G1 Qipco 1000 Guineas winner and heavy G1 Investec Oaks favourite Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) headlines 24 acceptors for the Oaks at the latest declaration stage on Wednesday. Minding is the 4-7 favourite with Coral for the June 3 Classic and is one of 10 confirmations for trainer Aidan O'Brien, who also left Group 1 winner and 1000 Guineas runner-up Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) eligible, as well as Listed Cheshire Oaks winner Somehow (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). O'Brien trains six of the top seven current betting choices with Coral.
Third in the betting, and remaining eligible for the Oaks, is another Irish shipper, the Jim Bolger-trained Turret Rock (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (12-1). The most prominent British-trained filly in the betting, at 20-1, is Chris Humber's Architecture (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), second in Lingfield's Listed Fillies' S. May 7.
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