the Investec Derby with Australia (2014), following on from Ruler Of The World (2013) and Camelot (2012). Has won the Investec Derby five times in all (also Galileo (2001) & High Chaparral (2002). Has won the Investec Oaks four times and the Investec Coronation Cup a record seven times The O'Briens' son Joseph rode the 2012 & 2014 Investec Derby winners Camelot (first father/son partnership to achieve this), Australia and the 2013 Ladbrokes St Leger victor Leading Light. Their other children are Sarah, Ana and Donnacha, who have all ridden winners. Training Record: One of Ireland's most successful all-time trainers since taking out licence at Piltown in County Kilkenny in 1993. First winner was Wandering Thoughts at Tralee on June 7, 1993. Took over from the unrelated Vincent O'Brien at John Magnier's Ballydoyle stables in County Tipperary in 1996. Accolades: Champion Irish jump trainer five times: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/7, 1997/98. Champion Irish Flat trainer 17 times: 1997 and from 1999 to 2014. Champion British Flat trainer four times: 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2008. British Classic wins (22): Investec Derby (2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2012 Camelot, 2013 Ruler Of The World & 2014 Australia), Investec Oaks (1998 Shahtoush, 2001 Imagine, 2006 Alexandrova, 2012 Was), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2005 Virginia Waters, 2012 Homecoming Queen), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1998 King Of Kings, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2005 Footstepsinthesand, 2006 George Washington, 2008 Henrythenavigator, 2012 Camelot, 2015 Gleneagles), Ladbrokes St Leger (2001 Milan, 2003 Brian Boru, 2005 Scorpion, 2013 Leading Light). His 33 Irish Classic winners include Irish Derby (1997 Desert King, 2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2006 Dylan Thomas, 2007 Soldier Of Fortune, 2008 Frozen Fire, 2009 Fame And Glory, 2010 Cape Blanco, 2011 Treasure Beach, 2012 Camelot, 2014 Australia) His 43 Royal Ascot winners include Yeats, who captured an unprecedented four Gold Cups (2006-2009). Other Major Wins Include: Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2001 Johannesburg), Breeders' Cup Turf (2002 and 2003 High Chaparral, 2011 St Nicholas Abbey), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Galileo, 2007 Dylan Thomas, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2007 Dylan Thomas), Cox Plate (2014 Adelaide) Investec Oaks Record: 1998-1 SHAHTOUSH, 1999-6 Sunspangled, 1999-8 Crystal Downs, 2001-1 IMAGINE, 2002-2

Quarter Moon, 2002-4 Starbourne, 2002-11 Kournakova, 2002-12 Maryinsky, 2003-2 Yesterday, 2003-PU L’Ancresse,

2004-2 All Too Beautiful, 2004-4 Necklace, 2004-7 Kisses For Me, 2005-4 Virginia Waters, 2005-5 Silk And Scarlet,

2005-9 Mona Lisa, 2006-1 ALEXANDROVA, 2007-2 Peeping Fawn, 2007-3 All My Loving, 2007-5 Cherry Hinton, 2007-

12 Nell Gwyn, 2008-2 Moonstone, 2008-8 Savethisdanceforme, 2008-13 Sail, 2008-14 Tiffany Diamond, 2008-15

Adored, 2008-16 Ice Queen, 2009-10 Perfect Truth, 2010-2 Remember When, 2010-10 Awe Inspiring, 2010-12

Cabaret, 2011-2 Wonder Of Wonders, 2011-5 Misty For Me, 2011-8 Eirnin, 2011-12 Why, 2012-1 WAS, 2012-5 Maybe,

2012-8 Betterbetterbetter, 2012-10 Devotion, 2012-11 Twirl, 2013-4 Moth, 2013-10 Say; 2014-6 Marvellous, 2014-

