Irish Oaks report: Alexandrova provided her trainer Aidan O'Brien with a memorable first success in yesterday's Darley Irish Oaks and in the process indicated a haul of two classic victories may not constitute the summit of an already brilliant career.

Just as at Epsom, Alexandrova delivered a flamboyant last-to-first performance that saw her record a four-length victory over Scottish Stage and provoke streams of compliments from O'Brien and her jockey Kieren Fallon.

"She's very brilliant. She has an ability to quicken like I've never seen in a filly. Her change of speed is so rapid. She's special," gushed O'Brien while Fallon added: "I would say she is as good a filly as I've ridden. The world is hers at the moment."

Already in his meteoric career, O'Brien has saddled 12 Irish classic winners but even with the power of Ballydoyle probably providing regular additions to that tally in the future, Alexandrova is unlikely to become just a historical footnote.

Ten other fillies have landed the Epsom-Curragh double in the past but not even superstar names like Ouija Board and User Friendly have brought it off with such obvious élan. Not surprisingly, the Ballydoyle plan beforehand was not run-of-the-mill.

"Kieren said if they trotted, he would walk. And if they walked, he would stand still. He was very confident and wanted to challenge last," O'Brien said.

"Maybe if the others stood still, he'd have gone backwards!"

In the event, there was no need to worry about pace as the rank outsider Flyingit led them to the straight at a good lick.

Alexandrova was still last of the six runners but as Scottish Stage went for home, Fallon secured a run up the inside rail and despite the fast ground Alexandrova quickly had the race under control.

The French Oaks winner Confidential Lady was a big disappointment and beat only the pacemaker home but Fallon insisted: "It was a proper Oaks with a Ribblesdale winner and a French Oaks winner. There might have been a small field but it was real quality."

Whether the jockey will be able to ride Alexandrova in her next start in the Yorkshire Oaks could end up a matter for the High Court in London but Fallon may team up with the champion filly again in the Arc in October.

Alexandrova is already a 10 to 1 shot for the Paris feature and O'Brien declared: "She would be good enough for the Arc because she has that electric turn of speed."

"We will stick to the fillies at the moment and probably go for the Yorkshire Oaks and see about taking on the colts after that.

"She wouldn't mind dropping back to 10 furlongs and the Irish Champion Stakes could be an option," added O'Brien.

Regional Counsel sprang a 12 to 1 shock in the Group Three Anglesey Stakes when Declan McDonogh powered Kevin Prendergast's colt through in the closing stages to beat the English raider Sadeek by a neck.

There was better luck for the raiders, though, in the other Group Three, the Minstrel Stakes, as the heavily backed favourite, Jedburgh, pounced to beat Noelani by a neck.

Odds-on backers, however, got their fingers burned in the seven-furlong maiden as the Ballydoyle newcomer, Red Rock Canyon, a half-brother to the ill-fated Horatio Nelson, got turned over by another debutant, Teofilio.

The winner was headed at the furlong pole but fought back well to win by a neck and confirm trainer Jim Bolger's high opinion of him.

"He's a proper horse, a horse with a future. We might step him up to a mile or alternatively he could run next in the Tyros Stakes," said Bolger, who also indicated a tilt at the National Stakes in September is a possibility.

Nina Carberry added to her 2001 Women's Derby success on Sabrinsky when Tour De Force was a length too good for Swiss Cottage.

It was a good result for trainer Eoin Griffin, whose Anglesey favourite, Finicius, was later an unlucky fifth, and he said: "We weren't going to declare only Nina became available at the last minute. She was brilliant."

The season's leading rider, Johnny Murtagh, kept up his strike-rate on board Quinmaster in the last while Blessyourpinksox secured a valuable Listed win in the Kilboy Stakes for trainer Peter Casey.