Six for O´Brien in the Oaks Aidan O´Brien will field six fillies as he goes in search of a third successive Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Sunday. Team Ballydoyle will be fronted by Moonstone, still a maiden after three starts but one who finished a highly-creditable second to Look Here in the English equivalent of the 12-furlong Classic last month. O´Brien will also be represented by Adored, Gentle On My Mind, Honoria, Perihelion and Ice Queen. The latter could finish only sixth in the Pretty Polly Stakes last time, a race in which Dermot Weld´s Mad About You took second behind Promising Lead. Weld´s charge is still seeking her first win in Group One company but has not been out of the frame in her last four races at the top table and returns to her own age group. She will be joined by stablemate Chinese White, a disappointment in the Oaks at Epsom, while Jim Bolger relies on Prima Luce. John Oxx saw Katiyra finish third behind Look Here on the Downs in June and will be hoping his filly can go two places better. French interest focuses on Andre Fabre´s Gagnoa, second to Zarkava in the Prix de Diane last time, while Festival Princess, Rosa Grace and Silk Affair complete the 14-runner line-up. Katiyra has continued to please since finishing third at Epsom, with connections buoyed by the fact she was not far behind Moonstone despite appearing not to handle the track particularly well. Pat Downes, racing manager for owner the Aga Khan, said: "We´re looking forward to seeing her run again and she had a nice, easy time of things after her run at Epsom. I think John Oxx has been very happy with her work since he started stepping her up again ahead of Sunday. "One of our concerns going to Epsom was her lack of experience as she´d only had two runs under her belt at that point and I suppose horses either enjoy Epsom or they don´t. On the day we don´t feel that she enjoyed it and I think she should be better suited to the Curragh." Chris Catlin, the current champion jockey on the all-weather, is gearing up for his ride on Rae Guest´s Rosa Grace. After a pleasing return to action behind Michita at Goodwood in May, the Lomitas filly ran out an impressive winner over 10 furlongs in Listed company at Newbury. Catlin said: "I´m really looking forward to it. I can´t wait to ride her again and I´m hoping for a good run. This filly gave me a really good feel when she won at Newbury last time. She won her race as soon as she got some daylight but I thought better ground would suit her."
