Ralph Beckett is aiming to sort out the pecking order for the three fillies he has engaged in the Investec Oaks in the coming weeks.
Charleston Lady, Encore Une Annee and Miss Diagnosis all hold an entry in the Classic which Beckett won with Look Here in 2008. Races like the Pretty Polly (Newmarket this weekend) and Cheshire Oaks will help determine which of the three will head to Epsom.
"The Pretty Polly is the plan for Charleston Lady and we will then consider the Oaks. I am pretty sure that a mile and a quarter is within her compass but I am not sure about further - we will see. She is by Hurricane Run so she should get all of it and further but there is plenty of speed down below," said Beckett.
"She is in good nick and I think the Pretty Polly is the right race to start her off.
"Encore Une Annee will probably go to Chester for the Cheshire Oaks (May 4) and we will see how she gets on there. She will get a mile and a half, no problem.
"Depending on what happens with the other two, Miss Diagnosis is likely to go to Newbury for the Oaks trial (Swettenham Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes - May 13) and we will then work out what we do with the fillies from there.
"Miss Diagnosis' second dam, High And Low, won a Cheshire Oaks and was second in a St Leger, so you would think she will stay. All three fillies have been pleasing me and we will just see how things work out."
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