Talented but wayward filly Chicquita has given her Australian owner Paul Makin victory in the Irish Oaks despite a dramatic sideways shift inside the final stages of the Classic.

A maiden before Saturday, the Alain de Royer Dupre-trained Chicquita would have been an easy winner at Saint-Cloud in May but for hanging badly before colliding with a hedge and falling.

She was also awkward when second in the Prix de Diane at her last start and gave Johnny Murtagh plenty to think about at The Curragh, finishing virtually on the stands side.

Her drift started at the furlong (200m) pole but such was her turn of foot she was still able to prevail in a blanket finish from Venus De Milo despite crossing in front of her close to home.

A stewards' inquiry was called after the half-length success but the placings remained unaltered.

"It is quite different to my last winner of this race, Shawanda, because she was unbeaten and this one, she had never won before," de Royer-Dupre said.

"Her temperament is very interesting because she is very quiet in training, she never does anything wrong and in the afternoon sometimes she goes to the left and she wants to come back too early, she is quite tricky to ride in a race.

"Johnny Murtagh did well as she is not easy to ride. He got her relaxed and I told him when he asked her, to do it gently and not to surprise her.

"She's a great filly, she is the best filly I have in my yard. That's why I decided after she fell back in Saint-Cloud to go straight away to the Prix de Diane because I know she has talent.

"I'll never know why she flew into the hedge at Saint-Cloud that day, I think she wanted to come home too early.

"She will probably go now for the Prix Vermeille and then maybe the Arc."

Stan James cut Chicquita to 20-1 for the Arc in October while Ladbrokes introduced her at 16-1.

Makin has enjoyed European Group One success in the past with 2004 Australian Derby winner Starcraft who won the 2005 Prix Du Moulon at Longchamp before beating Dubawi in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket.

Starcraft now stands at Australia's Arrowfield Stud.