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Oaks runner-up bids to set the record straight

Architecture (left) is beaten by Minding in the Oaks
Architecture (left) is beaten by Minding in the OaksCredit: Alan Crowhurst

5.45 Curragh
Darley Irish Oaks | 1m4f, Group 1 | 3yo fillies | RTE2/ATR

For a brief moment, as Frankie Dettori presented her to lead with Minding caught on heels, it looked as though Architecture would win the Oaks. Supplemented at a cost of €40,000, on Saturday she will bid to set the record straight in Ireland's equivalent.

This will be a second attempt at redemption for Oaks runner-up Architecture, who was a disappointing eighth in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot less than a fortnight later.

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