Alex Frost, Chief Executive of the UK Tote Group and Epsom Downs Racecourse Committee member, said, “It was particularly encouraging to see both Cazoo Oaks and Derby Days perform so strongly as UK World Pool days go from strength to strength and awareness about the value available in global pools grows amongst racing fans. I would like to thank the Hong Kong Jockey Club for their inspirational vision for World Pool, which we share, as well as The Jockey Club and Racecourse Media Group for their continued partnership and support in growing World Pool to the benefit of British racing.”

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“She was still a little bit babyish and I was further back than I should have been, but she put herself into the race,” Ryan Moore said. “She was just a bit idle and changed her leads late on, so I just had to get her balanced. She has an awful lot of class and it's amazing how the family keep producing. Aidan has peaked her again only 12 days after the Irish Guineas and only he can do that. He did the same with Minding, who got beaten in the Irish Guineas then came here and won. She and Minding are similar size and very similar attitudes. Both have a lot of class, but this filly might be the stronger stayer.”

Runner-up to Discoveries (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) over seven furlongs on debut at The Curragh in June, Tuesday had her next assignment in a mile maiden at Naas after a nine-month hiatus and while there were no fireworks she was able to get off the mark and work her way into the picture for the May 1 Newmarket Classic. Only 4-1 for that, she stayed on gamely to fill the frame behind the vastly-more experienced Cachet (Ire) (Aclaim {Ire}) and Prosperous Voyage (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) before chasing home the brilliant Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) at The Curragh three weeks later.

This renewal was a case of “best-laid plans” from the outset as Emily Upjohn broke awkwardly and lost ground with Frankie looking down to check that her shoes were still intact. Soon able to coast to the rail of the field where she raced alongside the eventual winner, she was forced wide off the home turn as Tuesday darted up the inside. As the field veered towards the stands, Tuesday was cut adrift in the centre of the track with a clear passage while Frankie was steering Emily Upjohn near the rail and while it looked initially as though the Gosdens' number one had won the bobber it was Ballydoyle who the fortunes favoured for a 10th Oaks success.

What an incredible race! Tuesday (Galileo, @coolmorestud) takes the @CazooUK Oaks for Team @Ballydoyle. https://t.co/HWPda7BmDE

— TDN (@theTDN) June 3, 2022

As he always does, O'Brien was quick to share the plaudits for the training achievement which rests in his name. “It feels unbelievable for us to be part of the whole thing, we're a small part of the team and we feel very privileged to be that part,” he said. “I'm so delighted for everybody because everybody puts in so much work, day in and day out, it's literally day and night, so it's unbelievable when everyone gets the return that they get. We're so grateful to everyone, that's what makes the difference and that's what makes it happen.”

Of Tuesday, who also overcame stall one, he added, “She is a baby and she was running in Classics before she was three, so it just goes to show what a fantastic filly she is. We always thought that a mile and a quarter, a mile and a half was going to suit her well. Ryan rode her very cold and very confidently. We felt that a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half was going to suit her well, you can never be sure but it wasn't a mad pace. With this type of filly, you're going to be looking at an Irish Oaks and things like that, there's plenty time between now and then and whether it's over a mile and a quarter or a mile and a half won't bother her and even at a mile she's very competitive.”

Dettori was understandably disappointed with the way the race panned out for the favourite and said, “She fell over, she slipped, lost her footing and fell over. I found myself last and going past all the field, I wish I had the pleasure to have the rail but I didn't, Ryan had that pleasure and I had to make a challenge on the outside. She made up a lot of ground and she was an unlucky loser. It's one of those things. She should have won, it's as simple as that. You've seen her–she's a good one.”

John Gosden said of the runner-up, “They went an even pace, but she has just lost it at the start–it is as simple as that. She has got a lot of ability to come from last and get there. It was a hell of a run. That is bad luck–you can't get left that far and circle the whole field. It is not her style of racing. I think if she had a clean break and not slipped and lost her legs it might have been a different result, but that's racing. She was in front before the line and just after the line but not on it.”

“Nashwa has run great. I think she just ran out of stamina the last 50 yards up the hill,” he added. “She would be better dropping back in trip, but she has run a superb race.” Hollie Doyle was achieving the best finishing position for a female rider in a Classic and commented, “I'm disappointed she didn't win, but I'm not disappointed with her performance at all. She ran a solid race and when she's stepped back to 10 furlongs there will hopefully be big days ahead. I appreciate that it's the best placing ever by a female rider in a Classic, but it doesn't make a lot of difference to me. If I could ever win one though it would be amazing.”

