Coolmore sponsor Group 1 Matron Stakes Coolmore Stud are to sponsor the newly elevated Group 1 Matron Stakes, the chief supporting race on Baileys Irish Champion Stakes day at Leopardstown on September 11.The Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes carries a prize-fund of 260,000 euro, and is a mile event for fillies of three years old and upwards. Fusaichi Pegasus stands at Coolmore´s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, and has made a good start with his first crop of juveniles.Leopardstown General Manager Matt O´Dwyer said, ´The upgrading of the Matron Stakes to Group 1 status has consolidated the position of the Champion Stakes card as one of Europe´s leading racedays. We are delighted to welcome a company as prestigious as Coolmore as a sponsor at Leopardstown, joining another Irish worldwide success story - Baileys Irish Cream -to create a first class programme in early September.´
