A Listed winner back in May she was fourth in the Epsom Oaks and fifth in the Irish Oaks, before finding top form to claim this 1m1f feature by a dominant seven lengths.
Trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Seamie Heffernan, Somehow has won three
of seven starts with a return to Group I company now a possibility."She´s an improving filly and it´s amazing what they can do when they start to come right. Seamus (Heffernan) was impressed with her and told me not to rule out running her in the Matron Stakes (Group I) ," said Aidan O´Brien.
Bred by the Coolmore partners and retained to race, Somehow is a half-sister to Group II winner Alex My Boy and is the second stakes-winner for high class Sadler's Wells mare Alexandrova, the Champion Filly of 2006, who won both Epsom, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks.
The flagship sire at Coolmore Australia, Fastnet Rock covered 206 mares last spring and was in tip top order at the recent Coolmore stallion parade as he prepares for his 12th season at stud.
