May 26 / 15.45 Curragh

15.45

Good

Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas (Group 1) (Fillies)

  • Prize money: £247826.09
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • 13 runners
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Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas (Group 1) (Fillies)

Runners: 13 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.75
  • Place: £1.70

Form: 1211-8 C BF

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Acts on soft and good to firm; very progressive over 7f last season; won the Sweet Solera at Newmarket and the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes here, accounting for Vespertilio; lack of a run may have counted against her in the 1,000 Guineas and still command respect on her juvenile form
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4th

1

(2)

14th May 2026

Good

1m 2f 56y

Class 1

15:30 York

Fallen Angel

9st 5lb

J: James Doyle

T: K R Burke

Won three 1m Group 1s against her own sex last year, namely the Prix Rothschild, Matron and Sun Chariot (all good/good to yielding); tackles 1m2f for just the second time on her seasonal return (wasn't strong at the finish when fourth in the 2024 Prix de l'Opera on previous attempt but it was only just short of her best RPR at the time); has to carry a 3lb penalty and wasn't at her best on her reappearance in 2024 or 2025; top mare but there are reasons to oppose her this time.

11/4

10

(8)

18th Oct 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:25 Ascot

Fallen Angel

9st 3lb

J: James Doyle

T: K R Burke

Has won Group 1s against her own sex in her last three starts (1m, good/good to yielding), namely the Prix Rothschild, the Matron and the Sun Chariot; this is tougher and the last time she took on males she was sixth of eight in the Lockinge in May, but that was her reappearance and the fast ground may not have suited; this front-runner can make a bold bid.

7/1

3

(3)

4th Oct 2025

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

14:40 Newmarket

Fallen Angel

9st 5lb

J: James Doyle

T: K R Burke

Last year's Irish 1,000 Guineas winner; last three races in cheekpieces; didn't look in love with the fast ground when just behind Cinderella's Dream at Royal Ascot but has since been typically tenacious in winning Group 1s at Deauville (good) and Leopardstown (good to yielding); looks as good as ever and she's uncomplicated filly who will race close to the lead; hard to knock.

9/4

8/1

  • Place: £2.90

Form: 11-1 C

Last run: 49 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Won a 6f Cork maiden last July on debut; ground was good then and also when she beat today's Opera Singer here in August; did well to preserve her unbeaten record on heavy ground in a 7f Group 3 event at Leopardstown seven weeks ago; now has 14lb to find with Opera Singer on official ratings, but capable of a big run nonetheless.
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3rd

5

(7)

12th Jul 2024

Good To Soft

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

A Lilac Rolla

9st 0lb

J: W J Lee

T: P Twomey

raced far side, prominent

9/2

2nd

1

(6)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

A Lilac Rolla

9st 2lb

J: Colin Keane

T: P Twomey

prominent

8/1

2nd

1

(6)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

A Lilac Rolla

9st 2lb

J: Colin Keane

T: P Twomey

prominent, headway when ridden over 1f out, went second and kept on final 110yds, no match for winner

8/1

2/1

  • Place: £1.65

Form: 81211- CD

Last run: 238 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Useful form without looking like a potential star in her first three races; beaten a head by A Lila Rolla over 7f here on her third start; bolted up in a C&D Group 3 in August and ended the campaign with a powerful front-running performance in the Prix Marcel Boussac; placed horses have done nothing to boost the form; needs to train on better than two talented half-siblings.
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1st

8

(8)

1st Aug 2024

Good To Firm

1m 1f 197y

Class 1

15:35 Goodwood

Opera Singer

9st 1lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Ballydoyle filly who was impressive in the Prix Marcel Boussac on final 2yo start; solid second in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) six weeks ago with reappearance under her belt; big player provided she stays this new trip (mixed messages on breeding).

2/1

2nd

5

(9)

21st Jun 2024

Good To Firm

0m 7f 213y

Class 1

15:45 Ascot

Opera Singer

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Justify filly whose progressive 2yo campaign culminated in an impressive performance in the Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp (1m) where she drew clear for a 5l success on ground that was faster than the official good to soft; likely to be at concert pitch with reappearance (below-par third in Irish 1,000 Guineas) under her belt; remains of strong interest.

