CHARLIE HOPING FLOWER FAILS TO WILT IN CLASSIC

TRAINER Charlie Appleby admits the mile-and-a-half Betfred Oaks distance is a query for William Hill's 13-8 favourite Desert Flower.

- by MELISSA JONES

Night Of Thunder's daughter puts her unbeaten record on the line by racing further at Epsom than she ever has before.

Desert Flower ran on strongly to capture the mile-long 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket last month, finishing a length and the same ahead of Ollie Sangster-trained pair Flight and Simmering.