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Robert Hynes

How much prize money did Aidan O'Brien win at the 2022 Breeders' Cup?

Aidan O'Brien had a hugely successful weekend at the Breeders' Cup, with three of his runners winning their respective races under Ryan Moore.

The Ballydoyle supremo watched his runners pick up over €3,325,478 in prize money at Keeneland between Friday and Saturday.

Meditate and Victoria Road both tasted victory on Future Stars Friday, winning the Juvenile Fillies Turf and Juvenile Turf respectively and picking up €631,000 each in the process.

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Oaks winner Tuesday then got her head in front for the first time since that Epsom success when landing the Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday evening, which saw her connections take home more than €1.2million.

Although that was O'Brien's final winner of the meeting, Stone Age picked up a cheque for €800,000 after finishing second to the Charlie Appleby-trained Rebel's Romance in the Breeders' Cup Turf.

O'Brien's other runners at Keeneland were Toy (9th in Filly & Mare Turf), Order Of Australia (6th in Breeders' Cup Mile) and Broome (6th in Breeders' Cup Turf).

Speaking after Tuesday's win, which was the trainer's first in the Filly & Mare Turf, O'Brien said: “She ran in the Guineas and then won the Oaks when in fact she had only reached the age of three, so she was very immature.

Tuesday, with Ryan Moore aboard, after winning the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf for trainer Aidan O'Brien (Getty Images)

“We knew we needed to compete between Epsom and this race which was always her long-term target, but those were not the be all and end all, and the intensity of her work had improved a lot since Arc weekend.

“Ryan gave her a brilliant ride, I thought her trip was a mile and a quarter but she has won over a mile and a half and she got this trip (an extended nine furlongs) well enough.”

On future plans he added: “The plan might be to go to Ashford Stud and retire her, but there’s a good chance I think of her staying in training next year in which case I would consider the Hong Kong Cup, but it all rests on her not going to Ashford.

“She’s a full-sister to Minding. Her pedigree is just incredible, 100 per cent home bred. She’s an incredible filly, really. Like I said, she was a very late foal. But very exciting, really.”

Co-owner Michael Tabor said: “We always knew she had a decent chance. Ryan has ridden a brilliant race on the filly.”

Moore said: “Aidan has got these horses in unbelievable shape and last week he was really happy with this filly. It was her ninth start of the year, but we got a beautiful trip and when the other filly came at her she had the class to see her off.

“I think Aidan had her in a really good place today, she put in a really professional performance and with her Oaks win and then a Filly & Mare Turf under her belt it is a fantastic double.”

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