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Last Updated: Tuesday, 12 July, 2005, 16:36 GMT 17:36 UK
Oaks star Eswarah swerves Curragh
Eswarah wins the Oaks at Epsom
Three fillies have been added to the field for Sunday's Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh but Epsom winner Eswarah is not among them.

The Michael Jarvis-trained Classic winner is now likely to wait for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Stakes or the Nassau Stakes.

The three supplemented - at a cost of 40,000 euros (�27,500) - are Hazariya, Shawanda and Right Key.

Twenty-one fillies were left in the race at the five-day declaration stage.

Trainer Frances Crowley's Saoire heads the home defence as she tries for a Classic double following her victory in the Irish 1,000 Guineas.

John Oxx, who trains Hazariya, also has the option of running Allexina and Behkiyra.

Also left in is Jim Bolger's Epsom third Pictavia and the Con Collins-trained Chelsea Rose, winner of the Moyglare Stud Stakes last year.

Aidan O'Brien has Briolette and Mona Lisa in the race.

There are potentially six British challengers, headed by John Gosden's recent Lancashire Oaks winner Playful Act.

John Dunlop's Ribblesdale Stakes winner Thakafaat and stablemate Cassydora are other possibles, along with Luca Cumani's Dash To The Top, Sir Mark Prescott's Songerie and the Mick Quinlan-trained Subtle Affair.




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