Tuesday becomes the 94th group 1 winner for her sire and the second Oaks heroine and third Classic winner for Lillie Langtry following the exploits of Minding (Ire) in this race and the 1000 Guineas and of another full-sister in Empress Josephine (Ire) in last year's G1 Irish 1000 Guineas. Lillie Langtry, whose top-level wins came in the Coronation S. and Matron S., has also produced the G3 1000 Guineas Trial winner Kissed By Angels (Ire) by Galileo. From the family of the sires Great Commotion and Lead On Time, her pedigree received another significant recent update when the G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris-winning Traffic Jam (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) was responsible for the G3 Prix Cleopatre winner and G1 Prix Saint-Alary runner-up Place du Carrousel (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Lillie Langtry's unraced 2-year-old is named Delightful (Ire).

Friday, Epsom Downs, Britain
CAZOO OAKS-G1, £550,000, Epsom, 6-3, 3yo, f, 12f 6yT, 2:37.83, gd.
1–TUESDAY (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 7-9.5f, G1SW-Eng & Ire, $1,361,940), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Hoity Toity (GB), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Hiwaayati (GB), by Shadeed
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £311,905. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Ire, 5-2-2-1, $573,703. *Full to Minding (Ire), Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 3yo-Eur at 7-9.5f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 9.5-11f, MG1SW-Eng & Ire, $3,213,340; Empress Josephine (IRE), G1SW-Ire & GISP-USA, $366,222; and Kissed By Angels (Ire), GSW-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Emily Upjohn (GB), 128, f, 3, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Hidden Brief (GB), by Barathea (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (60,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Tactful Finance & S Roden; B-Lordship Stud & Sunderland Holding Inc (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. £118,250.
3–Nashwa (GB), 128, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Princess Loulou (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Imad Al Sagar; B-Blue Diamond Stud Farm (UK) Ltd (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. £59,180.
Margins: NO, 3 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 6.50, 1.50, 4.00.
Also Ran: Concert Hall (Ire), Kawida (GB), Tranquil Lady (Ire), Rogue Millennium (Ire), Moon de Vega (GB), Thoughts of June (Ire), The Algarve, With The Moonlight (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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CONCERT HALL (IRE), Dubawi (Ire)–Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})
Owner: D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, Westerberg
Breeder: Was Syndicate
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: Her dam Was stormed to Oaks glory 10 years ago under Seamie Heffernan. Was is from the family of G1 Derby victor New Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and is a sister to stakes winners Douglas MacArthur (Ire), Amhran Na Bhfiann (Ire) and the dual Group 3-placed Al Naamah (Ire), as well as a half-sister to listed winner Janood (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). Concert Hall is followed by an unraced 2-year-old sister and a filly foal by Wootton Bassett (GB) this year.

EMILY UPJOHN (GB), Sea The Stars (Ire)–Hidden Brief (GB) (Barathea {Ire})
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner: Tactful Finance & S Roden
Breeder: Lordship Stud & Sunderland Holding Inc
Trainer: John & Thady Gosden
Sales History: The heavy favourite for this year's Oaks will provide many people with reason to dream, as she was knocked down for just 60,000gns during Book 2 of the Tattersalls Yearling Sale in October 2020.
Pedigree Notes: Emily Upjohn has a pedigree that belies that 60,000gns price tag. The race favourite is a half-sister to two winners, while her dam Hidden Brief is a winning sister to Hazarista (Ire) and a half-sister to Hazariya (Ire) (Xaar {GB}), both of whom were black-type performers for John Oxx. More pertinently, Hazariya is the dam of dual Derby winner Harzand (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). Hidden Brief has a yearling filly by Capella Sansevero (GB).

Emily Upjohn – hugely impressive in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes @yorkracecourse!

3 races
3 wins
G3 Musidora Stakes
The Cazoo Oaks favourite

She looks a superstar for the Gosden team and @FrankieDettori pic.twitter.com/Tr3ohCSgAC

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 11, 2022

KAWIDA (GB), Sir Percy (GB)–Kandahari (GB) (Archipenko)
Owner/Breeder: Miss K Rausing
Trainer: Ed Walker
Pedigree Notes: Kawida is the first foal out of the dual winner Kandahari, herself a half-sister to triple Australian Group 1 winner Zaaki (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}). She has a 2-year-old full-sister called Khinjani (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}), who has yet to race, and a yearling half-sister by Sea The Moon (Ger).

