Johanna Walsh steps up to deliver effortless Irish Oaks success

Johanna Walsh proved a more than able deputy for her stablemate Thundering On as she ran out a facile winner of the Juddmonte Irish Oaks.

Thundering On blew her rivals away in the Oaks at Epsom last month and while she had since proved no match for top-class older mare Estrange in the Pretty Polly Stakes, she was well fancied to complete a Classic double on home soil, only to be declared a non-runner on Saturday morning.