WITH the mid-week retirement of Triple Crown winner Justify, the best three-year-old in training in the US may well be a filly. Monomoy Girl raced to her fourth Grade 1 in a row in winning the Coaching Club American Oaks by three lengths, with her ears pricked passing the line.

The race was billed as a showdown between the top two three-year-old fillies, Monomoy Girl (by Tapizar) and Midnight Bisou, the first two from the Kentucky Oaks.