7 Palace, 2014-14 Dazzling

Colm O'Donoghue

Born: Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland, November 13, 1980. Background: Joined Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle stable as a teenager. Has ridden across the world with major success in Ireland, France, the UAE, the USA, Canada and India. First winner: My-Lorraine, Sligo, June 24, 1997. Big-Race Wins include: Irish Derby (2011 Treasure Beach), Irish Oaks (2014 Bracelet), Secretariat Stakes (2011 Treasure Beach), Phoenix Stakes (2002 Spartacus), Poule d'Essai des Poulains (2007 Astronomer Royal), Criterium International (2009 Jan Vermeer), Canadian International (2010 Joshua Tree), American St Leger (2012 Jakkalberry), UAE Derby (2012 Daddy Long Legs), Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (2011 Together). Has also enjoyed significant success in India, winning the Indian Derby, Calcutta Derby and Bangalore Derby in 2007. Investec Oaks Record: 2008-8 Savethisdanceforme, 2010-12 Cabaret, 2012-8 Betterbetterbetter

Star Of Seville (GB)

Breeding: b f Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) - Stage Presence (IRE) (Selkirk (USA))

Breeder: Lady Bamford Born: March 27, 2012 Owners: Lady Bamford Trainer: John Gosden Jockey: William Buick Form: 31-11 *Landed Group Three Musidora Stakes at York on May 13, scoring by a head from Together Forever. *Began year with impressive three and a half-length success in 10-furlong conditions race at Newbury on April 17, seeing off the colt Ooty Hill. *Ran twice in 2014, landing mile Doncaster maiden in October by an eye-catching six lengths. *Finished third on debut over seven furlongs at Leicester earlier in the same month. *Worked with stable companion Jazzi Top at Epsom Downs on May 26, Breakfast With The Stars morning. Race record: Starts: 4; Wins: 3; 2nd: -; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £71,321 Lady Bamford Background: Carole Bamford’s husband Lord Bamford is chairman of JCB, the Staffordshire construction equipment company founded by his father Joseph in 1945. Lady Bamford, a former air stewardess, founded Daylesford Organic at the family’s 1,500-acre estate near Stow-On-The-Wold and the company now has shops in London and Tokyo. The family also own the Bamford and Sons clothing stores. Lady Bamford received an OBE in 2006 for her charity work for the NSPCC. The couple have an estimated wealth of £3.1 billion according to the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List, which ranks them as the 29th richest people in Britain. Racing Interests: Lady Bamford has been one of the biggest domestic investors in breeding stock in recent years for her Daylesford Stud, which is also home to top-class dressage competition horses. Thoroughbred purchases include Clara Bow (a 750,000gns purchase), Pink Cristal (720,000gns), Maid Of Killeen (650,000gns) and Time Ahead (650,000gns). Investec Oaks winner Sariska, the best horse she has owned and bred, is out of Maycocks Bay, who was bought by her bloodstock advisor Hugo Lascelles for just 32,000 guineas as a yearling Major Wins: Investec Oaks (2009 Sariska), Irish Oaks (2009 Sariska), Park Hill Stakes (2013 The Lark), King Edward VII Stakes (2014 Eagle Top) Previous Investec Oaks Winners: 2009 SARISKA John Gosden (Newmarket, Suffolk)

Born: Lewes, Sussex, on March 30, 1951. Background: His father Towser was a trainer. Educated at Eastbourne

College and Cambridge University. Worked in land management in Venezuela before returning to Britain to assist

Sir Noel Murless from 1974 to 1975 and Vincent O'Brien from 1976 to 1977. After brief spell assisting Tommy Doyle

in California, set up on his own in the US in 1979, where he trained with success for nine years. Saddled Robert

Sangster’s Royal Heroine to win inaugural Breeders’ Cup Mile at Hollywood Park in 1984. Prompted by Sheikh

Mohammed, returned to Britain in 1988, to train at the owner’s Stanley House Stables in Newmarket. In 2000,

moved to Robert Sangster’s Manton estate in Wiltshire. Returned to Newmarket in 2005, having bought Clarehaven

Stables. British champion trainer for the first time in 2012 with more than £3.7 million in prize money. Accolades:

Trained US Eclipse Award winners Bates Motel and Royal Heroine. British champion trainer in 2012. Has had 37

Royal Ascot winners. British Classic wins (7): Investec Derby (1997 Benny The Dip), Investec Oaks (2014

