Sundrop looks like a ray of hope in Oaks

Racing Epsom Preview: Sundrop can defy her status as Godolphin's second string to take the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom today.

Frankie Dettori has chosen to partner stable-mate Punctilious over the Sunday Silence filly in the mile-and-a-half Classic - and he could have left Australian rookie Kerrin McEvoy with a winning mount.

Both horses have sound claims, but Sundrop already has Group One form in the book and her credentials stand up to the closest inspection.

As a juvenile, Sundrop won an all-weather maiden before finishing an unlucky second to Red Bloom in the Fillies' Mile at Ascot, where Punctilious was a short head back in third.

Sundrop then picked up where she left off in the UltimateBet.com 1,000 Guineas, finishing a half-length second to Attraction, despite coming from a unfavourable low draw which left her wide of the field.

She was making up ground on Attraction hand over fist, which would suggest Sundrop can only improve for a step up in distance, and she looks the pick.

Aidan O'Brien's All Too Beautiful did not make her racecourse debut until March but she has done nothing wrong in two starts, though the full-sister to Galileo has not met much in the way of opposition to date.

All Too Beautiful can split the Godolphin pair, with Tattersalls Musidora Stakes winner Punctilious expected to claim third.

Elie Lellouche's Vallee Enchantee can give the French their first success in the Vodafone Coronation Cup for eight years.

Swain, who was then with Andre Fabre, was the last Gallic raider to land the Group One prize, but this four-year-old filly has sound claims.

The daughter of Peintre Celebre produced the run of her life in Hong Kong last December to repel the late challenge of Polish Summer in the Hong Kong Vase.

Warrsan and Imperial Dancer, who reoppose here, were behind her in that Group One event, which showed that Vallee Enchantee was equally as effective on fast ground as on easy going.

Her reappearance in the Prix Ganay last month did not go to plan as Dominique Boeuf was blocked in on the rails just as she was about to start her challenge, and Vallee Enchantee was left with nowhere to go as Execute took the race.

The race will have put her spot-on for this and she can open her account for the season.

The Vodafone Temple Stakes switches to Epsom from Sandown for the first time this year and Bishops Court can take full advantage of the change as long as he gets the flip start right.

The 10-year-old is already twice a course and distance winner, having taken the 'Dash' in 1998 and 2001, but he has yet to win at this level, although he won a French Group Three in 1998.

This would not be the strongest renewal of the race, though, and Lynda Ramsden's veteran can exploit that fact to the full.

Uhoomagoo makes a quick reappearance after his win at Doncaster last week in the Vodafone Mile. Kevin Ryan is keen to strike while the six-year-old is in form and he can take this £40,000 (€60,000) event on the way to Royal Ascot.

Glenn Innes was second to Punctilious in the Musidora and a repeat of that form can see her take the Princess Elizabeth Stakes.

David Loder's filly was six lengths behind the winner at York, but the step back in trip against slightly weaker opposition can see her on target.