Lady Of Dubai ready to rule for Varian in open Kilboy Estate Stakes

We have seen what Roger Varian has done with Postponed and today we might see his magic working with Lady Of Dubai in the feature Group 2 Kilboy Estate Stakes (4.15).

You seldom see such a big field for the Sunday showpiece on Irish Oaks weekend and what we have are 14 runners who are all rated between 90 and 111. Indeed, if you take out Duchess Andorra, just 15lb separates the other 13 on ratings. Lady Of Dubai is rated just 2lb below the top-rated Bocca Baciata but I am convinced we have yet to see the best of the daughter of Dubawi.

The Height Of Fashion winner at Goodwood was third in the Oaks at Epsom and I have long thought that she would be better at four than she was at three. Her reappearance at York was far more encouraging than the distance she was beaten suggests as she just got tired having hit the front 2f out.