Curragh Report:Peeping Fawn took revenge on her Epsom conqueror Light Shift in some style in yesterday's Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh and she did so despite circumstances appearing to conspire against her beforehand.

Kieren Fallon's fall in France the previous evening resulted in John Murtagh getting a last-minute call up to take the ride on Aidan O'Brien's star and the new partnership powered three and a half lengths clear of Light Shift to secure Murtagh a fourth win in the fillies' classic.

However there was other pre-race drama when O'Brien reported to the stewards that Peeping Fawn had shown in season in the morning and that information was announced on track.

That no doubt contributed to Peeping Fawn's drift to 3 to 1 in the betting but O'Brien for one was not concerned about the horse coming into season.

"She did the same before she won her maiden at Naas," he explained afterwards. "We only told the stewards in case she ran badly for some reason and then no one could say that they hadn't been told."

On yesterday's evidence, O'Brien's team could be persuaded to time Peeping Fawn's appearances on a monthly basis because she overpowered a class field with a panache that makes it hard to believe it took her four goes to land a maiden.

"If she had a proper trainer, she'd have won before that!" grinned O'Brien who will consider Goodwood's Nassau Stakes for Peeping Fawn's next start.

"She has one of the best pedigrees in the world and has a great constitution. When fillies like that start to progress, there is no knowing where they will end up. She seems to be improving every day."

One of the first to congratulate O'Brien was Light Shift's trainer Henry Cecil who pointed to the very testing ground conditions as an excuse for the runner-up who nevertheless was clear of the third, All My Loving.

"The second is a very good filly and we know the third is good. But Peeping Fawn is really stepping forward all the time. She progressed from the Irish Guineas to Epsom, then on to the Pretty Polly and now here. With Alexandrova likely to run in the Yorkshire Oaks, we will consider the Nassau for this one," O'Brien added.

It's tempting to suspect that if Myboycharlie was housed in Ballydoyle, there would be no freely available 25 to 1 about the unbeaten colt for next year's 2,000 Guineas because the Tommy Stack trained charge annihilated his Anglesey Stakes opposition by seven lengths.

"We were worried about the very gluey ground but he could hardly have won any easier," admitted Stack's son, "Fozzie", who added: "We will look at the Gimcrack at York and then maybe either the National Stakes or the Dewhurst. He's a very, very good horse."

Stack was back in the winners enclosure, and setting his own sights on the Nassau Stakes, after Alexander Tango battled back to beat She's Our Mark in the Listed race.

"She acts so well on the fast that we were worried about the ground for her too. We will look at the Nassau. She seemed to stay well today," he added.

Redstone Dancer, who is in foal to Refuse To Bend, justified an €8,000 supplementary fee into the Group Three Minstrel Stakes with a defeat of Hard Rock City that provided trainer Sheena Collins with a glimpse of the high life.

"I know now how Aidan (O'Brien) feels all the time. It's a good feeling!" she laughed.

"It's not often you get ground like that at this time of year but it suits her."

Decado justified favouritism in the Group Three International Stakes when outpointing Cougar Bay in the closing stages.