MOON DE VEGA (GB), Lope De Vega (Ire)–Lunesque (Ire) (Azamour {Ire})
Owner: Regents Consulting
Breeder: Montcastle Bloodstock Ltd
Trainer: Ralph Beckett
Pedigree Notes: Her dam carried the colours of Lady O'Reilly to victory in France and is a half-sister to a French Group 3 winner, a listed juvenile scorer and a listed-placed performer. Lunesque has a 2-year-old colt named Sir Cilia (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and her 2021 filly Night of Thunder (Ire).

NASHWA (GB), Frankel (GB)–Princess Lulu (Ire) (Pivotal {GB})
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner: Imad Alsagar
Breeder: Blue Diamond Stud Farm (uk) Ltd
Trainer: John & Thady Gosden
Pedigree Notes: A half-sister to three-time winner Louganini (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}), Nashwa is followed by a Decorated Knight (GB) yearling half-sister and a colt foal by Dubawi (Ire). Her dam won three times, including at listed level over 10 furlongs, and was runner-up in the G1 Prix Jean Rommanet.

ROGUE MILLENNIUM (IRE) Dubawi (Ire)–Hawaafez (GB) (Nayef)
Owner: The Rogues Gallery
Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited
Trainer: Tom Clover
Sales History: Another castoff from a major outfit, Rogue Millennium was bought for just 35,000gns by JS Bloodstock from Shadwell at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale last year.
Pedigree Notes: Out of the G3 Cumberland Lodge S. heroine Hawaafez, who is a great granddaughter of Wedding Bouquet (GB) (Kings Lake), Rogue Millennium is a sister to the winning Khatm (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Wedding Bouquet herself is a dual Grade/Group 3 victress, who was third in the G1 Phoenix S. and is a half-sister to Irish Horse of the Year Generous (Ire) (Caerleon). Hawaafez was also dispersed by Shadwell and caught the eye of Blandford Bloodstock for 14,000gns at the Tattersalls February Mixed Sale. She has an unraced 2-year-old filly by Awtaad (Ire) named Naomi Lapaglia (GB) and a yearling filly by Kingman (GB).

THE ALGARVE, American Pharoah–Imagine (Ire) (Sadler's Wells)
Owner: Mrs David Nagle,Coolmore & Westerberg
Breeder: Barronstown Stud
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: The 13th and final foal out of Imagine, who won the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas in 2001 before winning this race for Aidan O'Brien, the bay is from the same family as three-time American champion turf mare Trillion (Hail To Reason). Imagine is a proven producer of high-class horses, six of which have achieved black-type, including G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner Horatio Nelson (Ire) (Danehill) and Van Gogh, a full-brother to The Algarve, who won the G1 Criterium International.

THOUGHTS OF JUNE (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Discreet Marq (Discreet Cat)
Owner: Moyglare Stud Farm & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor
Breeder: Moyglare Stud Farm
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: From an ultra-tough family, she is a sister to a winner, while her dam Discreet Marq won six times in America, including the GI Del Mar Oaks before she was picked up for $2.4 million by Moyglare Stud at Fasig-Tipton November in November 2014.

TRANQUIL LADY (IRE), Australia (GB)–Repose (Quiet American)
Owner: Teme Valley
Breeder: Tinnakill Bloodstock Ltd
Trainer: Joseph O'Brien
Sales History: Failed to sell at the November Foal Sale at Goffs in 2019, however, she was knocked down from Tinnakill House to Richard Ryan for £160,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale in October 2020.
Pedigree Notes: The family has taken off in recent times, largely down to globetrotting star State Of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), who has won three Group 1 races on three different continents. Tranquil Lady's unraced juvenile half-sister Double Scoop (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) was sold for €180,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale last year. Their dam also has a Sea The Stars (GB) filly foal at foot and was recently sold to Juddmonte in foal to Frankel (GB).

TUESDAY (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire})
Owner: Mrs John Magnier/Michael Tabor/Derrick Smith/Westerberg
Breeder: Coolmore
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: A full-sister to the brilliant 1000 Guineas and Oaks winner Minding (Ire), Irish 1000 Guineas scorer Empress Josephine (Ire) and Group 3 scorer Kissed By Angels (Ire), out of top-class racemare Lillie Langtry, who won the G1 Matron and G1 Coronation S., Tuesday turns three on Cazoo Oaks Day. Her 2-year-old full-sister has been named Delightful (Ire), but has yet to grace the track.

WITH THE MOONLIGHT (IRE), Frankel (GB)–Sand Vixen (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})
Owner/Breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Pedigree Notes: A sister to Dream Castle, winner of a Group 1 over nine furlongs at Meydan, she is the sixth foal out of Sand Vixen, who won the G2 Flying Childers S. as a juvenile. Sand Vixen has a yearling filly by Cracksman (GB) and a filly foal by Blue Point (Ire).

