Record 13th Silken Glider For Aidan O’Brien as Sugar Island Makes All in Curragh Feature

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Westerberg and Coolmore's Sugar Island (Dubawi) was a well-beaten ninth of 10 in this month's G1 Fillies' Mile and bounced back in style to make all for an impressive success in Tuesday's one-mile G3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes, formerly known as the Silken Glider Stakes, at the Curragh. The win extended Aidan O'Brien's record haul in the contest to 13.

“She's a big, galloping filly who stays very well and Wayne [Lordan] gave her a lovely ride,” commented Ballydoyle's Chris Armstrong. “She had a very good run at Doncaster in a Group 2 and last time, in Newmarket, it just didn't work out on quick ground, so we just put a line through it. She's a filly with a touch of class and it's lovely to get that stakes victory for her. She looks like a perfect middle-distance filly and, hopefully, she progresses nicely over the winter. We could bring her back for an Oaks trial next year.”

The 5-1 chance, who had previously run third in September's G2 May Hill Stakes, broke well for an early lead and remained on the front end throughout. Rowed along passing the quarter-mile marker, she kicked clear approaching the final furlong and was ridden out in the closing stages to comfortable account for Thundering On (Frankel) by 2 3/4 lengths.

 

Sugar Island (Dubawi) leaves her Fillies' Mile run behind with victory in the Group 3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes for @waynemlordan and @Ballydoyle @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/vaHiRf1crc

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) October 21, 2025

 

Pedigree Notes
Sugar Island is third of four foals and one of three winners produced by a winning full-sister to Group 1-winning distaffers Minding (Galileo), Tuesday (Galileo) and Empress Josephine (Galileo) as well as G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial victrix Kissed By Angels (Galileo). Minding, in turn, is the dam of G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes hero Henry Longfellow (Dubawi). Sugar Island is a granddaughter of G1 Coronation Stakes and G1 Matron Stakes heroine Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer). The March foaled bay's dam Heaven On Earth (Galileo), who was bred to Justify this year, has already produced G3 Give Thanks Stakes runner-up Mother Nature (Justify) and has a yearling filly by Wootton Bassett to come.

 

Tuesday, Curragh, Ireland
STAFFORDSTOWN STUD STAKES (SILKEN GLIDER STAKES)-G3, €72,600, Curragh, 10-21, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:43.68, hy.
1–SUGAR ISLAND (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
                1st Dam: Heaven On Earth (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Lillie Langtry (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Hoity Toity (GB), by Darshaan (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Westerberg, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Westerberg; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. €36,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 5-2-0-1, $74,615. *1/2 to Mother Nature (Ire) (Justify), GSP-Ire & SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Thundering On (GB), 128, f, 2, Frankel (GB)–Thundering Nights (Ire), by Night Of Thunder (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Shapoor Mistry; T-Joseph O'Brien. €12,000.
3–Ice Dancer (Ire), 128, f, 2, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Lugnaquilla (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore; T-Aidan O'Brien. €6,000.
Margins: 2 3/4, 4 3/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 5.00, 6.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Cameo (Ire), Stars Will Shine (Ire), Caught U Sleeping (Ire), Ifweonlyhavelove (Fr), La Fogata (Ire).

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