Vodafone Oaks
 

Friday June 1 2007
Epsom 16:05

Vodafone Oaks (fillies' Group 1)
£375000.00 added, 3yo only, 1m 4f 10y, Class 1, £222350.00 penalty
14 runners
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places

1 (6) 12 All My Loving (IRE) 23 3 9-0 A P O'Brien C Soumillon
2 (7) 32 Cherry Hinton 16 3 9-0 A P O'Brien J A Heffernan
3 (4) 1-1 Dalvina 26 3 9-0 E A L Dunlop O Peslier 109
4 (10) 5-1 Dance of Light (USA) 15 3 9-0 Sir Michael Stoute K McEvoy 79
5 (3) 312-770 Darrfonah (IRE) 26 3 9-0 t1 C E Brittain E Ahern 103
6 (13) 310-21 Four Sins (GER) 16 3 9-0 John M Oxx M J Kinane 106
7 (12) 1-1 Kayah 20 3 9-0 R M Beckett S Sanders 96
8 (11) 231-11 Light Shift (USA) 23 3 9-0 H R A Cecil T E Durcan 106
9 (14) 1-1 Measured Tempo 14 3 9-0 Saeed bin Suroor L Dettori 98
10 (2) 7170-02 Nell Gwyn (IRE) 19 3 9-0 A P O'Brien N Callan 100
11 (8) 5111-1 Passage of Time 16 3 9-0 H R A Cecil R Hughes 110
12 (9) 33213 Peeping Fawn (USA) 5 3 9-0 A P O'Brien Martin Dwyer 106
13 (5) 13711-3 Simply Perfect 26 3 9-0 J Noseda J Murtagh 112
14 (1) 42-3 Sues Surprise (IRE) 16 3 9-0 B W Hills M Hills 102

Betting Forecast: 7/4 Passage of Time, 9/2 Dalvina, 6/1 Light Shift (USA), 8/1 Four Sins (GER), 8/1 Measured Tempo, 12/1 All My Loving (IRE), 12/1 Simply Perfect, 20/1 Kayah, 25/1 Dance of Light (USA), 25/1 Peeping Fawn (USA), 33/1 Cherry Hinton, 50/1 Darrfonah (IRE), 50/1 Nell Gwyn (IRE), 66/1 Sues Surprise (IRE)


Come home safe girls, and good luck to Four Sins, Nell Gwyn, Measured Tempo and All My Loving.

Four Sins looked very good at Naas last time.. with the ground being soft, I see it between her and Passage of Time..

I really like Dalvina here, but i am worried about the soft ground. She looked a filly with an abundance of class in the Pretty Polly at Newmarket and although her pedigree doesn't scream stamina, the further she went the better she went that day at Newmarket.

She just looks to be a bit special. The soft ground might be her undoing, but whatever happens at Epsom on friday, i still think she will be a very good horse.

If it is very soft still on Friday, i think All My Loving might be the one.

OK, ok, I know I'm mad for this but am giving Darrfonah once more chance here.. The step up and ease in ground may bring about some change in form...

I have also had a fairly hefty place bet on All My Loving at 5/2

you got your place.. Well done to Henry Cecil - but with his 2nd choice, Light Shift, beating last Sunday's Irish 1000 Guineas 3rd Peeping Fawn..Passage of Time was perfectly positioned, just didnt find anything...

and another Kingmambo star..

Congratulations! Precision betting, as I used to say.

Thanks, i needed that.

Thought it was a fantastic ride from Ted on the winner.

In a way, i'm glad Passage Of Time got stuffed, she wasn't one that ever caught my eye, a bit like Authorized, so i hope i can be right about him, too