Chicquita, who fell when leading an allowance race in May and later finished second in the French Oaks on June 16, won Saturday’s $524,000 Irish Oaks at The Curragh, her first career win in her fourth start.Ridden by Johnny Murtagh, Chicquita (9-2) finished a half-length in front of 6-1 Venus de Milo in the Group 1 race for 3-year-old fillies, despite drifting across the track in the final furlong. The incident was the subject of a stewards’ inquiry, but there was no change to the order of finish. Just Pretending (8-1) was third in the field of seven. Riposte, the 9-4 favorite, was in contention until the final quarter-mile and faded to finish fifth.Just Pretending set the pace, with Chicquita second or third for the first mile of the 1 1/2-mile race. Murtagh urged Chicquita to the front in the final furlong and caught Just Pretending late. Venus de Milo closed from fifth to finish second.Trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre for Paul Makin, Chicquita, an Irish-bred by Montjeu, had the lead in an allowance race at Saint-Cloud in France in May when she fell 50 yards from the finish. She rebounded to finish second by four lengths to Treve in the Group 1 French Oaks at Chantilly last month.After the Irish Oaks, Royer-Dupre said that Chicquita could start in the Group 1 Prix Vermeille at Longchamp in Paris in September.