Overview

• Godolphin announced on August 29 that Ruling Court was put down after developing complications from laminitis.
• The Justify colt captured the 2025 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, part of a standout weekend that also featured Desert Flower’s 1,000 Guineas win.
• He never finished outside the first three in six starts, placing third in both the St James’s Palace Stakes and the Coral-Eclipse in his final two runs.
• Purchased for €2.3 million at the Arqana breeze-up in May 2024, he also won the Jumeirah 2000 Guineas at Meydan in March.
• Plans for the Derby were abandoned when he was declared a non-runner on the day due to softening ground, Appleby said in a statement expressing deep sadness.