Blue Bolt (4/5 favourite) won the Group 1 Coolmore America ‘Justify’ Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday afternoon.
The Juddmonte Farms-owned Andrew Balding-trained filly was completing a Group 1 treble, having previously won at the highest level in England and in France.
There is NO STOPPING her
𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐭 makes it five in a row with a demolition job in the G1 Matron Stakes.@AndrewBalding2 | @ctkjockey | @JuddmonteFarms pic.twitter.com/qJbOZ62Xpp
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 12, 2026
Ridden by Colin Keane, the four-year-old daughter of Blue Point was the second part of an Irish Champions Festival double for both the owners and the rider, who had earlier taken the opening Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF Ingabelle Stakes with the Ger Lyons-prepared Máire Rua.
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