Secret Gesture will have just one serious workout before going for Classic glory in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on May 31.

The beautifully bred Kailani looks way overpriced at 10-1 for this afternoon’s Ribblesdale Stakes (3.05) at Royal Ascot, making huge each-way appeal in an open renewal of the Group 2 contest.

Joseph O’Brien takes the ride on Maybe in the Investec Oaks on Friday for the first leg of what could be a famous Classic double for the young rider at Epsom.

JIM BOLGER dismissed the busy schedule of Banimpire being a concern ahead of today’s Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Ralph Beckett has opted against starting Ceilidh House off in this weekend’s Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes at Cork and will choose a domestic target instead.

Zain Al Boldan will be given a chance to make amends for her no-show in the Investec Oaks by running in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

BLUE BUNTING came late and fast to deny Together victory in the Newmarket 1000 Guineas last month and it was readily asserted that she would prove even better when stepped up to middle distances.

Seamie Heffernan has grand designs of partnering Misty For Me to a second Classic success in as many weeks in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

Frankie Dettori has every faith in Blue Bunting as the filly bids to provide him with his fourth win in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

THE presence of Akdarena in today’s Investec Oaks at Epsom is likely to ensure there’s no hiding place for those runners with questions marks over their stamina.

NEW kid on the block William Knight stole the plaudits with a headline-grabbing double at Ascot yesterday.

The betting suggested Richard Hannon's Zebedee was a good thing in the Aldermore Conditions Stakes at Ascot and punters were queuing up for their money some way from home.

Plans are fluid for Henry Cecil’s Investec Oaks runner-up Midday as the dust settles on the fillies’ Classic.

Ante-post favourite Sariska heads 12 confirmations for Friday’s Investec Oaks at Epsom.

RALPH Beckett got on the Group One roll of honour in the best possible fashion with a Classic success courtesy of 33-1 outsider Look Here in the Juddmonte Oaks at Epsom yesterday.

Ante-post favourite Lush Lashes heads a list of 18 fillies left in the Juddmonte Oaks at the confirmation stage.

Bookmakers believe Henry Cecil has a tremendous chance of taking his Vodafone Oaks tally to eight with victory by one of his two fillies.

Peter Chapple-Hyam is aiming last season’s Zetland Stakes winner Under The Rainbow at the Lingfield Oaks Trial on May 13.

Jim Bolger’s international star Alexander Goldrun heads 18 fillies and mares standing their ground in Saturday’s Vodafone Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday.

“Faugh-A-Ballagh”

There were no surprise withdrawals from the Vodafone Oaks at today’s final declaration stage.

Aidan O’Brien’s bad luck in the Classics this season continued today when the Ballydoyle trainer had to withdraw Baraka from the Prix de Diane Hermes (French Oaks) at Chantilly.

A total of 15 fillies will go to post for Friday’s Group One Vodafone Oaks at Epsom after only two withdrawals at today’s final declarations stage, leaving a list headed by Aidan O’Brien’s ante-post favourite and Entenmann’s Irish 1000 Guineas winner Yesterday.