The Sandown novice stakes won last year by subsequent Oaks second Emily Upjohn has been turned into a win-and-you're-in contest for the Epsom Classic.
The contest, run over a mile and a quarter on the Gordon Richards Stakes card in late April, is one of 63 races given a significant prize-money injection as part of the BHA's plans to create a series of developmental races to support horses at the beginning of their careers and the domestic breeding industry.
The £30,000 purse increase encouraged Sandown head of racing and clerk of the course Andrew Cooper to put the race forward to be the first of its type to provide the winner with automatic entry to the Oaks.