| R7 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 10 September 2022 |
| Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Group 1) G1 3UF&M OPEN ($581,390), 1609m 1:44.36 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 2. PEARLS GALORE (FR) 5yo Mare | P TWOMEY W J LEE | 60.5 $17.00 | |||||||
| INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - PEARL BANKS (GB) | ||||||||||
| SCEA HARAS DE SAINT PAIR | 2nd | 3. SAFFRON BEACH (IRE) 4yo Mare | JANE CHAPPLE-HYAM HOLLIE DOYLE | 60.5 $3.00 | ||||||
| NEW BAY (GB) - FALLING PETALS (IRE) | ||||||||||
| MRS B V SANGSTER, J WIGAN & O SANGST | 3rd | 11. TENEBRISM (USA) 3yo Filly | AIDAN O'BRIEN RYAN MOORE | 58.0 $8.50 | ||||||
| CARAVAGGIO (USA) - IMMORTAL VERSE (IRE) | ||||||||||
| WESTERBERG/COOLMORE/MERRIBELLE STABLES | ||||||||||
| 4th | 7. HOMELESS SONGS (IRE) 3yo Filly | DERMOT K WELD CHRIS HAYES | 58.0 $2.25 | |||||||
| 5th | 8. HONEY GIRL (GB) 3yo Filly | HENRY DE BROMHEAD SHANE FOLEY | 58.0 $126.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 4. AFFOGATO (IRE) 3yo Filly | GER M LYONS C T KEANE | 58.0 $67.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 10. STAR GIRLS AALMAL (IRE) 3yo Filly | HENRY DE BROMHEAD W M LORDAN | 58.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 6. CONCERT HALL (IRE) 3yo Filly | AIDAN O'BRIEN SEAMIE HEFFERNAN | 58.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 1. LIGHTS ON (GB) 5yo Mare | SIR MICHAEL STOUTE CHRISTOPHE SOUMILLON | 60.5 $9.50 | |||||||
What a performance!
Defeated by just a neck in this race last year, Pearls Galore strikes this time and with a vengeance for jockey Billy Lee and trainer Paddy Twomey in the Group 1 Coolmore 'Justify' Matron Stakes in the second Group One highlight on day one of Longines Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown.
