#Tranquil Lady

Hollie Doyle rides Nashwa as she bids to become the first female jockey to win a Classic. She takes on husband Tom Marquand, who is on Tranquil Lady, while Frankie Dettori is aboard favourite Emily Upjohn Nashwa and Hollie Doyle line up in the Cazoo Oaks at Epsom History beckons for NASHWA and Hollie Doyle in the Cazoo Oaks (4.30) at Epsom on…

Trained by Andrew Balding for owner Jeff Smith, the daughter of No Nay Never was a top-level winner in each of the last three seasons, winning the Cheveley Park Stakes as a juvenile, both the Coronation and Sussex Stakes at three and then successfully dropping back to six furlongs to win this season's July Cup as a four-year-old. Bidding started at…

Star Of India: impressed in Chester's Dee Stakes After a week of trials for the Derby and Oaks, we asked our panel where the value now is for the Epsom Classics? Several Aidan O'Brien Derby contenders were sighted this week and although Changingoftheguard was visually impressive, he had things all his own way, and Star Of India in the Dee…

Let me transport your mind back in time, almost 31 years to be precise, when a chestnut mare by the name of Red Slippers (by Nureyev) was breaking her maiden at Ascot by six lengths for her owner-breeder Robert Sangster and was subsequently bought by Sheikh Mohammed. Almost two years on from that date, another chestnut mare by the name of…

The 2022 Flat season is well under way and it is full steam ahead to the first of the Irish Classics this weekend - the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas and Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas - and next month's Epsom Classics, the Cazoo Derby and Cazoo Oaks. Market movers come thick and fast as the key Classic trials are run in Britain and Ireland, but…

All eyes this Saturday will be drawn to Ireland as the Juddmonte Irish Oaks (3.45) takes top billing at the Curragh. It's expected to be a mouthwatering clash as Oaks one-two Tuesday and Emily Upjohn are set to battle it out once again. Here, we assess their chances along with two more key contenders. Form: 1-112 Strengths: After stumbling out of…

The Starspangledbanner colt ran only three times last season - but made the most of his opportunities by winning the Saratoga Derby and the Cox Plate in Australia on his final two starts. O'Brien is hoping to see the four-year-old reappear in the coming weeks, potentially in France, before bidding for a first Irish Group One success in the…