WHAT a pleasure it was to see the late Gerry Oldham’s silks being carried first past the post in a group event. It happened at Saint-Cloud last Sunday in the Prix Edmond Blanc when Kalsa ran on well inside the final furlong to defeat the favourite Menardais by three-parts of a length.

The Irish-bred daughter of Whipper, now a four-year-old, certainly appears to be improving with age as she had previously lifted a listed event at Fontainebleau and, like many produce of her sire, likes a testing surface.