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| Group 1, York 15:35 £500,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 1m 3f 188y, Class 1  |
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Estrange will bid to announce herself on the biggest domestic stage next month, with this Group 1 now firmly in her sights.
The David O’Meara-trained filly has tasted defeat just once in five career starts, and she left quite the calling card at Haydock in May, making a mockery of her rivals with a fluent, almost dismissive victory in the Group Three Lester Piggott Stakes. It was the kind of performance that briefly made even an Arc entry from connections Cheveley Park Stud seem more visionary than fanciful.
🔴🔵⚪️ Estrange beats Scenic & captures the @bet365 Lancashire Oaks in a thrilling tussle 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/24l8peCLaO
— Haydock Park Races (@haydockraces) July 5, 2025
She returned to the same track for the Lancashire Oaks, where the margin may have been tighter but the authority remained intact. A two-and-a-half-furlong burn-up suited her just fine, and she quickened up past Scenic with the minimum of fuss to notch her first Group Two win.
“She’s come out of the Lancashire Oaks great,” said O’Meara. “It barely turned into a stamina test—more of a sprint in the end—but she’s taken it well and is in good order.”
All roads now lead to the Knavesmire, where a first crack at Group One company awaits. Should she pass that test, a trip to Paris in October could beckon.
Estrange is currently quoted anywhere between 12-1 and 25-1 for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe—still a long shot, but shortening steadily with every outing.
“York is next,” O’Meara confirmed, “and if she keeps progressing, then the Arc remains very much on the radar.”
Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks (Fillies' Group 1)
(British Champions Series)
£500,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 1m 3f 188y, Class 1
19 entries
Going:
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 22-112 Aventure 4 9-9 C Ferland
2 6221-4 Beechwood 5 9-9 P Twomey
3 171-11 Estrange 4 9-9 David O'Meara
4 111-32 Kalpana 4 9-9 Andrew Balding
5 9-2522 Karmology 5 9-9 K R Burke
6 2533-7 Purple Lily 4 9-9 P Twomey
7 14-212 Scenic 5 9-9 Ed Walker
8 214-12 Shaha 4 9-9 John & Thady Gosden
9 1/6-23 Tasmania 5 9-9 Sir Mark Prescott Bt
10 4127-7 You Got To Me 4 9-9 Ralph Beckett
11 155-62 Bedtime Story 3 9-0 A P O'Brien
12 0-7611 Garden Of Eden 3 9-0 A P O'Brien
13 22-832 January 3 9-0 A P O'Brien
14 21-111 Minnie Hauk 3 9-0 A P O'Brien
15 2-3181 Qilin Queen 3 9-0 Ed Walker
16 1112 Sunly 3 3 9-0 F-H Graffard
17 15-41 Waardah 3 9-0 Owen Burrows
18 -51442 Wemightakedlongway 3 9-0 Joseph O'Brien
19 1-6121 Whirl 3 9-0 A P O'Brien
