YORK 15:35

All 4 ran. Race Distance Adjustment: +11 yds

Time: 2m 26.67s Closing Sectional: (3f): 36s (102.7%)

Overrounds: Industry SP 107%, Betfair SP 99.6%

A return to the norm for the Yorkshire Oaks, high on quality and low on quantity after 18 had taken part across the last 2 renewals, and a return to normality in terms of how a Group 1 should pan out after the previous day's highly unorthodox Juddmonte International, Garden of Eden ensuring an end-to-end gallop that allowed Minnie Hauk's best qualities to come to the fore.

MINNIE HAUK (IRE) added the Yorkshire Oaks to go alongside the ones she'd won at Chester, Epsom and the Curragh, her stablemate Whirl having done plenty to advertise the form of the middle of those, this form on a par with that achieved by the likes of Sea of Class, Snowfall and Alpinista in winning this race in the past decade, if a little behind Seventh Heaven, Enable (twice) and Love, though perhaps only on account of there not being anything to push her to those levels; settled in third, progress 3f out, went on over 2f out, stayed on well to draw clear final 1f (just kept up to work final 100 yds); it's still unclear which of the stable's 3-y-o fillies is the better, both very good and so straightforward to boot, still to be decided which one will head for the Arc (both would need supplementing), but wherever Minnie Hauk goes there's more still to come.

ESTRANGE (IRE) is a year older than Minnie Hauk but, like her, hadn't yet quite made her debut this time last year, and her ascent through the ranks took her all the way to Minnie Hauk's quarters before that one engaged overdrive; steadied at the start, waited with, progress 3f out, threatened briefly around 2f out, left behind by winner final 1f; just the sixth run of her life, she remains capable of even better, and it's worth remembering how well she powered through the Doncaster mud last back-end when it comes to big autumn targets.

GARDEN OF EDEN (IRE) who'd never figured when a short-priced favourite for the German Oaks at the start of the month, was in here to do a job for the winner but got back on track herself, and the way she plugged away at it, closing again a bit on the runner-up late on, reaffirms that she's worth a try at longer trips at some stage.

QILIN QUEEN (IRE) had plenty to find but proved to be a disappointment even so; chased leader, not settle fully, lost place over 2f out, edged right, dropped away; her 2 wins this year have come when dictating.