13/8

3rd

9

(13)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

Opera Singer

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

briefly disputed lead early, prominent after 2f

2/1

10/1

Form: 1-32 BF

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Odds-on when winning six-runner maiden at Leopardstown last summer (talented stablemate Content was third); not seen for ten months, came home well from off the pace when third to A Lilac Rolla in 7f Group 3 at Leopardstown; modest gallop probably proved her undoing in 1m Group 3 at Leopardstown a fortnight ago.
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4th

5

(10)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

Buttons

9st 2lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

midfield

10/1

4th

5

(10)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

Buttons

9st 2lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

midfield, headway on near side of group under 2f out, ran on and went fourth towards finish

10/1

2nd

2

(5)

12th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

14:25 Leopardstown

Buttons

9st 2lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Odds-on when winning six-runner maiden here last summer (talented stablemate was third); not seen for ten months; came home well from off the pace when third in strong Group 3 here in April and looks to be crying out for this trip and probably further; a danger to all with that run under her belt.

2/1

5th
11 (8)
Purple Lily

9/1

Form: 1-12 D BF

Last run: 29 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Ran green and not everything went right, but still managed to win on debut in a 7f soft-ground Galway maiden last August; impressed in accounting for Aidan O'Brien-trained Portland at Naas in March; already beaten when rider lost his irons late in 1m2f Group 3 at Navan; return to 1m should suit.
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12th

5

(5)

20th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

1m 1f 100y

14:52 Gowran Park

Purple Lily

9st 7lb

J: W J Lee

T: P Twomey

Smart filly last year; was just beaten by the Oaks winner Ezeliya in a Navan Group 3 before running creditably in the Irish 1000 Guineas and Oaks; a close third in the Group 2 Blandford Stakes on final start; well below that level at Roscommon on return but is the best horse in this race if returning to form; visor added.

4/1

9

(3)

1st Jul 2025

Good To Yielding

1m 4f 17y

19:38 Roscommon

Purple Lily

9st 6lb

J: W J Lee

T: P Twomey

Smart filly finished third in last year's Irish Oaks and later in season recorded similar RPR when close third in Group 2 Blandford at the Curragh; not the strongest finisher but the one to beat on seasonal return.

9/4

3rd

9

(2)

15th Sep 2024

Good

1m 2f 0y

14:25 Curragh

Purple Lily

9st 2lb

J: W J Lee

T: P Twomey

midfield, waiting for room under 3f out, went second under 2f out, kept on

3/1

OUR TIP
6th
3 (2)
Azada

10/1

Form: 1-

Last run: 218 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to four Australian winners, including the top-class The Autumn Sun, who handled soft ground and won six of his seven races, including five Group 1s; dam, by Galileo, an unraced half-sister to Azamour; looked potentially smart when scoring over 7f at Leopardstown on only start at two; this is an ambitious by trainer seeking a third consecutive win in the race.
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4th

2

(1)

30th Aug 2025

Good

1m 1f 0y

15:27 Curragh

Azada

9st 7lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: D K Weld

Naas Listed winner last year and career-best on latest of three runs this term, only outpaced late by 1l winner on first attempt at 1m2f in Group 3 Meadow Court Stakes here last month (good-to-yielding); ground to suit and cheekpieces now tried so one to consider.

5/1

3

(3)

20th Jul 2025

Good

1m 2f 0y

14:30 Curragh

Azada

9st 5lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: D K Weld

7f maiden winner on heavy and 1m Listed winner on yielding last term; outclassed in a Group 2 on return (behind One Look) but did better back in Listed company when a 3.5l third at Leopardstown (1m1f, good); a bit to find with some of these but rain would help her cause.

