✅ Result In

Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (Group 1)

Curragh · Sun 9th Aug 2026 · 16:00
📏 6f 🏷️ Class Class 1 🌿 GOOD TO FIRM 🏟️ Turf 💰 €240,000 🐎 Flat
2nd
Folsom Blues
15/2
Dylan Browne McMonagle
1st
Sun Goddess
5/4F
Ryan Moore
3rd
Velozee
11/1
W J Lee
🏷️
Class
Class 1
📏
Distance
6f
🌿
Going
GOOD TO FIRM
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
€240,000
🐎
Runners
8
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4
Carry The Flag Form: 212917
2y
131 lbs
Ronan Whelan
A P O'Brien
98 33/1
7
Celeron Form: 101
2y
131 lbs
Oisin Murphy
M D O'Callaghan
112 6/4
🥈 2nd
Folsom Blues Form: 312
2y
131 lbs
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
103 15/2
8 2y
131 lbs
J M Sheridan
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
102 28/1
6
The Scallionator Form: 42104
2y
131 lbs
Wesley Joyce(3)
Michael Mulvany
100 100/1
5
Tribeca Form: 102
2y
131 lbs
David Egan
Robson De Aguiar
103 22/1
🥇 1st
Sun Goddess Form: 2121
2y
128 lbs
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien
103 5/4F
🥉 3rd
Velozee Form: 11483
2y
128 lbs
W J Lee
P Twomey
97 11/1
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RACING POST VERDICT

Celeron arrives at the Curragh on a progressive profile that makes him more appealing than his third-place rating suggests, and on good-to-firm ground over six furlongs he has every chance of running past the higher-rated pair above him. Carry The Flag heads the field on ratings and cannot be dismissed, while Sun Goddess and Tribeca both represent live threats in what looks a competitive Class 1 sprint. That said, a horse still moving through the gears offers the most compelling case when the form of those above him may be more exposed. **Celeron** is our selection.

Racing Post Pick
Celeron