Freya credits trainer Holland with a second Irish Oaks title

CARRIGMORE FREYA took early control to land the €25,000 Sporting Press Online Edition Irish Oaks final over 525 yards at Shelbourne Park.

Owned by Nora Coffey, she was already in front when only her and Sadies Lucy emerged from the first bend unscathed, going on to beat that rival by fully seven lengths in 28.17sec.

Trainer Graham Holland world suffer disappointment in the English Derby final at Towcester less than half an hour later but was landing the Irish bitches' Classic for the second time, ten years after Ballydoyle Honey's 2015 victory.

Pat Buckley's Braveheart Bambi (41.64sec) was fastest in the opening round of the 2025 Donal Beatty Memorial Corn Cuchulainn over 750 yards, that accolade going to Tommy Leahy's Left Corner Back (29.43sec) in the semis of the Shelbourne Champion 550.