Grand Dame targets big run in Oaks Farm Stables Fillies’ Stakes at York
There's some fine fillies on display in the Oaks Farm Stables Fillies' Stakes at York on Friday, May 13. Grand Dame is looking to put in a Royal Ascot worthy show for John and Thady Gosden.
Leading the market is John and Thady Gosden's Grande Dame who has a Coronation Stakes entry at Royal Ascot but didn't run as a two-year-old so is making up for lost time.
The Lope De Vega filly did win comfortably on debut at Ascot though last month so there is method to the bookies installing her as market leader at York under Frankie Dettori.
William Haggas' Perfect News also has an entry in the one mile Royal Ascot Coronation Stakes and comes to York on the back of a fourth in the Nell Gwyn at Newmarket.
Perfect News does have strong breeding, being sired by none other than Frankel and can look back at a win in the Jersey Lily at Newmarket as a source of hope.
The Oaks Farm Stables Fillies' Stakes takes place at York racecourse on Friday, May 13. The listed race is run over a mile on the Knavesmire and is worth £36,862 to the winner. The race is live on ITV 4 and starts at 14.25.