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Butterfly Wings (USA)

3yo filly (at last run, Jul 2025) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor Derrick Smith
by Justify (USA) out of Butterflies (IRE) (Galileo)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jul 2025 — 465 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 · 4th of 7 Won at Leopardstown Last raced off OR 83
KTB Profile

Butterfly Wings won the It's Family Day At Leopardstown Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown in May 2025 over 1m2f – 1m4f on good going. The filly, by Justify out of a Galileo mare, has one win and one place from eight turf starts, all at trips from 1m upwards. She last ran at the Curragh in Jul 2025 when fourth of seven in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks, racing off an official rating of 83 which was 10lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating83↓ 10lb off peak
83 83–93

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 127 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Naas, 25 Jun 2025

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 127A · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good6127A102—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f5127A104—
1m – 1m1f286B84—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 19 Jul 2025 Official rating 83 at the last run, 19 Jul 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 83B · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good683B78.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f583B77—
1m – 1m1f280A78.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style from 7 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Prominent 3 (43%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (29%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Justify (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 17.9% of 525 runs since Jan 2008 (98 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 23.5% from 149. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.7% from 161.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−17.9—
Good to Firm751520%+2.10 from 1
Good1673018%+0.11 from 6
Good to Soft57915.8%−2.10 from 1
Soft731723.3%+5.4—
Heavy26311.5%−6.4—
Standard (AW)1262015.9%−2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3266.7%+48.8—
6f – 7f1493523.5%+5.6—
1m – 1m1f1612213.7%−4.20 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1742614.9%−31 from 5
1m5f – 2m34823.5%+5.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4125%+7.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Carracci (USA) (1 win).

The wins came over 5f–7f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Carracci (USA)1017f—
Yet (USA)315f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 3 1 33% +0.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 1 20% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Wayne Lordan 5 1 20% −2.00
Ryan Moore 2 0 0% −2.00
Ronan Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 5 1 20% −2.00
None 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 6 1 17% −3.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 6 runs
19 Jul 25+24d Curragh Juddmonte Irish Oaks (Fillies' Group 1) 12f · Good · 7 ran Held up at the back - up to 6th by halfway - improved into 4th inside final 2f and stayed on steadily to finish 4th 4/7 5 9-2 83104A81A Ronan Whelan 66/1
25 Jun 25+12d Naas Al Shira'aa Racing Irish EBF Jannah Rose Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) 10.5f · Good · 9 ran Held up towards the back of the field - roused three out - unable to make further headway from there in seventh 7/9 1¼ 9-2 86127A73A Wayne Lordan 9/1
13 Jun 25+27d Cork Darley Munster Oaks Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3) 12f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran Held up in the pack - still 8th at halfway - driven from 2f out but unable to close and finished well held 8/10 1¾ 8-8 90122A60A Wayne Lordan 10/1
17 May 25+6d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes (Listed) 13f · Good · 7 ran Up with the front group - 4th at halfway - pushed forward 4f out and driven 3f out - 3rd 2f out before a minor collision at 1 1/2f out - faded inside the final furlong to finish 7th 7/7 shd 9-0 93109A70A Wayne Lordan 15/8
11 May 25+32d Leopardstown It's Family Day At Leopardstown Fillies Maiden 10f · Good · 6 ran Settled with the pack early - third at halfway - moved into second with 2f and a half to run - pushed to the front inside the final furlong - drew clear in the closing stages - stayed on strongly to score 1/6 9-1 83100A83B Wayne Lordan 2/1
09 Apr 25+237d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 10f · Good · 7 ran Sat close to the front group - urged forward with 3f remaining - couldn't threaten and stayed on at one speed - finished fourth 4/7 1¼ 9-3 —81A77B Ryan Moore 5/2F
2024 · 2 runs
15 Aug 24+28d Salisbury Tattersalls 40,000 EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 6 ran Settled close up early - hit the front over 2f out then pushed along inside final 2f - lost the advantage entering last furlong - held on for 3rd without finding more 3/6 1¾ 9-2 —86B77B Ryan Moore 8/11F
18 Jul 24 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 8f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 nk 9-2 —82A80A Wayne Lordan 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Butterfly Wings won?
Butterfly Wings (USA) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 1 time in total (12.5% of starts).
Who trained Butterfly Wings?
Butterfly Wings (USA) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 19 July 2025.
Who is Butterfly Wings's sire?
Butterfly Wings (USA) is by Justify (USA) out of Butterflies (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
What going does Butterfly Wings prefer?
Butterfly Wings (USA) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Butterfly Wings's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 83, from the run on 19 July 2025. The highest on record is 93.
What is Butterfly Wings's sire's record?
Justify (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 17.9% of 525 runs since Jan 2008 (98 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 23.5% from 149. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.7% from 161.
Who are Butterfly Wings's siblings?
Out of Butterflies (IRE), Butterfly Wings (USA) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Carracci (USA) (1). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.