THE world is True Love’s oyster after proving in a different league to her Gain Railway Stakes rivals - becoming the first filly to win the Group 2 since Eva Luna in 1994.

Only four went to post for the race won by French Guineas hero Henri Matisse 12 months ago, and just one of them counted - the 1/2 favourite. The Coolmore partners’ Queen Mary Stakes star was ridden with a little restraint and blitzed her rivals by five lengths without being asked tough questions.

Speaking after his record-extending 14th win in the race, Aidan O’Brien said:”Obviously she's fast so we weren't sure that she'd get six furlongs. I suppose we were finding out a little bit about her really. She was a Queen Mary winner so it was very hard for Ryan not to ride her. We couldn't be happier with her, really.”

Paddy Power trimmed True Love to 16/1 for next year’s 1000 Guineas, though she looks set to remain at six furlongs for the immediate future at least.

O’Brien said: “Obviously the Phoenix Stakes would be there for her as well as the Prix Morny and the Cheveley Park. It was a Group 2 today and she'd be ready for one of those Group 1s now."

John Magnier added: “She's a good individual and she's very well bred, it's the Galileo family. There is a real pedigree there and a pedigree like that is like a road map, anything can happen."

New promise

The last half dozen renewals of the seven-furlong Juddmonte Chaldean Irish EBF Maiden has showcased a host of high-class sorts, including The Lion In Winter, Henry Longfellow, Al Riffa, Mac Swiney and Russian Emperor, so it’s worth giving due respect to those who fought out the finish of this year’s running.

O’Brien supplied the 1-2-3 in the Irish Oaks day opener, as 10/11 favourite New Zealand clung on by a nose under Ryan Moore to deny an eyecatching Isaac Newton (Jack Cleary), while the third-placed Action (Wayne Lordan) made a most pleasing debut of his own when running on late. The trio all look to have blacktype potential.

“He's a lovely big horse who hasn't a clue what he's doing yet," said O'Brien.

"He's massive, the power and the size of him. We'll go gently and let him come on. He learned a lot from the first day, we liked him before then and he was very green. I know he's not short of speed but he looks like a big middle-distance horse. He's a brave type too."