ALICE Springs looks bound for the Breeders' Cup Mile on Saturday week after winning the Group 1 Matron Stakes and the Sun Chariot Stakes. She will make it an intriging contest up against current champion Tepin and top sprinter Limato from Britain.

As big as 5/1 with Paddy Power and from Aidan O'Brien's crack three-year-old fillies' team, she is likely to be joined in it by Cougar Mountain.

O'Brien said: "Alice Springs is a very good filly and seems to be getting quicker as the year goes on. She seems to love fast ground and is a strong traveller.

"She seems to be in good form. The filly has progressed with every run and obviously we were very happy with her at Newmarket (Sun Chariot).

"Cougar Mountain will probably go as well. He is a very tough, consistent horse who just wants fast ground and a good pace on. That's when he is seen at his best."

Washington DC is on course for the Turf Sprint after finishing second in the Prix de l'Abbaye at Chantilly. Seventh Heaven and first reserve Pretty Perfect could leave O'Brien double-handed in the Filly & Mare Turf.

And from the powerful Ballydoyle two-year-old team, 6/1 shots Hydrangea and Roly Poly will probably represent O'Brien in the Juvenile Fillies.

Hydrangea was second to stablemate Rhododendron in the Fillies' Mile, while Roly Poly was short-headed last month in the Cheveley Park Stakes.

O'Brien said: "Hydrangea gets a mile well - we saw that in the Fillies' Mile. She's in good form and it's very possible she'll go. Roly Poly would be stepping up in trip but it's possible that she'll go. She'll love the fast ground and we'll find out about the mile."

Intelligence Cross (4/1) and Lancaster Bomber (9/2) head the market for the Juvenile Turf. Intelligence Cross was fourth in the Middle Park Stakes and Lancaster Bomber chased home Churchill in the Dewhurst Stakes.

O'Brien said: "The plan at the moment is for the two of them to go to the Juvenile Turf. Intelligence Cross would love fast ground and going round the bend. The other horse would love the ground, it looks like that he would appreciate going a mile."

Coral have a market on how many winners O'Brien will have at the two-day meeting. They are 6/4 about one success, 5/2 that he will notch two and 13/2 for a record three-plus. They also have him at 5/2 to return home winless.