Taghrooda), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2000 Lahan), Ladbrokes St Leger (1996 Shantou, 2007 Lucarno, 2010 Arctic

Cosmos, 2011 Masked Marvel). Other major wins include: Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1999 Valentine Waltz,

2002 Zenda), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2014 Kingman), Irish Oaks (2012 Great Heavens), King George VI & Queen

Elizabeth Stakes (2011 Nathaniel, 2014 Taghrooda), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1984 Royal Heroine), Breeders’ Cup

Juvenile Turf (2008 Donativum, 2009 Pounced), Breeder’s Cup Classic (2008 Raven’s Pass), Queen Elizabeth II

Stakes (2000 Observatory, 2008 Raven’s Pass), Irish St Leger (1992 Mashaallah, 2011 Duncan-dht), Arlington

Million (2010 Debussy), Yorkshire Oaks (2009 Dar Re Mi, 2013 The Fugue), Dubai Sheema Classic (2010 Dar Re

Mi), Coronation Stakes (2006 Nannina, 2012 Fallen For You), Eclipse (2012 Nathaniel), Diamond Jubilee Stakes

(2002 Malhub), Haydock Sprint Cup (1993 Wolfhound), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream) Lockinge Stakes (1994

Emperor Jones, 2009 Virtual), Nassau Stakes (1997 Ryafan, 2012 The Fugue, 2013 Winsili, 2014 Sultanina),

Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Prix Rothschild (2012 & 2013 Elusive Kate), Prince of Wales's Stakes (1994

& 1995 Muhtarram, 2014 The Fugue), Irish Champion Stakes (1993 Muhtarram, 2013 The Fugue), Falmouth Stakes

(2013 Elusive Kate), Hollywood Derby (1983 Royal Heroine, 2013 Seek Again), Prix Jacques Le Marois (2014

Kingman), QIPCO Sussex Stakes (2013 Kingman), St James’s Palace Stakes (2014 Kingman). Investec Oaks

Record: 1993-8 Marillette, 1995-10 Bunting, 2003-12 High Praise, 2008-7 Michita, 2009-4 Rainbow

View, 2010-4 Gertrude Bell, 2011-3 Izzi Top, 2012-3 The Fugue, 2013-8 Gertrude Versed; 2014-1

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William Buick

Born: July 22, 1988, in Norway. Background: Fluent in Norwegian, Danish and German as well as English.

Announced as a Godolphin retained jockey on November 9, 2014, he is riding primarily for Godolphin trainer Charlie

Appleby as well as John Gosden and Saeed bin Suroor in 2015. Born in Norway on July 22, 1988, he hails from a

family with lots of equestrian background. His mother Maria became a show jumper and dressage rider, while his

father Walter enjoyed a long career as a jockey, being champion jockey eight times in Denmark and once in Norway.

Scottish-born Walter Buick initially rode in Britain and was apprenticed to Newmarket trainer Bernard Van Cutsem

before moving to Norway due to the lack of race riding opportunities in Britain. He went on to partner 1,500 winners,

including 22 Classics in Scandinavia, before spending four years as a trainer at Baden-Baden in Germany. He

returned to Britain in 2001 to become a work-rider for Marcus Tregoning in Lambourn and a part-time race-reader.

William Buick rode out for his father in Germany and for Norwegian champion trainer Vido Neuroth. He would get

up in the middle of winter, ride work in sub-zero temperatures before heading to school for his studies. During the

holidays, he would travel over the Britain to ride work for Reg Hollinshead, Marcus Tregoning and Andrew Balding.

