Epsom Oaks 2022: Newsboy's runner guide and tip as Hollie Doyle chases historic victory

History beckons for NASHWA and Hollie Doyle in the Cazoo Oaks (4.30) at Epsom on Friday.

The first Classic horse race, the St Leger, was run at Doncaster in 1776 – and in the 246 years that have passed none of the five jewels in Flat racing’s crown has fallen to a woman jockey.

Doyle has become used to new ground and in Nashwa, trained in partnership by John Gosden and son Thady, she has the perfect partner to reach another milestone.

Inexperience won the day when the daughter of Frankel – dam Princess Loulou was a Listed winner – marked her racecourse debut with a third at Newmarket last October.

But my selection knew what was required on her return when scoring by six and a half lengths at Haydock Park on St George’s Day.

Nashwa took another step forward when lifting Newbury’s Listed Fillies’ Trial Stakes, settling matters with a sharp burst of speed at the two-furlong pole en route to a length-and-three-quarter supremacy from Stay Alert.

Doyle’s boss Imad Al Sagar – the Kuwaiti part-owned Frankie Dettori’s 2007 Derby hero Authorized – has opted to come to Epsom rather than contest the 10-furlong French equivalent, the Prix de Diane, at Chantilly a fortnight on Sunday.

The big race pick must prove her effectiveness over a mile and a half, but her sire is a strong influence for stamina and Nashwa has any amount of as-yet untapped potential to draw upon as she moves up to the highest level.

Unbeaten stablemate Emily Upjohn has been a warm order since her runaway success in York’s Group 3 Musidora Stakes and is feared most, while Aidan O’Brien’s pair Tuesday and Concert Pitch, respectively second and third in the Irish 1,000 Guineas 12 days ago, have to enter the picture.

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