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Lush tipped for Irish outing
JIM Bolger set punters another
conundrum when coming out in
favour of the Darley Irish Oaks
over the Epsom equivalent after
Lush Lashes stylishly scored in
the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes
at York.
The County Carlow handler
ruled one-time ante-post
favourite New Approach out of
the Vodafone Derby to head to
the Curragh instead and a similar
path is likely to be taken by
the daughter of Galileo.
The Goffs Fillies Million winner
finished a staying-on sixth in
the 1000 Guineas this month and
relished the step up to a mile and
a quarter from a mile under
Kevin Manning.
Sent off the well-backed 2-1
favourite, Lush Lashes appeared
on the scene full of running at
the three-furlong marker and
kicked on to record a striking
five-length victory.
Once-raced Cape Amber came
from off the pace to claim second,
with Dar Re Mi third and Aidan
O'Brien's Moonstone in fourth.
Bookmakers immediately
made Lush Lashes favourite for
the Juddmonte-sponsored Oaks,
with Ladbrokes going 2-1, Coral
and totesport 5-2 and Stan James
11-4.
However, William Hill and
Cashmans went 6-4 with a run'
after news emerged from Ireland
that the Curragh version is the
favoured option.
The trainer's travelling head
lad Ger Flynn said: We are not
going to rule anything out.
At the moment the Oaks at
Epsom and the Curragh are on
the cards, but it will more likely
be the Curragh. We won't rule the
English Oaks out, we'll see how
she is when we get her home.
That is her second trip over
here so we need to see how much
the race has taken out of her and
how many kilos she has lost.
She did it very easily though
and Kevin was very, very happy
with her.
There is a good break between
now and the Irish Oaks, but
Epsom is only three weeks away.''
Manning added: There wasn't
much pace early on, but they
quickened a long way from home.
I have no worries about her
getting a mile and a half.
She quickened up well and
galloped all the way to the line.''
Peter Chapple-Hyam's Cape
Amber was having her first start
of the year, having missed the
1000 Guineas following a dirty
scope.
The daughter of Cape Cross is
now 8-1 from 10s for Epsom with
Coral and totesport.
Chapple-Hyam said: I'm absolutely
delighted as we've had a
stop-start year with her.
First we were aiming at the
1000 Guineas and then the Fred
Darling and everybody knows
my horses have not been quite
right.
But this race was a better distance
for her and she'll be even
better over a mile and a half with
a bit more give in the ground.
She's a really good filly.''
John Gosden was pleased with
Dar Re Mi's effort, but felt a momentary
clash between her and
Moonstone shortly after turning
in worked against his representative.
Gosden said: I'm very happy
and she's run a good race behind
an exceptional winner.
The winner brought the best
form her, she was beaten only
two lengths in a 1000 Guineas,
but my filly's had an unnecessarily
rough race.
She's got cuts on her hind legs
and in a race such as this it is unnecessary
to have such a hard
time. I wasn't angry about Johnny
(Murtagh, on Moonstone), but
I thought it unnecessary at that
time of the race.''
We'll still look at the Oaks,
but we'll also consider the Ribblesdale."
9:22am Thursday 15th May 2008
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