Midday’s best ever performance as Sariska goes on strike

HENRY Cecil claimed Midday put up her best ever performance when winning a dramatic Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York yesterday.

The race had been billed as a clash of the generations, with last year’s dual Oaks winner Sariska and Ed Dunlop’s Snow Fairy, who had completed the same double this season, taking each other on.

The third top-class filly in the field was Cecil’s Midday, three times a Group One winner herself, including at the Breeders’ Cup last November.