Folsom Blues
Folsom Blues won by 6 lengths, the widest margin in this race since 2020. Out of the Oasis Dream mare Liwa Palace, the winner is the third different Group 1 winner this season for his sire Blue Point.

Folsom Blues won by 6 lengths, the widest margin in this race since 2020. Out of the Oasis Dream mare Liwa Palace, the winner is the third different Group 1 winner this season for his sire Blue Point.
Joseph Patrick O'Brien had already trained winners of this race: Thunder Moon (2020), Al Riffa (2022) and Scorthy Champ (2024). This was the seventh win at the Irish Champions Festival for the stable since 1926.
Folsom Blues is out of the Group-placed Liwa Palace (Oasis Dream), third in the Gr.3 Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani. She is also the dam of Atlantic Coast (Kodiac), known as Cote Atlantique in Australia, winner of the Gr.3 Killavullan Stakes and placed in the Golden Fleece, then a Group 2, a Group winner in Ireland, a stakes winner in France and Australia and Group-placed in New Zealand, and of the three-year-old colt Greek Mythology (Pinatubo), twice placed at Listed level, including second in the Listed Surrey Stakes.
Second dam Ladeena (Dubai Millennium), a winner at three, bred two more winners, among them Atlantis Star (Cape Cross), third in the Listed Stardom Stakes. Her grandchildren include Lady Kermit (Starspangledbanner), third in the Listed Marygate Stakes, and of Frozen Juke (Frozen Power), a Listed winner in Italy.
Third dam Aqaarid (Nashwan) won the Gr.1 Fillies' Mile and the Gr.3 Fred Darling Stakes and was second in the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas. Two more of her foals won, and among her grandchildren are the Listed winners Rising Star (Fast Company) and Titus Mills (Dubawi).
The line goes back to the great producer Violetta III (Pinza), ancestress of the Classic winners Teenoso, Sir Percy, Rule Of Law, Give Thanks and Harayir.
Liwa Palace produced a full brother to Folsom Blues last year and died after foaling him.
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ZavateriWithout Parole × Zeroua | Eve Johnson HoughtonCharles Bishop | Mick and Janice MariscottiJohn D Gunther & Ttr Bloodstock | ||
| 2024 | Scorthy ChampMehmas × Fidaaha | Joseph Patrick O'BrienDylan Browne McMonagle | Rectory Road Holdings Limited & B Fowler & Mrs A M O'BrienHealthy Wood Co Ltd | ||
| 2023 | Henry LongfellowDubawi × Minding | Aidan O'BrienRyan Moore | Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John MagnierCoolmore | ||
| 2022 | Al RiffaWootton Bassett × Love On My Mind | Joseph Patrick O'BrienDylan Browne McMonagle | Jassim Bin Ali Al AttiyahSarl De Chambure Haras D'Etreham Et Al | ||
| 2021 | Native TrailOasis Dream × Needleleaf | Charlie ApplebyWilliam Buick | GodolphinLe Haras D'Haspel | ||
| 2020 | Thunder MoonZoffany × Small Sacrifice | Joseph Patrick O'BrienDeclan McDonogh | Mrs C C Regalado-GonzalezWhisperview Trading Ltd |
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Odds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Folsom BluesBlue Point × Liwa Palace | Joseph Patrick O'BrienJoey Sheridan | Al Shira'aa Racing LimitedAl Shira'aa Racing Limited | 6.50 | |
| 2025 | ZavateriWithout Parole × Zeroua | Eve Johnson HoughtonCharles Bishop | Mick & Janice MariscottiJohn D Gunther & Ttr Bloodstock | 8.50 | |
| 2024 | Scorthy ChampMehmas × Fidaaha | Joseph Patrick O'BrienDylan Browne McMonagle | Rectory Road Holdings & B Fowler & Mrs A M O'BrienHealthy Wood Co Ltd | 13.00 | |
| 2023 | Henry LongfellowDubawi × Minding | Aidan O'BrienRyan Moore | Coolmore GroupCoolmore | 1.91 | |
| 2022 | Al RiffaWootton Bassett × Love On My Mind | Joseph Patrick O'BrienDylan Browne McMonagle | Jassim Bin Ali Al AttiyahSarl De Chambure Haras D'Etreham Et Al | 10.00 | |
| 2021 | Native TrailOasis Dream × Needleleaf | Charlie ApplebyWilliam Buick | GodolphinLe Haras d'Haspel | 4.50 | |
| 2020 | Thunder MoonZoffany × Small Sacrifice | Joseph Patrick O'BrienDeclan McDonogh | Chantal Regalado-GonzalezWhisperview Trading | 8.50 | |
| 2019 | PinatuboShamardal × Lava Flow | Charlie ApplebyWilliam Buick | GodolphinGodolphin | 1.33 | |
| 2018 | QuortoDubawi × Volume | Charlie ApplebyWilliam Buick | GodolphinGodolphin | 2.38 | |
| 2017 | Verbal DexterityVocalised × Lonrach | Jim BolgerKevin Manning | Jackie BolgerJ S Bolger & John Corcoran | 3.50 | |
| 2016 | ChurchillGalileo × Meow | Aidan O'BrienRyan Moore | Coolmore GroupLiberty Bloodstock | 1.80 | |
| 2015 | Air Force BlueWar Front × Chatham | Aidan O'BrienJoseph O'Brien | Coolmore GroupStone Farm | 1.91 | |
| 2014 | GleneaglesGalileo × You'resothrilling | Aidan O'BrienJoseph O'Brien | Coolmore GroupYou'resothrilling Syndicate | 1.33 | |
| 2013 | ToormoreArakan × Danetime Out | Richard Hannon Sr.Richard Hughes | Middleham Park Racing IX & James PakBEC Bloodstock | 2.00 | |
| 2012 | Dawn ApproachNew Approach × Hymn of the Dawn | Jim BolgerKevin Manning | GodolphinJim Bolger | 1.40 | |
| 2011 | PowerOasis Dream × Frappe | Aidan O'BrienSeamie Heffernan | Coolmore GroupNorelands & Hugo Lascelles | 3.75 |
Source: G1Stars meeting database – winners, connections, times and starting prices as recorded. Group 1 grading began in 1971.