towards rear in touch, headway over 3f out, chased leader 2f out, soon led, hard ridden and headed well inside final furlong
chased leaders, joined leader 2f out, ridden and ran on to lead close home
chased leader, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leader until lost place well over 4f out, soon behind, tailed off final 2f
led, quickened over 4f out, headed well over 1f out, one pace
steadied start, in touch, some headway 3f out, soon ridden and no impression
towards rear, effort 2f out, chance final furlong, no extra inside final furlong
Sir Michael Stoute has a clutch of Oaks possibles and Barzah looks another likely candidate. The stoutly-bred daughter of Darshaan out of a 2m2f winner was a highly impressive winner on her sole start as a juvenile and more can be expected of her over midle distances this term. Mubkera was also successful on her only start last term but was more workmanlike and sports the owner's second colours on this occasion. Mingora shaped encouragingly in a backend Newmarket maiden which has been franked by the winner since and is clearly held in some regard by connections as she boasts a stack of Pattern entries but Lady's Secret has something to find at this level and Birdie does not look good enough.
