Snow Fairy put up a terrific performance to land the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh and follow up her success in the Epsom equivalent.

Epsom heroine Snowy Fairy will face 15 rivals as she bids to complete a Classic double in Sunday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh.

We are in Miss Jean Brodie territory with this simmering sexual drama set in a 1930s girls’ school where the object of lust is teacher Miss G (Green) who runs the swim team, more swooning than swimming.