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Last year's Irish Oaks winner Chicquita is among a field of 10 declared for the Qipco British Champion Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

The filly, who cost six million euros at Goffs in November, will be having her third start for the Aidan O'Brien stable having been well beaten in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp earlier this month.

Johnny Murtagh's We'll Go Walking is the other Irish raider, while French interests are represented by the John Hammond-trained Pollyana.

Silk Sari and Albasharah, who were supplemented on Monday, will take their chance.

The Luca Cumani-trained Silk Sari staked her claim when winning the Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster, while the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Albasharah was also added to the field at a cost of £35,000 after she was victorious in a Listed event at Newmarket last week.

Bin Suroor has also declared Tasaday, while last year's winner Seal Of Approval is in the mix again for James Fanshawe - although she could finish only fourth behind Silk Sari at Doncaster last time.

Ralph Beckett's Cubanita, the Roger Varian-trained Hadaatha and Madame Chiang from David Simcock's stable make up the list.