Sons of the late Red Ransom have been getting a lot of airplay in Australia at present as a significant group of them retire to stud this spring, so many breeders will be interested to see that Snow Fairy, winner of the Group One English Oaks at Epsom overnight is sired by another of his sons in Intikhab, reports www.breednet.com.au.It reports: A decision to pay the late entry fee and add the Ed Dunlop trained Snow Fairy to the field for the Oaks paid big dividends when she unleashed a powerful

Sons of the late Red Ransom have been getting a lot of airplay in Australia at present as a significant group of them retire to stud this spring, so many breeders will be interested to see that Snow Fairy, winner of the Group One English Oaks at Epsom overnight is sired by another of his sons in Intikhab, reports www.breednet.com.au.

It reports: A decision to pay the late entry fee and add the Ed Dunlop trained Snow Fairy to the field for the Oaks paid big dividends when she unleashed a powerful burst to snatch victory by a neck from Meeznah (Dynaformer) at odds of 9-1. Her win gave jockey Ryan Moore his first victory in an English Classic.

"It was a very rough race, I decided to stay back to give her a chance. She had a good turn of foot and quickened up," Moore told Racing Post. "The pace slackened off in the middle part and probably helped us stay the trip. I was always confident from three out and she quickened up real smartly. It's great to win the Oaks."

Bred and raced by Cristina Patino, Snow Fairy won one race at Lingfield last year from six starts, but looked to have made a quantum leap when she resumed this year with a win in the Listed Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood, her performance enough to encourage connections to pay the 20,000 pound late entry for the Oaks.

Snow Fairy is from the Charnwood Forest mare Woodland Dream, a half-sister to German Group Three winner Big Bad Bob. Snow Fairy is the second Group One winner for Red Ranson horse Intikhab who was a high class sprinter miler for Godolphin and now stands at Derrinstown Stud in Ireland at a fee of 5,500 euros.