IT WAS not surprising that bookmakers cut Sobetsu’s odds for the Epsom Oaks after she won the Prix Saint-Alary at Deauville last Sunday, but it was surprising that they extended Coronet’s odds for the same contest after she finished third behind her. The market does love a winner.

While Sobetsu did look good in victory, Coronet also enhanced her reputation in finishing third. Dropped in from her outside draw (10 of 11) by Frankie Dettori, she was not helped by the fact that the early pace was not strong. Still second last as they turned for home, she wheeled to the outside and finished best of all, just getting up to snatch third place close home, beaten three lengths and a length and three quarters by Sobetsu and Vue Fantastique.