While most of the field for this year's G1 Investec Oaks has not seen a sales ring, those to be offered at public auction range from a seven-figure sale topper to a bargain 30,000gns filly.
BYE BYE BABY (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) will look to go one better than her dam, Remember When (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), did in the 2010 Epsom Oaks when second to Snow Fairy for the same Coolmore connections. Remember When, who has produced three other stakes winners, is a three-quarter sister to champion Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehill). Bye Bye Baby represents the highly prolific Galileo/Danehill Dancer cross which has already produced the likes of Alice Springs (Ire), Minding (Ire) and The Gurkha (Ire). B-Remember When Syndicate.
EJTYAH (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is out of Darysina (Smart Strike) a daughter of G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix Vermeille winner Daryaba (Ire) (Night Shift) who was bought by Johnny McKeever from the Aga Khan Studs draft at Arqana December in 2013 for €800,000. B-Good Breeding.
FLATTERING (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), who represents the excellent Galileo over Pivotal cross, is a half-sister to the G2 Lowther S. and G2 Cherry Hinton S. winner Lucky Kristale (GB) (Lucky Story). B-Pikaboo Syndicate.
FOREVER TOGETHER (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to the G1 Fillies' Mile winner Together Forever (Ire) and a half to the G1 Prix Jean Prat winner and sire Lord Shanakill (Speightstown). At €900,000, she was the highest-priced filly at Goffs Orby in 2016 when bought by MV Magnier from Ballylinch Stud. B-Vimal And Gillian Khosla.
GIVE AND TAKE (GB) (Cityscape {GB}), is out of Grace and Glory (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), a full-sister to the G1 Irish Derby winner Fame and Glory (GB). B-Coln Valley Stud.
I CAN FLY (IRE) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), a 240,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling, is out of Madonna Dell'Orto (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), a half-sister to G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and GI Keeneland Turf Mile winner Landseer (GB) (Danehill). Her sire looks for his second winner of this Classic, having sired the 2015 winner, Qualify (Ire), out of a daughter of another son of Sadler's Wells, Galileo (Ire). B-Rockwell Bloodstock.
MAGIC WAND (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) was the highest-priced yearling at the 2016 Arqana August yearling sale when selling to MV Magnier, Mayfair Speculators and Peter and Ross Doyle for €1.4-million from the consignment of co-breeder Ecurie des Monceaux. She is a three-quarter sister to G1 Irish Oaks winner Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). B-Ecurie Des Monceaux & Skymarc Farm Inc.
PERFECT CLARITY (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) looks to be the second straight winner of this race for her sire from just his second crop of 3-year-olds. Perfect Clarity was bought by Bridget Drew through her agent Martin Percival of Boyce Bloodstock at Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale for 30,000gns, making her by far the least expensive of this field to pass through a sales ring. B-Bluehills Racing Limited.
WILD ILLUSION (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a homebred for Godolphin out of the listed-winning Rumh (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), who Godolphin bought as a yearling for 300,000gns in 2009. Before Wild Illusion became a Group 1 winner herself in last year's Prix Marcel Boussac, top billing on the page went to the GI Beverly D.S. winner Royal Highness (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and the triple Group 1 winner Electrocutionist (Red Ransom). B-Godolphin.
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