He returned to Balding’s yard at Kingclere, Berkshire, to become an apprentice jockey after leaving school at the

age of 16. His first race came in August, 2006, and his first victory came on Bank On Benny the following month at

Salisbury on September 27. Following a working holiday in Florida, USA, he returned to Britain at the start of 2007

and soon earned a reputation as one of the country’s most exciting apprentices. The jockey gained a first Royal

Ascot success on Dark Missile in the Wokingham Handicap, one of the most competitive races in the calendar, in

June, 2007, and the first Group victory came on Buccellati in the Group Three St Simon Stakes at Newbury in

October, 2008. Buick had his initial ride for Godolphin at Chester on September 13, 2008, finishing fourth on

subsequent Emirates Melbourne Cup runner-up Crime Scene in a Listed race. He ended 2008 as joint-champion

apprentice after a thrilling battle with David Probert, who was also attached to the Balding stable, with 50 winners

each. The jockey continued to do well and enjoyed a breakthrough first top-level success on board the Mick Channon-

trained Lahaleeb in the Grade One E P Taylor Stakes at Woodbine, Canada, in October, 2009. He was appointed

stable jockey to John Gosden in January, 2010, despite never having ridden for the Newmarket handler before. The

trainer’s faith in William Buick was almost instantly rewarded as the rider partnered Dar Re Mi to glory in the Group

One Dubai Sheema Classic on World Cup night at Meydan, Dubai, three months later. William Buick enjoyed his first

Godolphin winner on May 15, 2010 with Claremont in the Listed Aston Park Stakes at Newbury, and rode an excellent

race to take second on board stable companion Miss Jean Brodie in the Group One Darley Irish Oaks the Curragh in

July of the same year. Debussy, trained by John Gosden, captured the Group One Arlington Million under Buick in

August, 2010. He gained his first Classic success in September, 2010, with Arctic Cosmos, who stormed to victory

in the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster. A superb 2011 for the rider yielded five Group One wins, headed by a

second St Leger with Masked Marvel and a thrilling victory on Nathaniel in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Stakes at Ascot. Dream Ahead, joint-champion European juvenile alongside Frankel in 2010, recorded a pair of wins

at the highest level, in Haydock’s Sprint Cup and the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp. The jockey enjoyed another

hugely successful campaign in 2012, annexing a further nine Group One races including the Coral-Eclipse on

Nathaniel, the Darley Irish Oaks with Great Heavens and the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes on board Australian

sprinter Ortensia. Following a short spell riding in Japan at the start of 2013, he returned to Dubai to partner his

first Group One success for Godolphin on Sajjhaa, who ran on strongly to capture the Jebel Hatta Sponsored By

Emirates Airline. He finished second on Libertarian for trainer Elaine Burke in the 2013 Investec Derby and continued

to achieve notable victories at some of Europe’s premier meetings in 2013, taking the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York

and Leopardstown’s Irish Champion Stakes with The Fugue and partnering Elusive Kate to Group One wins at

Newmarket and Deauville. He started to ride more regularly for Godolphin during the Dubai World Cup Carnival in

2014 and was handed further opportunities by Appleby during the 2014 Flat season in Europe as the trainer used

the best available jockeys for his horses. He continued to excel as retained jockey for Gosden, winning the Prince

Of Wales’s Stakes on The Fugue and posting a second successive win in the Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes with

Sultanina. He partnered Godolphin’s Charming Thought to a thrilling nose victory in the vision.ae Middle Park Stakes

at Newmarket on Dubai Future Champions Day at Newmarket in October, 2014, to provide Appleby with a first

Group One victory in Britain. He signed a retainer with Godolphin shortly after the end of the 2014 British Flat season

and enjoyed the biggest success of his career on Godolphin’s Prince Bishop, trained by Saeed bin Suroor, in the

world’s richest race, the Dubai World Cup Sponsored By Emirates Airline at Meydan, UAE, on March 28, 2015.

Accolades: Joint champion apprentice (with David Probert) 2008. Has had 12 Royal Ascot winners. British Classic

wins (2): Ladbrokes St Leger (2010 Arctic Cosmos, 2011 Masked Marvel). Other major wins include: Irish Oaks

(2012 Great Heavens), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2011 Nathaniel), Eclipse (2012 Nathaniel), Dubai

Sheema Classic (2010 Dar Re Mi), E P Taylor Stakes (2009 Lahaleeb), Arlington Million (2010 Debussy), Prix Morny

(2010 Dream Ahead), Middle Park Stakes (2010 Dream Ahead), Haydock Sprint Cup (2011 Dream Ahead),

