Bolger has one eye on Oaks for Galatee

Racing:  Jim Bolger's Galatee is on the road to recovery and will be aimed at the Irish Oaks next month.

Racing:  Jim Bolger's Galatee is on the road to recovery and will be aimed at the Irish Oaks next month.

The unbeaten filly was supplemented for the English equivalent last week and was the subject of a sizeable ante-post gamble before last Friday's Classic at Epsom.

But connections were forced to withdraw her because of an elevated white blood cell count.

Bolger told the Racing Post that Galatee, who also holds an entry for the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, is making good progress and is now being primed for the Irish Oaks on July 16th.

"She'll hopefully be back in full work within a week and we'll take it from there," he said. "We'll be looking at the Irish Oaks with her."

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