So easy for Queen Alexandrova the great

KIEREN FALLON gave another Epsom masterclass as he brought home Alexandrova to a gloriously easy victory in the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom yesterday.

Held up in the early stages, the Aidan O’Brien-trained 9-4 favourite scythed down her rivals in the home straight with a sweeping run down the outside and quickly went clear to win unchallenged.

The daughter of multiple champion sire Sadler’s Wells romped home by six lengths from rags-to-riches runner-up Rising Cross (33-1), with Short Skirt (9-2) a length and quarter further back, snatching third from gallant 1000 Guineas heroine Speciosa.