Lancashire Oaks

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Anybody else amazed by the Lancashire Oaks result? A mare out of bumpers beats group and listed flat winners and did it pretty easily. I thought that sort of thing wasn't supposed to happen. <grin>

Ahh, but this filly is VERY good. Her trainer is very shrewd. Remember a horse named Collier Hill? He did the same with him, started him off in bumpers and ended up with a few Gr1 races with him. This filly looks just as good as he was, if not better.

It is a great way to do it for the smaller trainers. Buying well bred flat horses for next to nothing and giving them experience in bumpers (when you know they are good enough). It gives horses so much confidence when able to win that easily. Then transfer them to the flat when they have experience and their confidence is sky high.