Victory for Hollie Doyle and Nashwa in the Cazoo Oaks would be a "wonderful" result for horse racing – and help rid the sport of its "crusty and clubby" image.
The daughter of Frankel, owned by Doyle’s boss, Imad Al Sagar, is a 5-1 shot for the Classic at Epsom on Friday week after an impressive score in the Listed Fillies’ Trial at Newbury 10 days ago. And her trainer John Gosden believes success for the pair could have a “particularly positive” impact on racing – just as British tennis received a boost from Emma Raducanu's US Open tennis win last September.
“You had a young lady win the US Open and that captured the imagination of the country,” said Gosden who has saddled Taghrooda (2014), Anapurna (2017) and Enable (2019) to Oaks glory. “Anything like this is particularly positive for the sport. It has had an image of being a bit crusty and clubby, but it is not.”
