Is Snowfall as good as she looks? Keith Melrose on the Yorkshire Oaks favourite
Thursday: 3.35 York
Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Group 1) | 1m4f | 3yo+ fillies & mares | ITV/RTV
Comparisons have been readily drawn between Snowfall and her year-older stablemate Love. Both were raced heavily as juveniles, failing to set the world alight, before transforming at three to become wide-margin winners of a couple of Classics.
Love took the Yorkshire Oaks after landing her second Classic success last year, just as Snowfall attempts to now. Here comes the first major divergence: the opposition have not ducked Snowfall like they did Love.
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