Kalpana lands Yorkshire Oaks to give Balding Arc dilemma

Kalpana holds on for Colin Keane in Yorkshire Oaks as Aidan O'Brien's Sun Goddess dazzles in £300,000 juvenile contest

Kalpana hangs on to complete York Group One double for jockey Colin Keane

Trainer Andrew Balding narrows gap on Aidan O’Brien in race for British trainers’ title

Kalpana lands Yorkshire Oaks to give Balding Arc dilemma

King George heroine Kalpana just held on to land the Legends Global Yorkshire Oaks at York after a mighty scare from Sparan Nua.

'I could hear the commentator getting loud!' - Kalpana just holds on in desperate tussle with Sparan Nua to claim another Group 1

Robbie Wilders analyses a dramatic race and finds a 10-1 ante-post fancy

Kalpana barely holds on to win Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks

Odds-on favorite Kalpana survived a late scare from stubborn long shot Sparan Nua, holding on to win Thursday in a wet renewal of the Group 1, US$818,025 Yorkshire Oaks covering about 1 1/2 miles of good to soft turf at York, England. The victory in the race for fillies and mares, 3 and up, completed a double for breeder-owner Juddmonte, trainer Andrew Balding and jockey Colin Keane in the first two Ebor Festival features. They teamed with 12-1 …

Kalpana wins Yorkshire Oaks as gutsy display enough to see off Sparan Nua on day two of Ebor meeting

Kalpana backed up her King George success with another gutsy display to see off the fast-finishing Sparan Nua in a thrilling end to the Thursday feature on the Knavesmire.