Overview
- Sun Goddess won the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday after coming from last to first under Ryan Moore.
- She beat Folsom Blues by about a length and a quarter, delivering Aidan O’Brien his 18th Phoenix Stakes success and his first with a filly.
- Pre-race coverage had named Celeron the top-rated danger following the Railway Stakes, but Sun Goddess’s performance on the day superseded those expectations.
- O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore said the filly showed the pace and scope to handle seven furlongs, and connections are considering the Moyglare, Cheveley Park and longer trips next.
- The Phoenix Stakes is a premier Group 1 for two-year-olds at the Curragh and this win extends O’Brien’s long record of success in the race, built largely between 1998 and 2017.