4.55 1m. 9 Declared. Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes (Group 1) of €400,000.00 3-y-o plus
1st - €240,000.00 2nd - €80,000.00 3rd - €40,000.00 4th - €20,000.00 5th - €12,000.00 6th - €8,000.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - SAFFRON BEACH is an in-form, dual Group 1 winner who handles soft ground. Runner-up in last year's English 1,000 Guineas, she reversed form with Mother Earth to win October's Sun Chariot Stakes, gave away weight to win impressively at Royal Ascot in June and won a Deauville Group 1 last month. Homeless Songs, with 4lb in hand over the selection on adjusted ratings, impressively won the Irish 1,000 Guineas when beating subsequent Oaks winner Tuesday into second. Connections have waited for safe ground all summer but Homeless Songs nonetheless encounters softer ground than she has raced on and meets a dependable, high-class selection. Tenebrism, a maiden winner on soft, won a Deauville Group 1 in July before finishing second to the selection at that venue last month. Pearls Galore, runner-up in last year's controversial renewal, finished behind both the selection and Tenebrism at Deauville in August and runs in first-time cheekpieces. Agartha has soft-ground form and won recently, but needs to improve.
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