Murphy’s Law can be a right brute at times, and it struck Breckon who, for the past week while holidaying in Italy, has been watching races online without fail, but the moment he arrives in Amsterdam, everything changed.

“I think it might have something to do with the air over here,” he laughed.

“I’ve been watching races for the past week no problems of course, but then I couldn’t get it to work for the Oaks.

“Luckily I could tune into the radio feed and had to let Mark McNamara tell me all about it.”

Breckon’s interest in the Oaks was two-fold. He is the breeder and part-owner of the winner, Luby Lou but also bred the runner up, Girls On Film, so was quite understandably chuffed with the result.

“You breed fillies to win Oaks races, so to get the winner and also breed the second horse is an awesome result for us.”

Luby Lou is raced by the Breckon Farms - Six of the Best syndicate which is largely made up of some long-standing supporters of the Breckon family.

Ken purchased the broodmare, Luby Ann, off Jean Feiss when she was cutting back some of her numbers after originally purchasing her from America.

“I think she was one of the first foals of Andover Hall and was brought as a young horse for $90,000.

“We’ve been lucky though, since we got her we’ve obviously bred Luby Ann but also Tickle Me Pink.”

Tickle Me Pink is a two-year-old trotter with Tony Herlihy who is unbeaten in two race night appearances.

Breckon had his heart in his mouth around the final bend when Girls On Film hit the front and Luby Lou was tucked away in traffic, but as soon as Mark Purdon angled her into the clear she unwound stylishly to snare victory inside the final 100 metres.

Girls On Film lost no admirers with her effort after working three-wide while Waterlea trainer, Graham Neill, produced his young trotter Monaro Mia to run a huge race for third.