16.25
SoftCoolmore America ‘Justify’ Matron Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies & Mares)
- Prize money: £195041.32
- 1m 0f 0y
- 11 runners
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Runners: 11 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
12/1
Form: 12-442 BF
Last run: 55 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 3 (4) |
3rd May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Possibly unsuited by soft ground; record of 0-8 since debut success doesn't do her justice, with three good efforts at Group/Grade 1 level (1m/1m3f) among her form; leading player on ratings returned to turf with AW reappearance under her belt. |
4/1 |
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3rd 4 (2) |
28th Mar 2026 Standard To Slow 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
She is yet to add to her debut success (6f, Polytrack; only AW run thus far) but was highly tried last year and finished fourth in Group 1 events on three occasions, notably the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (1m3f, firm) when last seen in November; down in trip/grade for her return and she looks a major player. |
5/2 |
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9 (4) |
4th Oct 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Second in a Group 3 here last season; her fourth in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot was her career high but probably surpassed that form when a rallying fourth to Fallen Angel in the Group 1 Matron at Leopardstown; seems able on most ground and not beyond the realms that she'll have some role to play in the finish. |
16/1 |
100/1
Form: 1-142 D
Last run: 22 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 6 (6) |
10th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Second in a Listed race at Killarney last year; likely to find this company too demanding, though worth noting she was aimed higher in the Matron Stakes. |
16/1 |
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10th 4 (13) |
12th Oct 2025 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 5lb |
C&D maiden winner last year and followed up on seasonal return at Fairyhouse in June; highly-tried since, including beaten 6l in Group 1 Matron Stakes, well below best on heavy ground latest; place claims back on better ground. |
15/2 |
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1 (3) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Won 1m Naas maiden on only start at three; has confirmed a fair standard form this year; however, this is very ambitious following her 6l fourth behind Vera's Secret in a 7f Group 3 event here in June and Listed second at Killarney last month. |
100/1 |
2/1
Form: 24-631 D
Last run: 41 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 1 (2) |
14th May 2026 Good 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 5lb |
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 |
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10 (8) |
18th Oct 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
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 |
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3 (3) |
4th Oct 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 5lb |
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 |
33/1
Form: -16672 D
Last run: 13 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 (2) |
19th Oct 2025 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 4lb |
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 |
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3 (6) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
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 |
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6 (10) |
31st Aug 2025 Good 0m 7f 110y |
9st 7lb |
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 |
20/1
Form: 111-83 D
Last run: 98 days
W: 9st 7lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 9 (1) |
8th May 2026 Good 1m 2f 70y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Admirable mare who is 12-21 on turf including wins at Group 3/Listed level; has winning form over C&D, but will need to improve plenty on her reappearance effort at Saint-Cloud in March if she is to play a part here. |
33/1 |
12/1
Form: 15-141 CD
Last run: 65 days
W: 9st 7lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 (10) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Late-starter but rapid improver in handicaps last year and has stepped up again this year, making all for 4l win in a 7f fillies' Group 3 at this venue in May; found life tougher a fortnight later in Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes at the Curragh over a mile, solid run when 3l behind the high-class Porta Fortuna; made all to win 7f Group 3 here two months ago. |
12/1 |
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1 (8) |
10th Jul 2025 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 12lb |
Late-starter but rapid improver in handicaps last year and has stepped up again this year, making all for 4l win in fillies' Group 3 over C&D in May; found life tougher a fortnight later in Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes at the Curragh over a mile, albeit solid run when 3l off classy Porta Fortuna; down in grade and trip and front-runner could take plenty of catching. |
9/4 |
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4th 8 (1) |
25th May 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Huge filly was a late-starter but a rapid improver in handicaps last year, including winning over C&D; ran away with a 7f Group 3 at Leopardstown on return last time; stays this trip well and is a big player if this doesn't come too soon after such a big performance. |
4/1 |
16/1
Form: 11768 D
Last run: 41 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 (6) |
