John Gosden is concerned about a potentially tactical race after only four runners were declared for the Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday, expected to be the final race in Britain for his star mare Enable. The five-year-old is long odds-on with bookmakers to land the prize on her way to Paris in October, where she will attempt to become the first horse to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for a third time.
“The smaller the field, the stranger the race can often be,” said Gosden, who has provided one of Enable’s three rivals in Lah Ti Dar. The other two runners are trained by Aidan O’Brien, notably Magical, supplemented into the race last week at a cost of £30,000. Completing the field is South Sea Pearl, only eighth in a French Group Two race at the weekend.
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Bath 1.45 Red Tycoon 2.15 Tommy Rock 2.50 Gallatin 3.25 Line Of Reason 4.05 Tavus (nb) 4.40 Cuttin' Edge 5.15 La Fortuna
York 1.55 Final Venture 2.25 Persuasion 3.00 Logician 3.35 King Of Comedy (nap) 4.15 Blue Laureate 4.50 Buhturi
Carlisle 2.05 Leapers Wood 2.35 Ainsdale 3.10 Ugo Gregory 3.45 Manshood 4.25 Beechwood Jude 4.55 Firewater 5.25 My Ukelele 5.55 Lucky Icon
Worcester 5.00 Skinflint 5.30 Attest 6.00 Full Bore 6.30 West Coast Flyer 7.00 North Star Oscar 7.30 Pogo I Am 8.00 Cottonvale
Kempton 5.45 Restless Endeavour 6.15 Mojave 6.45 To The Moon 7.15 Alfurat River 7.45 Highland Sky 8.15 Travel On 8.45 Indian Viceroy