Classic Secret's out at Lingfield

Ralph Beckett’s Secret Gesture skipped almost to the head of every bookmaker’s ante-post Investec Oaks market after a wildly impressive victory through pouring rain at Lingfield.

The Betfred ’The Bonus King’ Oaks Trial was the same prep-race used by the trainer for his one and only British Classic victory so far, although Look Here was actually beaten on the Surrey course in 2008, and Secret Gesture strolled home by 10 lengths.