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Alexander. Aidan O'Brien commented "We thought she was lovely the first day. Then next time at Leopardstown all the leaders went too
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Heffernan. She started well and opened up a clear lead in the early running before tiring badly in the closing stages and coming home tenth of the fifteen runners behind Keeper of Time, beaten more than eight lengths by the winner.
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on 5 May, when she was matched against older fillies and mares. She was in contention from the start before into moving second place approaching the final furlong but was never able to threaten the front-running four-year-old Too Soon To Panic who won by
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fast over seven. We then ran her over nine furlongs in Gowran. That was a lovely run, but we thought nine may have just caught her out. She's able to quicken and Seamus gave her a lovely ride. She's very classy. She might go for the
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Empress Josephine was matched against older fillies and mares for the first time but after being in contention for most of the way she faded in the last quarter mile and finished last of the six runners behind
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on 18 June. Starting the 6/1 fourth choice in the betting she was in contention for most of the way before tiring in the closing stages and coming home eighth of the eleven runners behind
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took the ride when
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in 2010. As a broodmare she had previously produced
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Empress
Josephine did not race as a two-year-old and made her debut in a
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started favourite while the other twelve runners included Fev Rover (
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in 2001. As a breeding stallion he has been a multiple
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Pedigree of Empress Josephine (IRE), bay filly, 2018
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708:"Empress Josephine pedigree"
16:Irish Thoroughbred racehorse
809:"Irish 1000 Guineas result"
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478:. In the
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442:. In the
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626:Razyana
614:Danehill
552:Special
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493:Pedigree
286:and the
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161:£268,841
158:Earnings
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