Emily Upjohn, as short as 5-2 second favourite for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, will miss Ascot in favour of the Irish Oaks.
John and Thady Gosden had been mulling over a clash with Epsom and Curragh Derby winners Desert Crown and Westover for the daughter of Sea The Stars in Ascot’s midsummer clash of the generations a fortnight on Saturday.
But Emily Upjohn, a luckless second in the Cazoo Oaks at Epsom last month, will instead seek a first Group One victory against her own age and gender in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh seven days earlier.
