Time clocks in for Yorkshire Oaks

Views from connections ahead of Thursday’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York.

Patience has been the key to Endless Time and connections of the four-year-old filly are optimistic their faith will be rewarded in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York on Thursday.

The daughter of Sea The Stars kept a low profile last season and was allowed to come through the ranks steadily, though victory over subsequent St Leger winner Simple Verse in a Goodwood handicap showed she had plenty of potential.

Signing off with a Listed success at Naas on October, Endless Time was not rushed and it was only in early July that the Charlie Appleby-trained filly, owned by Godolphin, made her reappearance.

She came through the step up to Group Two company in the Lancashire Oaks with flying colours as she overcame her long absence to strike by half a length from Furia Cruzada.

“She is a filly that we’ve taken our time with,” said Godolphin chief executive John Ferguson.

“She won a Listed race last year and Charlie has been very, very patient – her first race (in 2016) being the Lancashire Oaks on …

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