WHAT a difference a day makes! Just 24 little hours after the apple of Aidan O’Brien’s eye had flopped in the 2000 Guineas, the trainer recorded a one-two-three in the QIPCO 1000, courtesy of Minding, Ballydoyle and Alice Springs.

Minding was every bit as impressive as Air Force Blue had been unimpressive, though her overall time (1 minute 36.53s) and resulting timefigure (110) suffers slightly in comparison with Galileo Gold’s from the day before.