Ladies first in Nell Gwyn

LADIES Are Forever will not be the most fashionable or expensive horse in the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket today but she has a fair old engine.

Trained in North Yorkshire by Geoff Oldroyd, the Monsieur Bond filly ran a blinder when third in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot.

That race has not worked out particularly well but Oldroyd’s pride and joy showed she was going the right way when rounding off her season with victory against the colts in the Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar, making full use of a hefty weight allowance.