4th Oct 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Didn't make her debut until April and second time out beat the subsequent Coronation Stakes winner Cercene in a Group 3; has come up short in Group 1s won by Cinderella's Dream and Fallen Angel in her last three races, though she got closer to the Burke filly at Leopardstown when emerging from well of the pace in a first-time tongue-tie; that good to yielding ground was the slowest she's faced but wouldn't be exposed just yet. |
12/1 |
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6 (11) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Unraced at two; beat the subsequent Coronation Stakes winner Cercene in a Group 3 at the Curragh on second start; has run in three Group 1s since then, seventh in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, sixth in the Falmouth; eighth behind Fallen Angel in the Prix Rothschild. |
16/1 |
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5 (7) |
11th Jul 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Unraced at two; came up short in the Irish 1,000 Guineas most recently, losing her unbeaten record (2-2 previously) and failing to confirm Group 3 placings with Cercene who has admittedly franked the form by landing the Coronation Stakes since; bottom on ratings in this field. |
25/1 |
25/1
Form: 042070 D
Last run: 20 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 1 (6) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Dual AW winner; stand-out turf display was her second to Lake Victoria in Irish 1,000 Guineas (City Of Memphis fifth); failed to go on from that run last season, and now 0-15 on turf; struggled in race won by Celestial Orbit here early last month; better effort before fading into fourth behind City Of Memphis on latest. |
14/1 |
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4th 3 (4) |
10th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Dual AW winner; stand-out turf display was her second to Lake Victoria in Irish 1,000 Guineas (City Of Memphis fifth); failed to go on from that run last season, and now 0-14 on turf; pleasing return to action when landing 1m conditions race at Dundalk; held by Princess Child on last month's Curragh running. |
12/1 |
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9th 4 (7) |
3rd Apr 2026 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 11lb |
Dual winner on the AW who has ran some cracking races in defeat; standout effort when 2.25l second to Lake Victoria in Irish 1,000 Guineas over C&D in May; didn't go on from that run last season but made a smooth return to action when landing 1m conditions race at Dundalk easily 28 days ago; first-time visor applied; soft ground a worry. |
8/1 |
9/2
Form: -32312 D
Last run: 44 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 (4) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Third in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, 1 3/4l off runner-up California Dreamer; sprang 33-1 success surprise in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot; no match for the front-running Whirl when stepped up 1m2f in the Nassau; coped well considering she was the outsider of five and running on ground that contrasted sharply with the quick surface she enjoyed at Royal Ascot. |
9/2 |
14/1
Form: -24656 C
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15 (3) |
18th Oct 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Some good runs in defeat in Group races this season, the best of them when close second to Fallen Angel in the Matron at Leopardstown (1m, good to yielding) in September; very soft ground may not have suited at Longchamp a fortnight ago but others have a lot more substance to their claims. |
50/1 |
|
10 (1) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Won 7f 2yo Group 3 here last October and started the new season with a 7f Group 3 second here; has come up short in four Group 1 outings since then, including sixth behind Cercene in the Coronation and fifth behind Fallen Angel in the Prix Rothschild. |
14/1 |
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11 (10) |
23rd Aug 2025 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Won 7f 2yo Group 3 last October and has hinted in two 1m Group 1s in France this season that 7f may be her best trip; Aidan O'Brien's sole representative and worth a second look but others have more substance to their claims. |
14/1 |
15/8
Form: 2-8322 BF
Last run: 41 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16 (4) |
18th Oct 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Close second against her own sex in two 1m Group 1s this summer, beaten a head by Fallen Angel on the second occasion; there have been possible excuses on her last two starts, namely cheekpieces then very soft ground, but she's still hard to fancy after those below-par runs; a tongue-tie goes on. |
50/1 |
|
11 (7) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Ended last season with second to Desert Flower in the Fillies' Mile; well beaten in the Irish 1,000 Guineas on reappearance; showed that to be all wrong when third to Cercene in the Coronation and runner-up in the Falmouth; best effort yet when making Fallen Angel pull out all the stops in the Prix Rothschild. |
15/8 |
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7 (1) |
11th Jul 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Ballydoyle filly who needed her reappearance run in the Irish 1,000 Guineas; very consistent otherwise and duly bounced back with a good third in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot (good to firm); the pick of the 3yos on ratings and another step forward is possible; solid. |
15/8 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €14.90 |
| Straight Forecast | €9.71 |
| Tricast | €154.25 |
| Trifecta | €262.80 |
Selections
The Irish Sun:
Fallen Angel