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The Oaks form has to be suspect . If Desert Flower is a non stayer then the two that beat her can not be much cop as she was only beaten 4l after being given the office after a mile . The same argument holds if the ground beat her . My guess is that we overrated her and that means that the winner has to be on the bottom rung of the G1 ladder .
The Derby is probably not much better than The Oaks and The Dante form looks well and truly nailed to the deck for the time being . But , Royal Playwright did not run too badly in The Diomed . There is hope for him yet .
Calandagan is getting a slating in some quarters and his form figures do have a touch of the Mabsabrabkab about them but is the criticism just ?
There is room for doubt . His win at Ascot was on rattling fast ground and he was put on a pedestal for beating Space Legend .
Next time out he was beaten by City Of Troy and was said by some scribes to be better than the winner even though the eyes and form book say that he finished second .
Following that he is beaten in a messy race for the Champion Stakes .
Slowly away and the ground was soft but it did look iffy .
His run against Danon Decile can be excused says J Murtagh , his word is good enough for me .
And at Epsom he was produced at the right time but just failed . It has been a good weekend for front runners so maybe it is a little harsh to brand him a dog .
I think he is a 10f horse that was caught out by the Epsom 12f and he is worth one more chance when dropped back in trip . He might be a value bet as there could be plenty out to get him .