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Deja Vu?

Epsom was hit by heavy rain 12 months ago and the potential is there for it to happen again on Saturday according to Clerk of the Course Andrew Cooper. With 12 millimetres of rain having fallen since Monday, the going was officially good-to-soft, soft in places on Wednesday but the forecast is volatile as the Blue Riband approaches. “It has brightened up and we are heading into what looks like two dry days with temperatures around 20C, and then heaven knows what is going to happen on Saturday,” he said. “On the basis of where we are now with what we think will happen as far as Friday is concerned, I can see us being at or near good ground and maybe just on the slow side in places. Cazoo Derby day has got the potential to be a bit of a deluge, but you wouldn't know. There is a lot of uncertainty with timings, quantities and that sort of thing. But Saturday, certainly, there is a risk of rain.”

Eydon Misses Out

No sooner had Prince Faisal's Eydon (Ire) (Olden Times {GB}) been committed to Saturday's G1 Cazoo Derby was he confirmed a non-runner by Roger Varian having met with a setback. The 2000 Guineas fourth was one of six scratches from Sunday's G1 Prix du Jockey Club on Wednesday, with Epsom the target but his trainer announced late in the afternoon that the homebred will miss all weekend Classic engagements. “Sadly Eydon will miss the Derby at Epsom. He has met with a minor setback which will keep him from running on Saturday,” he tweeted. “While it is of course hugely frustrating to miss a Classic opportunity, we will look forward to the rest of the season with Eydon and he remains a very exciting prospect for his owner, Prince A A Faisal.”

Other high-profile withdrawals from the Chantilly Classic were The Queen's Reach For the Moon (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), The Aga Khan's Erevann (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Star of India (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who forms part of Ballydoyle's Derby team.

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Phil White, London Regional Director for Jockey Club Racecourses, said, “With the Cazoo Derby forming part of the official celebrations for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee and taking place over the special Bank Holiday Weekend, the demand to be at Epsom Downs has been absolutely phenomenal and we are now sold out in all paid enclosures on Derby Day.”

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Also taking part, are Teme Valley's G3 Blue Wind S. victress Tranquil Lady (Ire) (Australia {GB}); Kirsten Rausing's duo of listed winner Kawida (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}), who was third in the G3 Prix Cleopatre and the Group 3-placed Ching Shih (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}); and Godolphin and Charlie Appleby's listed winner With The Moonlight (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) among others.

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“It all comes down to a combination of things,” said Grimthorpe. “You have to ask stamina questions, capability questions, what the owner wants, pedigree, the action of the filly, temperament and I think she ticks a lot of boxes really for Epsom and of course all of these decisions are ultimately down to the owner and Imad is very keen to go to Epsom with the filly.

“I think the nice thing is that wherever she goes after the Oaks, she still has plenty of options.”

Set to be ridden by Al Sagar's retained rider in the Oaks, it would be Doyle's first Classic victory.

He continued, “That would be something wouldn't it [if Doyle could win]. I think if you were searching round for a jockey, she would be very high on the list. So, it is great and exciting to have her on board. The way she has been riding is just exemplary really.”

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Another filly out of a Classic is Group 3 winner Hermana Estrella (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), who will miss the G1 French 1000 Guineas on Sunday and instead point for the Irish equivalent on May 22, as trainer Fozzy Stack deemed the underfoot conditions to be too dry for his filly. Although she has only made one start, the Paul Smith, Joe Poulin and J. Carthy colourbearer made it count, taking the G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies Sprint S. at Naas last May.

“It was just the weather forecast,” he said. “The forecast is very dry and very hot for the weekend in Paris–around 28C or 29C–and so we are just going to wait for the Curragh on the following Sunday. She is in good form.”

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Clover said, “Rogue Millennium is a lovely filly that deserves her chance to be in the Oaks and it is now very much the plan to go to Epsom. We discussed it several times and both the owners and I are keen to go there.

“For any young trainer to have a horse like her bred by Sheikh Hamdan going for the Oaks is very special. Sheikh Hamdan is part of the sport's heritage and he had so many successes with my late father-in-law Michael Jarvis including winning the Oaks with Eswarah (GB) (Unfuwain) [in 2005].

“To have the chance to train a filly for the Oaks from the same place Sheikh Hamdan won the race with my late father-in-law Michael Jarvis is really exciting.

“I don't believe we are going there simply to have a runner but because we have a chance. I hope she can make both us and The Rogues Gallery team proud.”

Added Clover, “Having a runner in a Classic is something new to us and now the focus is on getting the filly there in the best possible shape we can. It is exciting but we just want a smooth run.”

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