Duchess Difficult (AUS) Horse
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About
Duchess Difficult is a 3yo brown filly from Australia trained by Matthew Hoysted. She is by the stallion Spirit of Boom out of the dam Maybe Markle. The filly has not yet broken her maiden, having finished without a win in two starts. In her most recent race at Eagle Farm on 6th May 2026 she was ridden by Jag Guthmann‑chester and placed seventh behind the winner Pyrolysis.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
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| Eagle Farm 06-May-26 1000m SOFT 6 R2 3Y MDN-SW $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:57.900, SP: 9.50 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.560 1st Pyrolysis ( B Thompson 56 ) 2nd Lady Milan ( D Moor 56 ) 4.63L 3rd Magic Invader ( B Osmond 58 , Cd 56 ) 5.48L 7th Duchess Difficult ( J Guthmann-chester 56 ) 11.00L See full results | J Guthmann-chester 56kg 11.00L | 7 (10) |
| Sunshine Coast 25-Apr-26 1000m SOFT 7 R3 3Y MDN-SW $5,300 (of $30,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:00.320, SP: 8.50 In-running: 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.130 1st Estee Emm ( C D Collis 56 ) 2nd Duchess Difficult ( B Thornton 56 ) 1.40L 3rd Opetaia ( B S Lerena 56 ) 2.31L See full results | B Thornton 56kg 1.40L | 2 (11) |
| Deagon 14-Apr-26 1050m GOOD 4 R9 3Y-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:00.690 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.040 1st State Opera ( D G Moor ) 2nd Spirit Of Barty ( E P Lang ) 0.01L 3rd Red Code ( C Graham ) 0.67L 4th Duchess Difficult ( J Guthmann-chester ) 0.90L | J Guthmann-chester 0.90L | 4 (8) |