Dancing bids for Oaks double

WILLIAM Haggas is keen to see if Dancing Rain can follow up her victory in the Oaks at Epsom with success in the Darley-sponsored Irish equivalent at the Curragh tomorrow.

Many believed the filly benefited from a fantastic front-running ride by Johnny Murtagh last month and that those behind her were at a disadvantage. So much so that the runner-up at Epsom, Aidan O'Brien's Wonder Of Wonders, is an odds-on favourite with most bookmakers to turn the tables.

Haggas said: "We'll see whether it was just a fantastic ride by Johnny (Murtagh] at Epsom or if she was good enough to win. She's a long-striding filly and is a lengthener, rather than a quickener, and needs a gallop.

"If there is no gallop she'll have to make it (the running]. She seems to have come on since Epsom and, at the moment, we feel she is in good shape." Dancing Rain and Wonder Of Wonders are among a final field of nine to have been declared. O'Brien has also confirmed Gemstone and Amazing Beauty, but has taken out impressive Pretty Polly winner Misty For Me, who also claimed the Irish 1,000 Guineas.

Jim Bolger runs Banimpire and Hurricane Havoc, while Godolphin send out 1,000 Guineas winner Blue Bunting and the supplemented Rumh.