The daughter of Galileo out of Lilly Langtry moved the Ballydoyle trainer to 41 British Classic successes, one ahead of the record he previously shared John Scott, who saddled 40 Classic winners between 1827 and 1863.

O’Brien’s 41 Classic victories, however, have been achieved over just a 23 year period, with his first British Classic win coming with King Of Kings success in the 1998 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

The County Wexford-born handler’s first Epsom Classic came via Shahtoush in the 1998 Oaks, while subsequent super sire, the late Galileo, provided the first of his record eight Derby victories in 2001.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S 41 BRITISH CLASSIC WINNERS

1000 Guineas – (7 wins) – Virginia Waters (2005), Homecoming Queen (2012), Minding (2016), Winter (2017), Hermosa (2019), Love (2020), Mother Earth (2021)

2000 Guineas – (10 wins) – King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006), Henrythenavigator (2008), Camelot (2012), Gleneagles (2015), Churchill (2017), Saxon Warrior (2018), Magna Grecia (2019)

Cazoo Oaks – (10 wins) – Shahtoush (1998), Imagine (2001), Alexandrova (2006), Was (2012), Qualify (2015), Minding (2016), Forever Together (2018), Love (2020), Snowfall (2021), Tuesday (2022)

Cazoo Derby – (8) – Galileo (2001), High Chaparral (2002), Camelot (2012), Ruler of the World (2013), Australia (2014), Wings of Eagles (2017), Anthony Van Dyck (2019), Serpentine (2020)

St Leger – (6) – Milan (2001), Brian Boru (2003), Scorpion (2005), Leading Light (2013), Capri (2017), Kew Gardens (2018).

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The win was a 10th success in the race for trainer Aidan O’Brien, with the daughter of Galileo being ridden by Ryan Moore.

Tuesday, who is three-years-old today, is out of Lilly Langtry, making her a full sister to Minding, the top-rated filly of 2016 worldwide.

What a finish!

Tuesday pips Emily Upjohn in an epic Cazoo Oaks at @EpsomRacecourse under Ryan Moore.

It’s a record 41st British Classic triumph for trainer Aidan O’Brien. He passes John Scott, who chalked up 40 between 1827-1863. @CazooUK pic.twitter.com/mK1WN79vhn

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 3, 2022

Emily Upjohn, the runner-up by a short-head under Frankie Dettori, was unlucky in the Epsom Classic, as she stumbled exiting the starting stalls, meaning she was last after a furlong.

The John and Thady Gosden-trained filly made progress throughout the 1 m 4 furlong contest, but Tuesday had first run on the her in the home straight, and would not be denied at the line.

The Cazoo Oaks victory for Aidan O’Brien was a record 41st British Classic success for the Ballydoyle handler, surpassing the John Scott, who trained between 1827 and 1863.

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The unbeaten Sea The Stars filly following up victory on her only start as a two year old with wins at Sandown Park in April and in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York last month.

Gosden, whose training license is with his son Thady, has three Oaks winners to his name – Taghrooda in 2014, Enable in 2017 and Anapurna in 2019.

Asked to compare Emily Upjohn to his three previous winners, Gosden said:

“I think she is in the Taghrooda league. It would be silly to start talking about Enable as that would be completely over the top.

“It is her ability to travel and quicken over a trip that reminds me of Taghrooda. She is a big girl and she was immature and wasn’t ready to run until later in the year.”

Explaining his reasons for bringing Emily Upjohn to Epsom Downs to experience the unique track for the recent Cazoo Derby Gallops Morning, Gosden stated:

“Frankie (Dettori, jockey) felt that for a filly who has had three races in her life it would be nice to come here and just have a look and feel of the track, which is all that you are doing as you are not trying to do any exploratory work.

“She behaved great, moved very well, got her leads right coming down the hill and quickened up nicely. I think she will come on a lot for that mentally. She is not a filly who raced a lot at two as she only had the one run at Wolverhampton, but you can see by the size of the frame of her why we were patient.

“She has filled out well and she has rather enjoyed her morning out here. I would hope she has got the speed for the Oaks as she has shown an ability to quicken. The other day in the Musidora she quickened well there at York.

“She did it well at Wolverhampton and at Sandown she sat very handy, then lengthened off the front. She has a change of gear.”

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The race, the second fillies Classic of the season in Britain, is off at 4.30pm with live coverage on Virgin Media TV and Racing TV.

The complete list of declared runners is as follows:

4:30 pm £395,000 Cazoo Oaks (Group 1)

(British Champions Series) 1m 4f 6y

1 Divinely (IRE) 3 9 0 Aidan O’Brien Ireland Mrs John Magnier, Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith Séamie Heffernan

2 Dubai Fountain (IRE) 3 9 0 Mark Johnston Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Franny Norton

3 La Joconde (IRE) 3 9 0 Aidan O’Brien Ireland M Tabor/D Smith/Mrs J Magnier/Westerberg William Buick

4 Mystery Angel (IRE) 3 9 0 George Boughey Nick Bradley Racing 27 & Partner Ben Curtis

5 Ocean Road (IRE) 3 9 0 Hugo Palmer Qatar Racing Limited Oisín Murphy

6 Saffron Beach (IRE) 3 9 0 Jane Chapple-Hyam Mrs B. V. Sangster, J Wigan & O Sangster Adam Kirby

7 Santa Barbara (IRE) 3 9 0 Aidan O’Brien Ireland Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg Ryan Moore

8 Save A Forest (IRE) 3 9 0 Roger Varian The Gredley Family Callum Shepherd

9 Sherbet Lemon (USA) 3 9 0 Archie Watson Apple Tree Stud Hollie Doyle

10 Snowfall (JPN) 3 9 0 Aidan O’Brien Ireland Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Frankie Dettori

11 Technique 3 9 0 Martyn Meade Mantonbury Stud Seán Levey

12 Teona (IRE) h 3 9 0 Roger Varian Mr Ali Saeed David Egan

13 Willow (IRE) 3 9 0 Aidan O’Brien Ireland Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Wayne Lordan

14 Zeyaadah (IRE) 3 9 0 Roger Varian Shadwell Estate Company Ltd Jim Crowley

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