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Savethelastdance heads Aidan O'Brien team in Darley Irish Oaks

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Savethelastdance could have stablemate Warm Heart among eight rivals when she has another crack at Classic honours in Saturday's Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh.Aidan O'Brien's charge was sent off favourite for the Betfred Oaks at Epsom after a 22-length demolition job in the Cheshire Oaks, but she could not quite catch Soul Sister and was beaten a length and three-quarters.Fellow Ballydoyle runner Warm Heart appears to be her chief threat, with that filly stepping up from a Newbury Listed win to claim the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

O'Brien also has Be Happy, Lambada and Library in the field, while his son Joseph can call on Ribblesdale runner-up Lumiere Rock.The Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking is familiar with Warm Heart, having been beaten a head at Newbury and just under four lengths when third at Ascot.Dermot Weld's Azazat and the Jim Bolger-trained Comhra complete the list of possibles.Elsewhere, Art Power, who has has won each of his three starts at the Curragh for Tim Easterby, leads 11 contenders for the Barberstown Castle Sapphire Stakes after finishing a fair fourth in the July Cup last weekend.Karl Burke's ParisLongchamp Group Three winner White Lavender has been supplemented for the five-furlong contest, which also features Ladies Church, Go Athletico and Moss Tucker.Emily Dickinson could drop back to a mile and six furlongs in the Comer Group International Curragh Cup after coming home fourth over two and a half miles in the Gold Cup at Ascot.Fellow Aidan O'Brien contenders include Broome and Gooloogong, winner of a Navan maiden, with Joseph O'Brien's Duke of Edinburgh Stakes winner Okita Soushi a possible for the Group Two affair.Valiant King, who was just touched off by Desert Hero in the King

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