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    Weld thinking about alternatives for Oaks champion Ezeliya
Weld thinking about alternatives for Oaks champion Ezeliya
Ezeliya. Source: sportinglife.com

Weld thinking about alternatives for Oaks champion Ezeliya

Dermot Weld has suggested that his Oaks champion Ezeliya take a mid-season vacation before perhaps competing in the Prix Vermeille, which is a prelude to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The filly owned by Aga Khan made an impression on Friday at Epsom when she easily won by three lengths.

Weld's alternative plan is to lay off her this month in preparation for a busy autumn campaign, although she has an entry in the Irish Oaks on July 20.

Together with Tarnawa, Weld won the 2020 Prix Vermeille. Later that year, Tarnawa won the Breeders' Cup.

“We’ll all have a discussion and decide whether she goes for the Irish Oaks or whether we give her a little bit more time and leave her off for June and bring her back for an autumn campaign,” Weld told Racing TV’s Luck On Sunday. “Maybe a race like the Prix Vermeille, which has been good for us in the past, and if she progresses like I think she can, maybe have a crack at the Arc with her but that is all to be decided. The fact she’s a three-year-old filly and gets the allowances would be a factor but I often say she’ll tell me if it’s bridge too far, but we’ll only know that in the autumn when I see how she is training and how she runs.”

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