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| Fillies' Listed, Lingfield 14:25 £45,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 1m 4f, Class 1  |
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1 You Got To Me 7/2
2 Rubies Are Red 10/3
3 Danielle 2/1F
7 ran Distances: ½l, 1l, hd
Time: 2m 26.25s (slow by 0.45s)
Thriller in the Oaks Trial!
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You Got To Me (Nathaniel) makes all under @HectorCrouch and just holds on from the fast-finishing Rubies Are Red at @LingfieldPark!pic.twitter.com/3nMbIQS4Ag
You Got To Me delivered an impressive front-running performance under the guidance of jockey Hector Crouch. They surged to the head of affairs with determination and zest. Maintaining a clear lead throughout, it seemed she would be hard to catch.
Despite strong challenges from contenders like Treasure and Danielle, You Got To Me held her ground. However, in a thrilling finish, Ryan Moore aboard Rubies Are Red made a late surge, closing the gap to within half a length. Ralph Beckett’s charge showcased both class and guts in this exciting race, securing a well-deserved win.
Crouch said: “It wasn’t deliberate to go quite that quick, she’s a horse that likes to get on with things and if you get in an argument with her she’s 10 times worse. You have to let her be her and it worked out nicely.
“I was out of control until the first bend, then she had a look at the hill and backed off for me. She did everything very nicely from the six to the three (furlong marker), then she was very game in the finish.
“She came down the hill beautifully. She’s a very big horse, but she’s beautifully balanced. I’m really pleased.
“She’s always done good work at home, we expected her to win first time and she just a bit weak at the backend last year.”
Of the Aidan O’Brien-trained Rubies Are Red, Coolmore’s UK representative Kevin Buckley said: “Ryan said he couldn’t get her going down the hill, which meant he had extra ground to make up.
“But it was a new experience for her and we would be happy with that.”
In third was 2-1 favourite Danielle, with John Gosden feeling ground conditions were not totally to her liking.
He said: “I was pleased with that, although it got a little lively in the straight. She came down the hill fine, I would say we would be looking for a little juice in the ground going forward.”
Fourth home was the winner’s stablemate, Treasure, who ran a promising race in the colours of the King and Queen on only her second racecourse start.
She was ridden by Rossa Ryan, who would also have liked a bit more ease in the ground but was delighted nonetheless.
He said: “I was very pleased with my filly, time will tell that she’s the one to take out of the race.”
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Oaks Trial Fillies' Stakes
£60,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 1m 4f, Class 1
7 ran
Going: Good
POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (4) You Got To Me 3 9-2 Ralph Beckett Hector Crouch 7/2
2 (6) ½ Rubies Are Red 3 9-2 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 10/3
3 (7) 1 Danielle 3 9-2 John & Thady Gosden Kieran Shoemark 2/1F
6 (3) hd Treasure 3 9-2 Ralph Beckett Rossa Ryan 6/1
4 (5) 4 Molten Rock 3 9-2 K R Burke Clifford Lee 13/2
1 (2) 18 Bigtime Bridget 3 9-2 Michael Bell Daniel Muscutt 50/1
2 (1) ¾ Cherry Burton 3 9-2 S Woods James Doyle 28/1
