15.35
Good To FirmJuddmonte International Stakes (Group 1)
- Prize money: £748217.56
- 1m 2f 56y
- Class 1
- 6 runners
Runners: 6 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
7/4 (Won)
- Win: £2.75
- Place: £1.35
Form: 11-212 D BF
Last run: 46 days
W: 9st 8lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 5 (2) |
17th Oct 2026 Good 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Beaten just over 2l by Calandagan when runner-up in this race last year (good) but has excelled at Ascot otherwise, posting extremely impressive wins over C&D in the last two runnings of the Prince of Wales's Stakes at the Royal meeting (good to firm); things didn't go to plan when fourth in the International at York in August last time, when he ended up in a tricky position; his supporters can have optimism that he will give Calandagan much more of a race than 12 months ago, provided he bounces back to his best. |
15/8 |
|
4th 3 (1) |
19th Aug 2026 Good 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Impressive in this race last year (good to firm) and took Group 1 tally to four with 4l win in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m2f, good to firm) in June last time; star 3yo Constitution River is a new rival but this fellow will be very tough to beat if producing his brilliant best. |
6/5 |
|
1st 6 (8) |
17th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Won this by 2l last year (good to firm) and he's added two further Group 1 wins since; confirmed his wellbeing when defying a penalty in the Group 3 Brigadier Gerard at Sandown (1m2f, good) three weeks ago following a two-month break; this is a tougher line-up than 12 months ago and he was runner-up to Daryz's stablemate Calandagan in the Champion Stakes over C&D (good) last October, so he's not bombproof, but he has extremely strong credentials. |
11/8 |
15/8
- Place: £1.70
Form: 2-1191 D
Last run: 46 days
W: 9st 1lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 126
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 9 (4) |
18th Oct 2025 Good 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Ballydoyle colt who is progressive in the main; justified favouritism in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown (good to yielding) most recently, taking his form figures over 1m2f to 11121 and overall strike-rate to 6-11; unable to match Ombudsman's late acceleration in the International but had got up late on to collar that rival in the Eclipse and is set for another gripping rematch. |
3/1 |
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1st 5 (8) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 2f 0y |
9st 3lb |
Won two Derby trials over C&D and bounced back from Epsom failure to win the Eclipse at Sandown (1m2f, good to firm); deserved much credit for overhauling Ombudsman late on, having found trouble in running in the straight; beaten by the same top-class rival at York; reputation largely restored all the same; major player for stable denied six in a row in this last year. |
10/11 |
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2nd 6 (3) |
20th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 1lb |
Won two Derby trials this spring and bounced back from Derby disappointment to win the Group 1 Eclipse at Sandown (1m2f, good to firm) last month; he deserves immense credit for overhauling Ombudsman late on last time having found trouble in running in the straight and got behind, and it was a performance that suggests he could take plenty of beating today. |
15/8 |
100/1
Form: 32-644 D BF
Last run: 43 days
W: 9st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 1 (6) |
20th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Two 1m2f Listed wins in 2023 and he's run well in some Group and Listed races since; supplemented at a cost of £85,000 last week and will reportedly be a pacemaker for Ombudsman; a pacemaker won the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood but it's hard to be optimistic that lightning will strike twice. |
100/1 |
6/1
Form: 5-5133 CD
Last run: 20 days
W: 9st 5lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 5 (7) |
17th Oct 2026 Good 1m 3f 211y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Won Group 2 at York (1m2f, good) in May for the second year running; otherwise this year she's been a notch or two below her best form and is now 0-14 in Group/Grade 1 races, albeit with latest start (in Canada) her third very close call in one; new trip today in bid to break that deadlock. |
25/1 |
|
3rd 2 (1) |
30th Jul 2026 Good 1m 1f 197y Class 1 |
9st 9lb |
Beaten just a neck in this race in 2024 (good to firm) and heavy ground was against her when a below-par third 12 months ago; won the Group 2 Middleton Stakes at York (1m2f, good) this May for the second year running; well beaten in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot last month and now 0-13 in Group 1 races, but she's still entitled to respect back against her own sex. |
9/2 |
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6th 8 (6) |
17th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
8st 13lb |
Secured back-to-back Group 2 Middleton wins at York (10.5f, good to firm/good) last month; went very close to making Group 1 breakthrough in the Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp (1m2f, very soft) last October but beaten just over 4l by Ombudsman when third in this last year (good to firm) and it's likely that her limitations will again be exposed today. |
16/1 |
11/2
Form: 163-11 D
Last run: 137 days
W: 9st 8lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 (4) |
20th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Won 2024 Japanese Derby (1m4f, good to firm) and posted his second top-level win in the Dubai Sheema Classic (1m4f, good) in April when last seen; drops back in trip but he's not short of pace and he had subsequent King George winner Calandagan in second at Meydan, so his form reads extremely well. |
11/2 |
9/1
Form: 1111 D
Last run: 52 days
W: 9st 1lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 3 (2) |
17th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
He made it five wins from his first seven starts when winning the Arc at Longchamp (1m4f, very soft) last October, beating Minnie Hauk by a head, and he's confirmed that brilliance this season with comfortable Group 1 wins at Longchamp in the Prix Ganay (10.5f, good) and the Prix Aga Khan IV (1m1f, soft); this race will take a lot more winning than his last two contests and it's possible that 1m4f is his optimum trip, but he's a leading player nevertheless. |
2/1 |
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6th 5 (1) |
20th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 1lb |
Made it 4-4 (all at about 1m2f, good-soft) when winning Group 2 Prix Eugene Adam at Saint-Cloud in June last time; others have lots more substance to their form but he did it readily off a steady gallop and this blue-blooded 3yo has Group 1 potential, especially when getting a stronger pace which seems likely here; connections' Calandagan was second in this last year; respected. |
9/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £7.00 |
| Straight Forecast | £5.58 |
| Trifecta | £133.30 |
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