Mum’s the word for brilliant Eswarah

It was all in the breeding as Eswarah emulated her dam Midway Lady by winning the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom today.

Sweating up badly before the race, the Michael Jarvis-trained filly drifted in the betting ring to share favouritism with Virginia Waters at 11-4.

But in the words of jockey Richard Hills, the race “went like clockwork” for Eswarah, who was scoring 19 years after Midway Lady.