Follow Frankie in Classic Clash ; Tomorrow's Epsom Oaks Showdown

Evening Standard - London (June 03, 2004)

Author: Graham Cunningham

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PUNCTILIOUS can reward weeks of head scratching within the Godolphin operation by giving Frankie Dettori his fourth Vodafone Oaks success at Epsom tomorrow.

The charismatic Italian has been agonising for weeks over whether to ride Punctilious or her stablemate Sundrop in this Pounds 350,000 showpiece, but evidence of which way he was leaning was clearly visible during a press day at Newmarket early last week.

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Follow Frankie in Classic Clash ; Tomorrow's Epsom Oaks Showdown

On the stroke of six o'clock, the massed ranks of Godolphin snaked their way towards the historic Limekilns gallops on a sunny morning designed to put the Epsom hopefuls through a searching ...

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