Jean-Claude Rouget | Curragh bid ruled out for Valyra

Jean-Claude Rouget | Curragh bid ruled out for Valyra. Jean-Claude Rouget has dominated out supplementing his unbeaten French Oaks heroine Valyra for the Darley-sponsored Irish equivalent at the Curragh next month.

The 3-year-old was the outsider of three Aga Khan runners within the Prix de Diane however created a formidable performance within the hands of Johnny Murtagh to beat the previously unbeaten Beauty Parlour readily.

Valyra has currently won every of her 3 starts and Rouget is considering consecutive arrange of attack, however she's going to not be lining up in eire on July twenty two.

"She is ok, i'm terribly pleased with her. i do not grasp nevertheless where she's going to run next," said Rouget.

"She can keep in France, however i do not grasp that race she's going to choose.

"I was very happy together with her at Chantilly. She was terribly spectacular."

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O'BRIEN TEAM LEADS BY KISSED

Go Go Go Horserace: O'BRIEN TEAM LEADS BY KISSED. Kissed, a late withdrawal from the Investec Oaks, is among four Aidan O'Brien possibles for the Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly on Sunday.

O'Brien took the unbeaten daughter of Galileo out at Epsom owing to the drying ground, nevertheless still went on to win the fillies' Classic with Was.

The Ballydoyle trainer has conjointly left in Twirl, who was solely eleventh at Epsom, and French a thousand Guineas second Up, moreover as Wonderful, at the most recent forfeit stage for the French equivalent of the Oaks.

Another Irish-trained doable is Princess Highway, trained by Dermot Weld.

She had Was back in third when winning the Blue Wind Stakes at Naas, however has another entry within the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

"She's a stunning progressive filly. it absolutely was a good performance at Naas and it got a good boost within the Oaks from Was," her jockey Pat Smullen told At The Races.

"Obviously Was improved from that run, however Princess Highway has done everything we've asked her.

"She's been progressive all year. She's an enormous rangy filly. She's not an extravagant employee however she looks all right."

The Mick Channon-trained Samitar, winner of the Irish a thousand Guineas, and David Simcock's Palmyra are the 2 English-trained entries left within the Chantilly showpiece.

Samitar, however, is predicted to travel for the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday week.

The home contingent is led by Beauty Parlour, winner of the French a thousand Guineas. She stands her ground, along side her Elie Lellouche stablemate better of All among a complete of eighteen fillies remaining.

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