Overview

• Christophe Soumillon, deputising for the injured Ryan Moore, committed turning for home and grabbed the stands’ side rail to make the race-winning move.
• Aidan O’Brien praised the colt’s “very unusual” turn of foot and said future plans are undecided, including the possibility of retiring him to stud.
• The Leopardstown success is his second Group 1 this season after the Coral-Eclipse and follows a runner-up finish in York’s Juddmonte International.
• Co-owner Michael Tabor called Delacroix “very important” to Coolmore, stressing his acceleration, conformation, and pedigree as stallion credentials.
• The Irish Champion Stakes’ reputation for producing elite sires strengthens the colt’s commercial value within Coolmore’s breeding operation.