AIDAN O’Brien won last Friday’s Investec Oaks with 50/1 shot Qualify but there was a minor sting in the tail when he was fined £3,000 for poor time-keeping resulting in the late saddling of his three runners.

The trainer appears to have accepted the punishment with good grace, admitting that he failed to allow sufficient time for saddling up, even though his staff had been warned they were running late.