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Misty heads Matron contenders

Seamie Heffernan - Was in the plate for the Pretty Polly Stakes victory last June
Seamie Heffernan - Was in the plate for the Pretty Polly Stakes victory last June

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A competitive field of eight will go to post for Saturday's Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown, headed by multiple Group One winner Misty For Me.

Aidan O'Brien's filly won twice at the highest level last season and this term she has won the Irish 1000 Guineas and the Pretty Polly Stakes, beating Midday by six lengths on that occasion.

Seamie Heffernan, who also rides So You Think in the Champion Stakes, will be the lucky man on board having ridden her in five of her nine races already.

O'Brien also runs Together (Colm O'Donoghue), who finished second in the English and Irish Guineas, and Wild Wind (Joseph O'Brien).

The likeable Lolly For Dolly will represent Tommy Stack.

Winner of the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot, she faced her stiff task on her only run since then, conceding weight all round.

Dermot Weld's Emulous has looked progressive this season, beating Lolly For Dolly at the Curragh in May, while John Oxx's Emiyna is another with a chance.

Pat Fahy's Ballybacka Lady and Richard Fahey's Barefoot Lady, the sole British runner, complete the field.

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