Birdie lines up in Cambridge Bye Bye Birdie will represent Aidan O'Brien in the Group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (formerly the Cherry Hinton) at Newmarket on Friday. The Oasis Dream filly bounced back to form with an all-the-way victory in the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes at the Curragh recently. She had failed to fire in the Queen Mary previously and will again face Clive Brittain's Rizeena who was an impressive winner at at Royal Ascot. Tim Pitt's One Chance, who ran a big race when third at 66-1 in the Queen Mary, renews rivalry, as does the fourth that day, Fig Roll. The latter has since gone on to take the Empress Stakes at Newmarket for trainer Richard Hannon. Godolphin's Fire Blaze is another Queen Mary also-ran hoping for a better effort this time over an extra furlong. Lucky Kristale and Princess Noor, who were sixth and ninth respectively to Kiyoshi in the Albany Stakes at the Royal meeting, also line-up. The list is filled by easy Ayr maiden scorer Queen Catrine from the Kiyoshi stable of Charlie Hills.
