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Rab Havlin rides Mehdaayih in Investec Oaks as owners stay loyal
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Tue 5 Dec 2023
The jockey partnered John Gosden’s charge, the general 5-2 favourite, when she ran out an impressive winner of the Cheshire Oaks. He has ridden her in her past four starts and the owners, Emirates Park, have stayed loyal to him.
Gosden's No 1 jockey, Frankie Dettori, will be on board Anapurna, an 8-1 chance. The combination clicked in the Lingfield Oaks Trial.
Mehdaayih bolted up at Chester last time out
Havlin said: “I wasn’t surprised to win (at Chester), but I was surprised by how well she quickened up.
“You wouldn’t think stamina will be a problem the way she finished off her race on easy ground that day.
“She wears a hood in the paddock and can get on her toes but once she’s under way she’s very straightforward. Like Anapurna, she wants to get on with things.
“The pair of them are nimble, light-framed fillies and I don’t expect Epsom will give either of them any issues.”
Aidan O’Brien’s Pink Dogwood, who is a sister to Irish Derby winner Latrobe, is the ante-post favourite after winning a Listed race at Navan on her only outing to date this season.
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She was beaten just a length and a half in the Prix Marcel Boussac at ParisLongchamp last season and has been mooted as Ballydoyle’s number one contender for this race ever since.
O’Brien also runs Delphina, Fleeting and Peach Tree in a contest which forms part of the 35-race QIPCO British Champions Serie.
William Haggas is another with two solid chances in Pretty Polly winner Maqsad and Musidora second Frankellina.
Ralph Beckett’s Manuela De Vega, Dermot Weld’s Tarnawa and Amanda Perrett’s Lavender’s Blue can not be discounted either.
Blue Gardenia and Sh Boom complete the field, with dual Guineas winner Hermosa and Joseph O’Brien’s Iridessa the two withdrawals at the final declaration stage.
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