Staying the trip is the only significant doubt about the well-backed filly before the Classic at Epsom on Friday
It takes around 20 seconds for a horse to cover the last two furlongs in the Oaks, and for Maqsad (4.30), it could feel like the longest 20 seconds of her life. Stamina is the one significant doubt about William Haggas’s filly before Friday’s Classic at Epsom, but even after support from 7-1 to 11-2 since Thursday afternoon, that is factored into her price and she is well worth supporting to give her trainer a second Oaks winner.
Despite having spent some time sifting through the stats for Siyouni’s offspring in search of positive evidence that she will get 12 furlongs, the news for Maqsad’s supporters is not good. He was, of course, a miler through-and-through, and very few of his sons and daughters ever race beyond 10.
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