12/1

3rd

5

(8)

5th Jun 2025

Good

1m 1f 0y

17:55 Leopardstown

Azada

9st 7lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: D K Weld

Heavy ground juvenile maiden winner over 1m at this venue; ran creditably on return last year in the Irish 1000 Guineas; and ended a four-race campaign with a 1m Listed win at Naas; should be better for her reappearance in a Group 2 race at the Curragh and will be more at home in this grade.

13/2

100/1

Form: 32- BF

Last run: 263 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Slowly away and ran a green when third on debut here last August; beaten odds-on favourite in four-runner Cork event on only other start; can be left out of calculations.
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7

(2)

19th Oct 2025

Yielding

1m 0f 0y

14:25 Leopardstown

Queen Of Thunder

9st 4lb

J: W J Lee

T: K J Condon

Highly-tried filly with just a Killarney maiden win to her name but only denied by narrowest margin in Group 3 Fairy Bridge Stakes at Tipperary in August (yielding) and wasn't disgraced when under 5l off winner in Group 1 Matron Stakes over C&D last month; place claims.

13/2

3

(6)

13th Sep 2025

Soft

1m 0f 0y

16:25 Leopardstown

Queen Of Thunder

9st 7lb

J: Shane Foley

T: K J Condon

Seventh of 13 behind Fallen Angel in last year's Irish 1,000 Guineas; back from long absence to win 1m Killarney maiden in May; ran her best race of the season when a short head second in a Group 3 event over a little shorter than this at Tipperary 13 days ago.

33/1

6

(10)

31st Aug 2025

Good

0m 7f 110y

16:00 Tipperary

Queen Of Thunder

9st 7lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: K J Condon

Seventh of 13 in last year's Irish 1,000 Guineas; back from long absence to win 1m Killarney maiden in May; failed to build on that when unplaced in a 1m Listed race at Navan in June; not disgraced in sixth in a 7f Group 2 event at the Curragh; found 6f inadequate at Naas last Sunday; may do better now.

8/1

8th
13 (9)
Skellet

12/1

Form: 412- BF

Last run: 226 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to Moyglare winner Skitter Scatter; might well have justified favouritism with a clear run on debut at Sandown and then won snugly at Salisbury; went close against Dance Sequence in Group 3 at Newmarket in October, winner finished second in the Nell Gywn and ninth the 1,000 Guineas.
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6

(4)

30th Aug 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

14:25 Sandown

Skellet

9st 6lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Ralph Beckett

Ended her 3yo campaign with a C&D Listed success on good under Hector Crouch last September; appealed as the sort to kick on again at four but well held in Epsom Group 3 won by Spiritual on reappearance and not seen since.

12/1

7

(5)

7th Jun 2025

Good

1m 0f 113y

Class 1

13:00 Epsom

Skellet

9st 8lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Ralph Beckett

Seems versatile ground-wise; lightly raced 4yo who had cheekpieces added for last two starts in 2024 when going close in a 1m1f Group 3 at Chantilly and edging ahead close home in 1m Listed contest at Sandown; more is needed but she could be the type to do better still.

9/2

9/2

Form: 3212-3 C

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Course Group 2 winner over 7f in the Debutante Stakes, before a fine second to Fallen Angel (disappointing at Newmarket) in the Group 1 Moyglare in September; proved that she had trained on well with an excellent third in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, when not ideally drawn and running on well from off the pace; strong contender.
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7th

10

(2)

28th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

0m 6f 0y

15:12 Curragh

Vespertilio

9st 4lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: W McCreery

Two-time winner; beat My Mate Alfie by a short head in a listed heat over C&D (good) in June; didn't uphold that form in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes; much more like it in the Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes at Naas on latest when chasing home Sky Majesty; ground versatile and should be in the mix again.

11/2

7

(9)

24th Aug 2025

Good

0m 5f 205y

15:25 Naas

Vespertilio

9st 7lb

J: Nathan Crosse

T: W McCreery

7f Group 2 winner as a juvenile, and runner-up in the Group 1 Moyglare Stakes; Classic-placed in France last year before found wanting in subsequent Grade 1 attempts; sights have been lowered this season; twice fourth in Pattern races before landing 6f Listed at the Curragh in June; lacked the pace to make a major impact in a 6f Group 3 at the same venue on latest.

