Cy Fair the one to beat in G3 Coronation Cup
At 0h02, on July 16, 2026 • By Christian Abdo, Saratoga Race Course
Medallion Racing, Swinbank Stables, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton’s Grade 1-winner Cy Fair is the one to beat in Saturday’s Grade 3, $225,000 Coronation Cup, a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by George Weaver, the Not This Time bay posted a 3-for-4 juvenile campaign capped by a statement score over males in the five-furlong Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint in October at Del Mar. There, Cy Fair traveled close up in fourth position early under Irad Ortiz, Jr., improving to second in the turn before kicking clear to a one-length score over the late-running Brussels in a final time of 56.02 seconds.
Cy Fair returned in the Grade 3 Limestone on April 10 at Keeneland and was a three-quarter-length third behind the victorious Slay the Day and returning rival Sapphire Beach. Cy Fair ran back 20 days later in the Grade 3 Mamzelle at Churchill Downs and defeated Slay the Day by one length. That rival exited to win the Grade 3 Soaring Softly on June 7 here.
Since then, Cy Fair was originally reported to be targeting the Group 1 King Charles III in June at Royal Ascot, but Weaver canceled plans to ship after not liking her training for a few days beforehand, instead rerouting to the Coronation Cup.
“If we’re not happy, we don’t run them,” Weaver said of skipping Ascot. “She’s been doing well. She’s been good, training well. When we’re happy with them, we run them, it can change in the blink of an eye, but she’s been doing good.”
Cy Fair [post 2, John Velazquez] breezed a half-mile in 50.90 seconds on Saturday over the Oklahoma dirt training track in preparation for this event.
“She breezed solo. She always breezes by herself,” said Weaver. “She is a pro. She doesn’t need anybody to hold her hand.”
Cy Fair entered the Breeders’ Cup from a 3 1/4-length score over males in the five-furlong Listed Algonquin at Woodbine Racetrack. She had previously been a neck second to returning rival Snow Face Princess in the Listed Bolton Landing over Saturday’s course and distance in August.
The $185,000 OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training purchase is out of the winning Arch mare Remarqued – a half-sister to Crimson Advocate, who won the 2023 Group 2 Queen Mary for Weaver at Royal Ascot.
