Infinite Cosmos clear Oaks favourite after Newmarket victory

Infinite Cosmos is the new favourite for next month's Betfred Oaks following an impressive display on her seasonal reappearance at Newmarket.

Narrowly beaten on her debut at Doncaster in the autumn, the Michael Stoute-trained daughter of Sea The Stars was already a single-figure price for the Epsom Classic with some bookmakers ahead of her return in the Nyetimber Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.

With Ryan Moore in the plate, Infinite Cosmos was the 8-11 favourite to cement her Classic claims and did so in some style, overcoming signs of inexperience to score by just over four lengths.

Stoute did his best to downplay her performance in the immediate aftermath, but bookmakers were quick to cut her price further, with the best odds available now 7-1.

"It was very pleasing. I didn’t think she was particularly impressive there, she was workmanlike, but she is a work in progress and still a little bit green and babyish, so hopefully that will have done her the power of good," said the Freemason Lodge handler.

"I’d say she’s developed pleasingly from two to three. They don’t all do that, but I’d say she has.

"We’ll take her back and work her and see how much we think she has progressed from this race, but hopefully she’s going to be in stakes races.

"We’ll run her in a trial and make a decision (on the Oaks) after that. I don’t think she’s going to be sparkling at this stage of her career as she needs to grow up.

"The ground was very soft at Doncaster and she went through that and today it’s on the slow side of good and she handles that. I think she may be impervious to ground."