Estrange edges Lancashire Oaks verdict
Carrying the colours of Cheveley Park Stud, the grey was a 2-7 favourite to follow up at Group Two level and while she managed to get the job done in the hands of Danny Tudhope, her supporters were made to sweat.
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O'Meara told Racing TV: 'Danny was caught in a position where the leader (Love Talk) went off and it's a question of when do you go after them.
'Danny said she normally falls asleep in her races, but today she was trying to chase the leader a bit and didn't quite drop the bit and ended up in front then a long time. It isn't really how we'd like to play her, but it was a means to an end I guess.
'She's four from five now and she's won her Group Two today, so it's brilliant.'
Just four runners went to post for the Merseyside feature, with rank outsider Love Talk taking the quartet along for much of the mile-and-a-half journey before Estrange was coaxed into the lead approaching the final two furlongs.
However, James Doyle covered the move aboard Ed Walker's Scenic and following a final furlong tussle, Estrange found just enough to win the argument by a neck.
While the victory was harder work than many expected, Paddy Power reacted by cutting the winner's Arc odds to 12-1 from 20-1.
'We were hoping we wouldn't turn up on good to firm so the drop of rain helped. I don't think she's absolutely reliant on heavy ground or anything like that, she just doesn't want to be running on very quick ground,' O'Meara added.
'The Yorkshire Oaks would be the next target and we've got five or six weeks until York.
'She's very relaxed, she's unbelievable. Today she wasn't as relaxed as she normally is because of the way the race developed, but it's fine.'
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