Nunthorpe Stakes (2012 Ortensia), Coronation Stakes (2012 Fallen For You), Prix de la Forêt (2011 Dream Ahead,

2012 Gordon Lord Byron), Prix Jean Romanet (2012 Izzi Top), Prix Marcel Boussac (2011 Elusive Kate), Prix

Rothschild (2012 and 2013 Elusive Kate), Pretty Polly Stakes (2012 Izzi Top), Gran Premio di Milano (2012 Earl of

Tinsdal), Jebel Hatta (2013 Sajjhaa), Falmouth Stakes (2013 Elusive Kate), Nassau Stakes (2013 Winsili, 2014

Sultanina), Yorkshire Oaks (2013 The Fugue), Irish Champion Stakes (2013 The Fugue), Prince of Wales’s Stakes

(2014 The Fugue), Middle Park Stakes (2014 Charming Thought), Dubai World Cup (2015 Prince Bishop). Investec

Oaks Record: 2010-4 Gertrude Bell, 2011-3 Izzi Top, 2012-3 The Fugue, 2013-8 Gertrude Versed, 2014-

10 Madame Chiang

Together Forever (IRE) Breeding: b f Galileo (IRE) - Green Room (USA) (Theatrical (IRE))

Breeder: Vimal And Gillian Khosla

Born: March 19, 2012

Owner: Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier & Derrick Smith

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jockey: Joseph O’Brien

Form: 423111-2

*Beaten a head by Star Of Seville on seasonal return in Group Three Tattersalls Musidora Stakes (1m 2f 88y) at York on May 13.

*Competed hat-trick of wins as a juvenile with half-length success over Agnes Stewart in Group One Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket on

October 17; also successful in mile Listed race at the Curragh on October 12 and Gowran Park maiden over same distance in

September.

*Third to Jack Naylor and Legatissimo in another mile Listed contest at the Curragh in August and previously made frame in

maidens won by Found and Legatissimo.

*Sold for 680,000 guineas as a yearling and a half-sister to Group One winner Lord Shanakill.

