Homecoming Queen faces seven rivals as she attempts to follow up her surprise victory in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in the Etihad Airways-sponsored Irish equivalent at the Curragh on Sunday.

La Collina is set to try her luck in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 27 following her creditable effort in the Newmarket equivalent.

It has been incredibly quiet for me of late as the ground is terrible and it means that I am not able to get the horses out that I want to, both over jumps and on the flat.

John Oxx has his fingers crossed Emiyna has made sufficient improvement to take a hand at the business end of the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Sunday.

Master trainer John Oxx has already established himself as a national treasure thanks to his feats with such as Sea The Stars, Alamshar, Sindaar and Azamour in recent years. Ahead of the weekend’s Guineas meeting, he is hopeful of another classic winner. Declan Colley reports.

John Oxx expects to have two runners in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 22.

So You Think could be set for a mouthwatering clash with last year’s Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Workforce after making a successful European debut.

THE John Oxx-trained Emiyna earned a crack at the Group 3 Athasi Stakes at the Curragh when justifying 5/4 favouritism in the opening Fund Raising Made Easy At Dundalk Maiden in Dundalk last night.

CNOCANDANCER may join her stablemate Lolly For Dolly in the Irish 1,000 Guineas following her recent debut success.

KEVIN Prendergast’s Faranadooney can oblige at the third time of asking in the Ingard Point Maiden at Wexford this evening.

Connections of Pollen are looking to step the filly up in class after she finished with a rattle to land the Keatley Groundcare Irish Lincolnshire at the Curragh.

Elletelle, winner of the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot last summer, will be trained with a crack at the Boylesports Irish 1000 Guineas in mind.

Johnny Murtagh took the honours on the first day of the new Irish Flat season by booting home a 879-1 treble at the Curragh.

The Group Three Lodge Park Stud EBF Park Express Stakes went the way of Joseph Murphy's Ardbrae Lady (7-1).

Breeders’ Cup Turf runner-up Ace again had to settle for second place when chasing home Alayan in the Group Three High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh.

BY any standards a quite incredible story.Vintage Tipple’s amazing success in yesterday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh was simply stranger than fiction.

CASHMANS have installed unlucky Epsom Oaks second, Yesterday, as the 2-1 favourite for the Irish equivalent, the Darley Oaks, at the Curragh on Sunday.

LEOPARDSTOWN’S Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial is one of eight Irish races which have been upgraded by the European Pattern Committee at its meeting in Stockholm.

Leopardstown’s Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial is one of eight Irish races which have been upgraded by the European Pattern Committee at its meeting in Stockholm.