Kalpana (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), runner-up in Sunday's Listed Pretty Polly S. at Newmarket, is unlikely to be supplemented for the G1 Oaks at Epsom, with connections instead leaning towards a tilt at the G2 Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot on Thursday, June 20.
Trained by Andrew Balding, the Juddmonte-owned Kalpana was sent off the 4/6 favourite for the Pretty Polly having been the 10-length winner of a handicap over the same course and distance on her previous start.
In the event, she found the once-raced Friendly Soul (GB) (Kingman {GB}) too strong on her return to the Rowley Mile, but it was a performance from which Barry Mahon, Juddmonte's European racing manager, still took plenty of encouragement.
“I would say her and the winner looked two very good fillies to pull 12 lengths clear of the third and to win her race by 10 lengths the last day indicates she has a good level of ability,” said Mahon.
“She's exciting and we'll discuss plans over the next 10 days, but we will probably wait for the Ribblesdale at Ascot, I would imagine. That would be the initial plans we were thinking. She's had four runs since January and has to have a break at some stage. This would seem a logical time.”
Juddmonte could still be represented in the Oaks by the John and Thady Gosden-trained Siyola (Ire), who created an excellent impression when recently making a winning debut at Sandown.
That victory earned the daughter of Siyouni (Fr) an automatic berth in the Epsom Classic and a run in the G3 Musidora S. at York on Wednesday, May 15 is now on the cards to find out whether she's up to that sort of level.
“She looked a nice filly and she's a very well-bred, good-looking filly,” said Mahon. “She took a little bit of time to come to hand and I think John and Thady have been pretty sweet on her for quite a while.
“At the back of our minds we are thinking to go to York for the Musidora. We weren't in the Oaks and initially you are thinking we're not in it so we don't have to point that way. But we have the 'win and you're in' now and she needs to run again, so it makes logical sense to go to the Musidora and we will find out if we're good enough to hold that engagement.”
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