Munster Oaks Stakes with last year`s winner

Cork, Friday, 16 June: The Munster Oaks Stakes (5th race/19.35 h/60,000 Euro/2410 m), a Group 3 race for three-year-old and older mares, will be decided today in Cork, Ireland. Rosscarbery (W. Lee), who won here a year ago, starts the season and is once again seen at the front by the experts.

She last ran in the Champions Fillies Stakes (Group 1) and came in fifth. The five-year-old will be challenged by Azazat (Christ Hayes), who has never finished worse than third in her short career and has improved at every start. Final Gesture (Ronan Whelan) impressed at Gowran Park in her highly convincing victory at Listed level. She joins the likes of Cairde Go Deo (Colin Keane), Lambada (Seamie Heffernan) and Library (Wayne Lordan), who have recently been unchallenged at Group 3 level, among the horses in with a chance. Annerville (Ben Coen) and Thunder Roll (Declan McDonogh) are also not out of the world with their current placings.