Race report
Stallion statistics: Pivotal

INVESTEC OAKS-G1

£350,000, Epsom, 6-5, 3yo, f, 12f 10ydsT, 2:35.28, gd.

1--SARISKA (GB), 126, f, 3
Pivotal (GB)--Maycocks Bay (GB), by Muhtarram
O/B-Lady Bamford; T-Michael Bell; J-Jamie Spencer; £198,695.

2--Midday (GB), 126, f, 3
Oasis Dream (GB)--Midsummer (GB), by Kingmambo.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd; T-Henry Cecil; £75,320.

3--High Heeled (Ire), 126, f, 3
High Chaparral (Ire)--Uncharted Haven (GB), by Turtle Island (Ire).
O-Mr and Mrs Steven Jenkins; B-Ballylinch Stud; T-Barry Hills; £37,695.

Margins: HD, 2HF, 4HF. Odds: 9-4, 5-1, 33-1.
Also Ran: Rainbow View, The Miniver Rose (Ire), Phillipina (GB), Oh Goodness Me (GB), Tottie (GB), Wadaat (GB), Perfect Truth (Ire).

Sariska is Lady Bamford's homebred half-sister to 14f Listed winner Gull Wing out of Maycocks Bay, winner of the Silver Cup at York, a 14f Listed Handicap, herself a grandaughter of the Irish St Leger and Cesarewitch winner Mountain Lodge.

This is a second Group One win of the season for Pivotal - Virtual won the Lockinge last month. The Cheveley Park Stud sire has 39 European winners and this win propels him past Galileo to take second place behind Cape Cross in the table of leading sires in Britain. Only 5% of Pivotal's wins come over middle distances, with 53% being over a mile.

Pedigree of SARISKA (GB), 2006