Seventh Heaven led home stable companion Found to provide Aidan O'Brien with a one-two in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday.

Last year's Breeders' Cup Turf heroine Found was the marginal favourite at 2/1, bidding to get back on the winning trail after a hat-trick of runner-up finishes at Group 1 level against the boys.

Seventh Heaven was sent off at 100/30 in the hands of Colm O'Donoghue as she aimed to prove last month's surprise victory in the Irish Oaks was no fluke.

O'Brien fielded four runners in all and it was the least fancied of the quartet Pretty Perfect who took the field along for much of the mile-and-a-half journey.

As she began to falter halfway up the home straight, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Queen's Trust moved smoothly towards the front, but the Ballydoyle big guns were waiting in the wings.

Seventh Heaven showed the best turn of foot to grab the lead and galloped all the way to the line to score by two and three-quarter lengths.

Found had to make do with second spot once again, with Queen's Trust a long way clear of the rest in third.

O'Donoghue said: "These are Ryan's (Moore) rides, hopefully we're looking after them for him and he's getting back soon. She's a very good filly. She was obviously a classic winner coming here and was getting the weight allowance from some older fillies, so we made use of it. She's tough and genuine and has a great temperament and a beautiful action. This is what we all work every year for. It's nice to get the opportunity and to take it."

O'Brien was delighted with the performances of both the winner and the second. He said: "We were delighted with Seventh Heaven at home and Colm gave her a beautiful ride. She came forward lovely from the Curragh and we thought the track and ground and trip would suit her well. The lads will decide what they want to do, but she's a lot of options.

"She's a beautiful traveller and is a massive, rangy filly that handles fast ground very well. She has plenty of class and has the option of all those fillies races and there's the option of the Filly & Mare Turf in America (Breeders' Cup)) at the end of the year. I'd say she's going to make a real four-year-old, because she's big and rangy."

Of Found, the trainer added: "She was just ready to start, but she'd an awful lot of class and we knew that. She got a little bit tired and Seamus (Heffernan) looked after her. The plan was to go to the Curragh (Royal Whip Stakes on Sunday) and then maybe go to Leopardstown (Irish Champion Stakes) and then maybe go to France for the Arc.

"We came out a bit earlier as we were going to leave US Army Ranger running by himself at the Curragh. Nothing might change from the plan. The lads will see the horses run at the weekend and the pattern should become apparent after that."

Chris Richardson, for owners Cheveley Park Stud, said of Queen's Trust: "It was no disgrace to finish third to those two fillies - a classic winner and a Breeders' Cup winner. Michael said she seems to be effective over that trip as well as over 10 furlongs. We'll see how she comes out of the race and then see what to do. There are options abroad we may consider, but she will only get better."

Charlie Appleby blamed the ground for Endless Time's disappointing effort. He said: "Her ability got her into the race, but she wouldn't let herself down on that ground."

FRANKEL WINNER

Red-hot favourite Fair Eva could only finish third as Queen Kindly claimed victory in the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes.

The Roger Charlton-trained Fair Eva had looked every inch a top-class prospect on her racecourse debut at Haydock and after following up with another impressive display in the Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot, the daughter of Frankel was a prohibitively priced 4/11 market leader in this Group 2 contest.

Queen Kindly - another daughter of the mighty Frankel and out of 2009 Lowther-winning mare Lady Of The Desert - had won two of her three previous starts for Richard Fahey, both at Catterick, and was a creditable third in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot in between.

Pat Smullen settled Fair Eva at the rear of the field for much of the six-furlong journey, with Jamie Spencer similarly patient aboard 9/2 chance Queen Kindly.

Fair Eva came with her effort on the wide outside, while Queen Kindly had to be brave go between horses to mount her challenge.

Aidan O'Brien's Duchess of Cambridge Stakes winner Roly Poly was also in with a chance as the big trio headed inside the final furlong almost in a line, but it was Queen Kindly who saw it out best to beat the Irish raider by three-quarters of a length, with Fair Eva the same distance away in third.

Spencer said: "The odds never reflected her chances.

"She ran at Ascot and Seamie (Heffernan) rode a very clever race on the winner (Brave Anna). When I was coming with my run, I had to wait for him to go and she couldn't get to grips on the soft ground.

"Every time you ride her she gets chunkier and more powerful and she never missed a beat today.

"She was running away in behind. I was worried what I was going to say to Jaber (Abdullah, owner) two furlongs out when I couldn't get a run, because he told me not to get boxed in.

"Anyway, we got out and she was gutsy and tenacious.

"She's very professional and at this stage of her career, she's probably ahead of the rest of them.

"She's a gorgeous filly and Richard fancied her. He said 'don't worry about the other Frankel (filly, Fair Eva), we know what we've got."

The Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket on September 24th appears the likely next port of call, but Fahey admitted to having doubts about whether she will ultimately stay a mile.

Fahey said: "She didn't have a good experience at Ascot, so we were quite happy to drop her back in grade (at Catterick). It was more a working canter for us and it's done her no harm today.

"It was easy on the eye to watch there. It just looked a bit tight about a furlong and a half out, but once the gap opened I knew she'd pick up. I kept an eye on the other filly (Fair Eva), but half a furlong out I thought it was ours.

"Physically she's getting stronger. Her best bit of work was last week, which is always good when you're coming into a race like this. From day one she has been very easy to train - a strong filly, great mind and doing everything right with loads of speed.

"I've got to speak to the whole team. The Cheveley Park is the obvious plan. I'd just be a bit worried she might not be a Guineas filly. We'll have to see."

Coolmore representative Kevin Buckley said of Roly Poly: "We're very pleased with her, she got the ground she likes again. We have to be happy as we were conceding 3lb to the winner. Seamus (Heffernan) was very complimentary, it looks like she's been beaten by a good one. I don't know the plans but we'll be searching for that ground again."

Charlton said of the beaten favourite: "I've got no excuses. Pat said she ran flat. She was never going that well at any stage, she got a bit warm beforehand but nothing too bad. They've run a quick time and were five lengths clear, but we don't have an answer. We'll reassess before making any plans."

BALLYMACOLL STAR

Abingdon put herself in the picture for the Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster with a solid performance to lift the EBF & Sir Henry Cecil Galtres Stakes.

Having just the fifth start of her career, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained filly got on top in the final furlong and a half to come home by a length and a quarter from To Eternity in the hands of Andrea Atzeni. The slowly-away Pandora made good late ground to take third place, just half a length away.

"She's going the right way. She's a typical Ballymacoll (Stud) horse. She's a big girl and is late maturing. I liked the way she did it today," said Stoute of his 13/8 favourite. There's no doubt she's getting better. I think she could get a little bit further.

"We'll just go home and think about it. The Park Hill at Doncaster is a possibility but we'll just wait and see. She's big leggy filly so she'll love tracks like here at York, Doncaster and Newbury. Andrea said she wasn't doing too much but when he picked her up he was pleased with the response."

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