Jamie Spencer will renew his association with Irish 1000 Guineas winner Tarascon in the Vodafone Oaks on Friday, the filly's trainer Tommy Stack confirmed yesterday.

The 17-year-old jockey made the most of his first ride in a Classic when he produced the daughter of Tirol with a tremendous late burst to beat Kitza by a neck.

"It was a great win for Jamie," remarked Stack. "It's asking a lot of him to do the same in a race like the Oaks but he is well capable."

Tarascon has already made the journey to Epsom and the Thomastown Castle trainer is very happy with her progress since the Guineas.

"She travelled over to Epsom last night. She did a little bit of work yesterday morning and we've sent her as good as we can have her," he said.

Tarascon is by a 2,000 Guineas winner out of a mare who stayed two miles but Stack is not totally convinced she will get the mile and a half on Friday.

"Her mother stayed well but her sire just got a mile and Tarascon won the Guineas with a good turn of speed so we'll have to wait until the race to find out if she really stays," Stack added.

"She is better on good fast ground but it doesn't look as though we are going to get it - we'll just have to take what we get."

One black mark against the filly is her occasional aversion to starting stalls.

When she contested the Sagitta 1,000 Guineas she became very unruly at the start and ran no sort of race finishing tailed off last of 16 behind Cape Verdi, and at the Curragh Spencer also reported her "a bit scared going in".

"Let's just hope she goes in the stalls OK but you know what these girls are like," concluded the trainer.

One trainer who is convinced his filly will get the Oaks trip is Clive Brittain, who is aiming Nell Gwyn Stakes winner Cloud Castle at the £200,000-added contest.

Cloud Castle was a strong-finishing fourth in the 1,000 Guineas and was again outpaced in the early stages of the Irish equivalent. She kept on well in the final furlong at the Curragh and finished just three lengths behind Tarascon.

"She's been beaten because of racing on fast ground over a mile," said Brittain. "The ground was a bit quicker than we expected in Ireland.