7/1

6th

10

(13)

9th Aug 2025

Good

0m 6f 0y

15:25 Curragh

Vespertilio

9st 4lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: W McCreery

7f Group 2 winner here as a juvenile, and runner-up in the Group 1 Moyglare Stakes; Classic-placed in France last year before found wanting in subsequent Grade 1 attempts; sights have been lowered this season; twice fourth in Pattern races before landing 6f Listed event here on latest; second My Mate Alfie is 7lb better off.

9/1

100/1

Form: 74-302 BF

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Dan won this in 2007 but she is still a maiden and is likely to be well out of her depth; second in a 1m2f maiden since finishing with only one behind her in 7f Group 3 won by A Lilac Rolla.
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9th

7

(4)

13th Aug 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 4

19:45 Kempton (AW)

Finsceal Luas

9st 13lb

J: Jack Mitchell

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

It took her nine starts to win in Ireland (did run in Group company a couple of times); twice backed out of contention having made running/disputed lead for new yard this time around (both 1m); watching brief advised on AW debut.

16/1

20/1

Form: 21-251 D

Last run: 12 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Gowran maiden winner; reappeared much improved in first-time hood to finish second in C&D Group 3 in March on heavy; drop to 7f probably unsuitable when only fifth behind A Lilac Rolla at Leopardstown on similar ground; drop in class and return to 1m did the trick in 1m Killarney event; will stay further than this on that evidence.
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12th

2

(12)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

Alpheratz

9st 2lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: Joseph G Murphy

Gowran maiden winner; reappeared much improved in first-time hood to finish second in C&D Group 3 in March on heavy; drop to 7f probably unsuitable when only fifth behind A Lilac Rolla at Leopardstown on similar ground; drop in class and return to 1m did the trick in 1m Killarney event; will stay further than this on that evidence.

20/1

12th

2

(12)

26th May 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Curragh

Alpheratz

9st 2lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: Joseph G Murphy

Gowran maiden winner; reappeared much improved in first-time hood to finish second in C&D Group 3 in March on heavy; drop to 7f probably unsuitable when only fifth behind A Lilac Rolla at Leopardstown on similar ground; drop in class and return to 1m did the trick in 1m Killarney event; will stay further than this on that evidence.

20/1

20/1

Form: 22582-

Last run: 239 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Only narrowly beaten in the 7f Chesham at Royal Ascot and again second in a Group 3 here next time; however, below that level behind Vespertilio in the Debutante and behind Fallen Angel in the Moyglare; found her form again when dropped in trip for the Cheveley Park, taking second behind Porta Fortuna, the trip may be an issue.
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11th

13

(5)

24th Jul 2024

Good

0m 5f 205y

18:20 Naas

Pearls And Rubies

9st 3lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

raced far side

7/1

10th

19

(9)

22nd Jun 2024

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

16:25 Ascot

Pearls And Rubies

9st 0lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: A P O’Brien

Runner-up last year in the Chesham over C&D and 6f Cheveley Park at Newmarket (both on good to firm) but folded tamely in the Irish 1,000 Guineas on her reappearance; perhaps 1m stretched her stamina that day but she has something to find even so and Ryan Moore prefers River Tiber.

50/1

Form: 71-43

Last run: 29 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Showed the benefit of her debut when making most on heavy ground at Galway in late October; satisfactory run in fourth behind stablemate Brilliant in a C&D Group 3 event last month (Alpheratz, second); finished behind Purple Lily over 1m2f at Navan; making up the numbers for Ballydoyle here.
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Payout
Exacta €44.20
Straight Forecast €36.72
Tricast €125.18
Trifecta €140.50

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Vespertilio

The Irish Sun:

Purple Lily

TOPSPEED:

Pearls And Rubies

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Opera Singer

POSTDATA:

Vespertilio