The surprise in the field for Friday’s Oaks at Epsom is that Frankie Dettori will ride the Lingfield Trial winner
Aidan O’Brien will saddle four of the 14 fillies in Friday’s Investec Oaks at Epsom as he attempts to take his record in this season’s British Classics to three-out-of-three and retain a chance to become the first trainer to win all five of the Classics in the same season. The surprise in the field, though, is that Frankie Dettori has opted for Anapurna, the Lingfield Oaks Trial winner, over Mehdaayih, who took the Cheshire Oaks earlier this month and will be ridden by Rab Havlin.
Pink Dogwood, the easy winner of the Salsabil Stakes at Navan in April, is the leading contender from O’Brien’s stable and had been challenging for favouritism alongside Mehdaayih in recent weeks at around 5-2. The booking of Dettori for Anapurna, however, is likely to prompt a rush of money for a filly who was available at 10-1 in places overnight.
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