The Fugue proves too good for Venus The Fugue produced a devastating turn of foot to put her rivals to the sword in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York on Thursday afternoon. Long-time leader Scintillula set a decent gallop under Kevin Manning but she gave way to her rivals at around the three furlong marker. The 9/4 second-favourite Venus De Milo took up the running with two furlongs to go but she was always a sitting duck as William Buick exuded confidence on the 2/1 market-leader. She put the race to bed in a matter of strides when Buick asked the question and she gambolled away to register a four length victory. Buick could not disguise his delight after the race. "I'm delighted for the filly as she's showed everyone what she can do," he said. "They went a good gallop up front and it's sometimes difficult to make the ground up when it's quick. She loves this ground though and is top class when it's like this." The Fugue's trainer John Gosden was notably relieved after the his filly had recorded the second Group 1 victory of her career. "It's lovely to have a nice home-bred filly like this," said Gosden. "I'm happy for her as I thought she'd get very near to the colts in the Eclipse but she was very ill afterwards and that wasn't her running. "We had to miss the Nassau as a result but it meant she was on top form for this race and it's all come right. In truth, we really should have won last year as she came to win the race but a driving thunderstorm meant the jockeys couldn't see what they were doing. "I thought she had it won but she was just nailed on the line. She's made up for it this year though." Venus De Milo plugged on to finish second while 6/1 shot Secret Gesture was back in third.
