Bolger opts for Irish Oaks with Lush Lashes

JIM BOLGER set punters another conundrum when coming out in favour of the Darley Irish Oaks over the Epsom equivalent after Lush Lashes stylishly scored in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York.

The County Carlow handler ruled one-time ante-post favourite New Approach out of the Vodafone Derby to head to the Curragh instead and a similar path is likely to be taken by the daughter of Galileo.

The Goffs Fillies Million winner finished a staying-on sixth in the 1000 Guineas earlier this month and relished the step up to a mile and a quarter from a mile under Kevin Manning.