premium
A fine winner but Irish Oaks lacking star quality leaves main players with plenty to find if Yorkshire Oaks is next
Saturday's Irish Oaks looked beforehand like a Classic perhaps lacking star quality. But at least that gave an opportunity for one of the fillies to take a step forward into a starring role.
It proved an exciting race, but modest in terms of a Group 1 contest. You Got To Me won well under a good ride from Hector Crouch, achieving a career-best Racing Post Rating of 112.
This is the joint-lowest winning RPR in the race over the past decade, along with Even So (2020) and Magical Lagoon (2022).
Read the full story
Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.
Subscribe to unlock
- Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over £100 per month)
- Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing
- Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy
- Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses
- Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker
- Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data
Already a subscriber?Log in
Published on inThe Last Word
Last updated
Copymore inThe Last Word
- If you're hoping to land a valuable marathon handicap on the Flat, you'd better send for a jumps trainer
- City Of Troy rules the world on turf after York triumph - but caveats remain over Juddmonte International form
- What might have been? Inspiral and Charyn clash could have been one for the ages if she'd behaved
- Two potential Aussie pointers as new star steals the show in Deauville showpiece
- Next stop Nunthorpe for the best-of-three showdown between Mick Appleby's flyer Big Evs and Aussie mare Asfoora
more inThe Last Word
- If you're hoping to land a valuable marathon handicap on the Flat, you'd better send for a jumps trainer
- City Of Troy rules the world on turf after York triumph - but caveats remain over Juddmonte International form
- What might have been? Inspiral and Charyn clash could have been one for the ages if she'd behaved
- Two potential Aussie pointers as new star steals the show in Deauville showpiece
- Next stop Nunthorpe for the best-of-three showdown between Mick Appleby's flyer Big Evs and Aussie mare Asfoora