Ylang Ylang Anchors 15 Left In The Betfred Oaks

Ylang Ylang is one of the stars in the Oaks | Tattersalls

The Coolmore partners' Ylang Ylang (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is one of five Ballydoyle fillies remaining in the G1 Betfred Oaks on May 31 after the latest entry stage.

The Group 1 winner of the Fillies' Mile last October, the bay was fifth in the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas for Aidan O'Brien. She could be joined by the stakes-placed Rubies Are Red (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), as well as Sunday's G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas runners Opera Singer (Justify), who won the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac, the dual group-placed Buttons (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), and Everlasting (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who was third in the G3 Salsabil S.

Ralph Beckett will saddle as many as four, including Listed Cheshire Oaks heroine Forest Fairy (Ire) (Waldgeist {GB}), the stakes-placed Seaward (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Treasure (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), and Listed Oaks Trial Fillies' S. victress You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}).

Karl Burke has G3 Prix Penelope winner Making Dreams (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) entered, while Group 3 scorer Dance Sequence (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) represents Charlie Appleby, and G3 Musidora S. heroine Secret Satire (GB) (Advertise {GB}) is signed on for Andrew Balding.

Rounding out the field are Group 3 winners Caught U Looking (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}) for Noel Meade and Dermot Weld's Ezeliya (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), and listed heroine War Chimes (Fr) (Summer Front) for David Menuisier.

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