OAKS AND DERBY TRENDS

Andy Newton looks at the vital statistics of June Classics

We can look forward to a bundle of top Group races at Ascot, but before that fiveday Royal meeting we’ve got the third and fourth of the English Classics at Epsom and that’s were I’m heading this month – two for the price of one!
Epsom Oaks – The fillies’ Classic this year will be run on the final day of May (Friday 31). Last year we saw Aidan O’Brien land the prize for staggering seventh time, but – did you know – he’s still some way off...