Classic winner You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is pleasing connections ahead of a run in next Thursday's G1 Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks, according to trainer Ralph Beckett.
The G1 Irish Oaks heroine is one of 18 still left in the York showpiece. A winner at two from a pair of starts, the Valmont and Newsells Park Stud runner won the Listed Oaks Trial Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield on May 11. Fourth-place efforts in the G1 Oaks at Epsom and the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot followed. The G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Oct. 6 and the G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes later that month are also on her dance card.
Beckett told Tattersalls, “She's on good terms with herself, that much is obvious. If it went to plan and she was really competitive at York, I think her owners would be really keen on the Arc [Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe], so I think there's a good chance she'll go there or the [G1] Fillies and Mares [Stakes] on Champions Day. Those would be the two races that we would work back from.”
The Breeders' Cup is also a possibility, and Beckett added, “I wouldn't rule it out, I'm not sure I think it's what we should do but I wouldn't rule it out given how she has developed.”
The Sir Mark Prescott-trained Tiffany (Ire) (Farhh {GB}) will miss the Yorkshire Oaks, and is instead returning to Germany for a campaign that includes the G2 Baden Racing Stuten-Preis on Aug. 31. She scored at listed level in her 2023 finale at Hanover, and doubled up at that level at Baden-Baden in May. Tiffany hit a new career high with a 2 1/2-length victory in the G3 Hoppings Fillies' Stakes at Newcastle on the all-weather, and was second in Haydock's G2 Lancashire Oaks on July 6.
Dan Downie, manager of owners Elite Racing Club, said, ” “She is not going to run next week, she is hopefully going to run back in Germany at the end of the month in a Group 2 over a mile and a half. We are happy with her and she's come out of the race fine.
“So we just chucked her out for couple of weeks and she has come back in, she's back cantering and that's the plan really.
“If she runs well in Germany then obviously we will have some nice options going forward, some at the Arc meeting, you could consider the race at Champions Day. If we are going to Group 1, we'd obviously want to see her win next time.”
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