Magic Wand (Ryan Moore, 9/2, 9) heads a field of nine for the £500,000 Group 1 Investec Oaks (4.30pm) at Epsom Downs on Friday. The Chester Oaks winner is backed up by the second from that race Forever Together (Donnacha O'Brien, 9/2, 3).

Aidan O'Brien, has five runners in a race he has won six occasions, the latest of which came courtesy of Minding in 2016.

Wild Illusion (Charlie Appleby/William Buick, drawn 1), 5/2 favourite with Unibet, official betting partner of the Investec Derby Festival, bids to provide owner Godolphin with a fourth victory in the Investec Oaks, following the successes of Kazzia (2002), Balanchine (1995) and Moonshell (1994).

The three-year-old daughter of Dubawi finished fourth in the first British fillies' Classic, the QIPCO 1000 Guineas over the straight mile at Newmarket on May 6th, having ended last year's campaign with a front-running success in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac at Chantilly, France, in October.

Aidan O'Brien's contenders also include Bye Bye Baby (Wayne Lordan, 6/1, 6), an impressive winner of the G3 Blue Wind Stakes at the Curragh on May 12th, QIPCO 1,000 Guineas 11th I Can Fly (Seamie Heffernan, 12/1, 4) and Lingfield Oaks Trial third Flattering (Padraig Beggy, 28/1, 5) complete O'Brien's quintet. Flattering is Beggy's first Epsom Downs ride since he won the 2017 Investec Derby on outsider Wings Of Eagles.

Lambourn trainer Clive Cox saddles the unbeaten Perfect Clarity (Adam Kirby, 8/1, 8).

The daughter of Nathaniel, sire of the 2017 Investec Oaks heroine Enable, was an authoritative winner of the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial at Lingfield Park on May 12th.

Newmarket handler William Haggas captured the 2011 Investec Oaks with Dancing Rain and saddles the progressive Give And Take (James Doyle, 10/1, 7) in this year's renewal.

The daughter of Cityscape registered a length success in the G3 Musidora Stakes at York on May 16 and bids to become the first filly since the Michael Bell-trained Sariska in 2009 to complete the Musidora-Oaks double.

The David Simcock-trained Ejtyah (Jamie Spencer, 22/1, 2), third on her latest start to Give And Take in the Musidora at York, completes the nine runners for the £500,000 G1 Investec Oaks.

Investec Oaks - Unibet prices:

5/2 Wild Illusion; 9/2 Forever Together, Magic Wand; 6/1 Bye Bye Baby; 8/1 Perfect Clarity; 10/1 Give And Take; 12/1 I Can Fly; 22/1 Ejtyah; 28/1 Flattering. Each-way 1/5 odds, 1-2-3

Europe's highest-rated horse Cracksman (John Gosden/Frankie Dettori, drawn 6), who ended 2017 as the best three-year-old in the world with a rating of 130, faces five rivals in the £420,000 G1 Investec Coronation Cup (3.10pm), also over a mile and a half.

The seven-length winner of last season's Group 1 QIPCO Champion Stakes and 2017 Investec Derby third made a sizzling return to action in the Group 1 Prix Ganay over an extended 10 furlongs at Longchamp, France, on April 29, and is the red-hot 1/3 favourite with Unibet to gain a third consecutive Group 1 success.

Godolphin's Hawkbill (Charlie Appleby/William Buick, 6/1, 3), third in last year's Investec Coronation Cup, has also returned in 2018 in great style, with two victories at Meydan, UAE, in March including a decisive win in the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic on March 31st.

Idaho (Ryan Moore, 6/1, 2) bids to emulate his full-brother Highland Reel, successful in this race 12 months ago. Idaho's trainer Aidan O'Brien, who has won the Investec Coronation Cup a record eight times, also runs Group 1 runner-up Yucatan (Donnacha O'Brien, 25/1, 5).

Investec Coronation Cup - Unibet prices:

1/3 Cracksman; 6/1 Hawkbill, Idaho; 25/1 Yucatan, Windstoss; 50/1 Salouen

The going at Epsom Downs is currently: Soft

GoingStick readings at 7.00am today: 5.5 overall (Home Straight - Stands; Side 5.3; Far Side 5.0).

There 21 millimetres of rain yesterday, Tuesday, May 29. It has been mainly dry since midnight.

Today is forecast to be predominantly dry. Further showers are possible tomorrow, Thursday, while Friday is predicted to be mainly dry.