ESTRANGE RAIN PAIN

DAVID O'MEARA has warned Estrange is a major doubt for Thursday's Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks with no rain on the horizon.

- by MELISSA JONES

Whirl, Garden Of Eden and Bedtime Story are among six confirmations, along with Ed Walker's Qilin Queen.

Further watering of the turf will take place according to clerk of the course Anthea Leigh, before the meeting gets underway on Wednesday.

"We have been replacing what we have lost through evapotranspiration with 3mm for the last few nights," she said.

"It will be nice summer ground with no jar."