of a look around, but he did it nicely". On 11 July Oxted was stepped up to the highest class to contest the Group 1 July Cup over six furlongs at Newmarket in which he was ridden by Fallon and started at odds of 12/1 in a twelve-runner field. Golden Horde started favourite while the other contenders included Hello Youmzain, Brando, Khadeem, Sceptical (Woodlands Stakes), Threat (Gimcrack Stakes), Equilateral (Scarbrough Stakes), Southern Hills (Windsor Castle Stakes), Namos (Silberne Peitsche) and Sir Dancealot (Lennox Stakes). Oxted tracked the leaders as Golden Horde set the pace before gaining the advantage in the last quarter mile and keeping on well to win by one a quarter lengths from Sceptical with the favourite a neck away in third. After the race Fallon said "He's very fast and versatile, he's won over five and a half and seven, he goes on soft and quick. It shows what a good horse he is and I was just a passenger on a very good horse". Shortly after the race the gelding underwent surgery to remove an ulcer from his throat. Oxted returned to the track for the British Champions Sprint Stakes over six furlongs on soft ground at Ascot Racecourse on 17 October and started the 9/1 fifth choice in a sixteen-runner field. He was among the leaders from the start and gained the advantage a furlong out but was overtaken in the closing stages and finished fifth in a blanket finish behind Glen Shiel, Brando, One Master and Art Power. In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Oxted was rated on 120, making him the equal 40th best racehorse in the world. 2021: five-year-old season Pedigree References External links Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Oxted 2016 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 6-e