Race Record: Starts: 7; 1st: 3; 2nd: 2; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £192,356 Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier & Derrick Smith Sue Magnier - Background: Born October, 1953, daughter of legendary trainer Vincent O'Brien (who saddled six Derby winners). Husband John Magnier (born in County Cork on February 10, 1948) has changed the bloodstock world since teaming up with Robert Sangster and Vincent O'Brien to buy Coolmore in the 1970s. Purchased potential stallions as yearlings, early successes included Alleged, Be My Guest, El Gran Senor, Golden Fleece, Sadler's Wells and Storm Bird. Magnier subsequently bought out partners and now owns Coolmore, its American and Australian offshoots, and the Ballydoyle training centre. Worth £587 million according to 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. Myriad other business interests include stakes in Barchester nursing homes, pub group Mitchells & Butlers, property, Ladbrokes, the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados and Global Radio. Formerly had stake in Manchester United. Homes in Ireland, Barbados and Switzerland. Racing interests: Sue Magnier has had a share in all of Aidan O'Brien's best horses. Those to have carried the Magnier dark blue silks include the Investec Derby winners Galileo, Pour Moi and Ruler Of The World. Other flagbearers include King Of Kings, Hawk Wing, Giant's Causeway, Imagine, George Washington, Duke Of Marmalade, Dylan Thomas, Henrythenavigator, Rip Van Winkle and four-time Ascot Gold Cup scorer Yeats. Michael Tabor - Background: Born October 28, 1941, in East London. Trained as hairdresser and built up Arthur Prince bookmaking chain before selling to Coral in 1995. Married to Doreen and has homes in Barbados and Monaco. Son Ashley founded Global Radio, Europe's largest commercial radio group, with backing from his father. Michael Tabor's fortune grew through currency dealing and his many business interests include ownership of Victor Chandler and shares in Ladbrokes. Valued at £600 million in 2015 Sunday Times Rich list. Racing interests: Joined forces with John Magnier after his Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in 1995. Previously best known for owning jumpers such as Neville Callaghan-trained Royal Derbi. Best horses to carry his colours include Montjeu, High Chaparral (2002 Derby), Hurricane Run, Entrepreneur, Desert King, Johannesburg, Stravinsky, Starspangledbanner, Lillie Langtry, Peeping Fawn, Misty For Me and 2007 Belmont Stakes heroine Rags To Riches. Derrick Smith - Background: Former Ladbrokes trading director, now based in Barbados with wife Gay. Currency trading helped him to be worth £590 million in 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. Business interests include, with his racing partners, Barchester nursing homes, pub group Mitchells & Butlers and the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. Racing interests: In 2004, joined Coolmore as an investor and his purple silks with white seams, purple and white striped sleeves and purple cap have become a common sight atop such horses as the Investec Derby winners Camelot (2012) and Australia (2014) and Investec Oaks heroine Was. Others to sport his silks include Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach, 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf and triple Investec Coronation Cup victor St Nicholas Abbey, Ascot Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory, Simply Perfect, Astronomer Royal, St Leger hero Leading Light, Mastercraftsman and the 2010 Irish Derby and Irish Champion Stakes winner Cape Blanco as well as Australian import So You Think. Gay Smith has owned a number of jumpers including Holywell, a dual winner at the Cheltenham Festival. Their son Paul owns 2014 Ladbrokes St Leger hero Kingston Hill. Overview: Coolmore partners have won the Investec Derby a record six times, including the last four winners, another record. Investec Oaks Wins: 1998 SHATOUSH (Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier), 2001 IMAGINE (Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier), 2006 ALEXANDROVA (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith), 2012 WAS (Derrick Smith Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor) Aidan O'Brien IRE (Ballydoyle, County Tipperary) Born: County Wexford on October 16, 1969. One of six children of Stella and Denis O'Brien Background: Won Irish jump amateur riders' title in 1993/94. Worked for P J Finn, then spent three years with Jim Bolger before assisting now wife Annemarie and her father Joe Crowley. The O'Briens and Crowley have around 20 mares at Carriganog Stud in Co Kilkenny (breeding as Whisperview Trading) and have bred Rock Of Gibraltar, Kingsbarns, Beethoven, King Torus and Ishvana. First trainer to have three consecutive winners in the Investec Derby with Australia (2014), following on from Ruler Of The World (2013) and Camelot (2012). Has won the Investec Derby five times in all (also Galileo (2001) & High Chaparral (2002). Has won the Investec Oaks four times and the Investec Coronation Cup a record seven times The O'Briens' son Joseph rode the 2012 & 2014 Investec Derby winners Camelot (first father/son partnership to achieve this), Australia and the 2013 Ladbrokes St Leger victor Leading Light. Their other children are Sarah, Ana and Donnacha, who have all ridden winners. Training Record: One of Ireland's most successful all-time trainers since taking out licence at Piltown in County Kilkenny in 1993. First winner was Wandering Thoughts at Tralee on June 7, 1993. Took over from the unrelated Vincent O'Brien at John Magnier's Ballydoyle stables in County Tipperary in 1996. Accolades: Champion Irish jump trainer five times: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/7, 1997/98. Champion Irish Flat trainer 17 times: 1997 and from 1999 to 2014. Champion British Flat trainer four times: 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2008. British Classic wins (22): Investec Derby (2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2012 Camelot, 2013 Ruler Of The World & 2014 Australia), Investec Oaks (1998 Shahtoush, 2001 Imagine, 2006 Alexandrova, 2012 Was), QIPCO 1000 Guineas (2005 Virginia Waters, 2012 Homecoming Queen), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1998 King Of Kings, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2005 Footstepsinthesand, 2006 George Washington, 2008 Henrythenavigator, 2012 Camelot, 2015 Gleneagles), Ladbrokes St Leger (2001 Milan, 2003 Brian Boru, 2005 Scorpion, 2013 Leading Light). His 33 Irish Classic winners include Irish Derby (1997 Desert King, 2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2006 Dylan Thomas, 2007 Soldier Of Fortune, 2008 Frozen Fire, 2009 Fame And Glory, 2010 Cape Blanco, 2011 Treasure Beach, 2012 Camelot, 2014 Australia) His 43 Royal Ascot winners include Yeats, who captured an unprecedented four Gold Cups (2006-2009). Other Major Wins Include: Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2001 Johannesburg), Breeders' Cup Turf (2002 and 2003 High Chaparral, 2011 St Nicholas Abbey), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Galileo, 2007 Dylan Thomas, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2007 Dylan Thomas), Cox Plate (2014 Adelaide)

Investec Oaks Record: 1998-1 SHAHTOUSH, 1999-6 Sunspangled, 1999-8 Crystal Downs, 2001-1 IMAGINE, 2002-2

Quarter Moon, 2002-4 Starbourne, 2002-11 Kournakova, 2002-12 Maryinsky, 2003-2 Yesterday, 2003-PU L’Ancresse,

2004-2 All Too Beautiful, 2004-4 Necklace, 2004-7 Kisses For Me, 2005-4 Virginia Waters, 2005-5 Silk And Scarlet,

2005-9 Mona Lisa, 2006-1 ALEXANDROVA, 2007-2 Peeping Fawn, 2007-3 All My Loving, 2007-5 Cherry Hinton, 2007-

12 Nell Gwyn, 2008-2 Moonstone, 2008-8 Savethisdanceforme, 2008-13 Sail, 2008-14 Tiffany Diamond, 2008-15

Adored, 2008-16 Ice Queen, 2009-10 Perfect Truth, 2010-2 Remember When, 2010-10 Awe Inspiring, 2010-12

Cabaret, 2011-2 Wonder Of Wonders, 2011-5 Misty For Me, 2011-8 Eirnin, 2011-12 Why, 2012-1 WAS, 2012-5 Maybe,

2012-8 Betterbetterbetter, 2012-10 Devotion, 2012-11 Twirl, 2013-4 Moth, 2013-10 Say; 2014-6 Marvellous, 2014-

7 Palace, 2014-14 Dazzling

Joseph O'Brien

Born: May 23, 1993. Background: Eldest of Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien's four children. Educated at Rockwell College near

Cashel. Accomplished event rider, winning a bronze medal at the European Pony Eventing Championships in 2009. One of the

tallest Flat jockeys. Had first ride on May 24, 2009, and first winner on May 28 on Johann Zoffany (now named Muir), trained by

his father, at Leopardstown. First Pattern success came on Beethoven (bred by his parents) in Group Three Desmond Stakes in

August, 2010. First Classic win came on Roderic O'Connor in 2011 Irish 2,000 Guineas. Won his second Investec Derby on Australia

in 2014. Six Royal Ascot winners. Missed early part of 2015 Flat season with weight problems and instead rode over hurdles

Accolades: Joint champion apprentice in Ireland in 2010, champion jockey in Ireland 2012 & 2013 (with a record 126 winners).

British Classic wins (4): Investec Derby (2012 Camelot & 2014 Australia), QIPCO 2000 Guineas (2012 Camelot); Ladbrokes St

Leger (2013 Leading Light). Royal Ascot Wins (6): including Prince Of Wales's Stakes (2012 So You Think), Queen Anne Stakes

(2013 Declaration Of War), Gold Cup (2014 Leading Light) Other major wins: Investec Coronation Cup (2012 & 2013 St Nicholas

Abbey), Irish Derby (2012 Camelot, 2014 Australia), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2012 Excelebration), Breeders' Cup Turf (2011 St

Nicholas Abbey), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2011 Roderic O'Connor, 2012 Power, 2013 Magician), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2011 Maybe),

Tattersalls Gold Cup (2012 So You Think), Racing Post Trophy (2011 Camelot, 2012 Kingsbarns), Grand Prix de Paris (2012

Imperial Monarch), Dubai Sheema Classic (2013 St Nicholas Abbey), Juddmonte International (2013 Declaration Of War, 2014

Australia), Dewhurst Stakes (2013 War Command), Vincent O’Brien National Stakes (2014 Gleneagles), Dubai Fillies’ Mile (2014

Together Forever)

Investec Oaks Record: 2011-8 Eirnin, 2012-5 Maybe, 2013-4 Moth, 2014-6 Marvellous