Virginia Waters failed to win her remaining six races, her best results coming when she finished fourth in The Oaks and second in the Matron Stakes.
Ridden by Kieren Fallon, who had recently taken over the job as first jockey for Coolmore,[8] she showed improved form[9] to take the lead inside the final furlong and won by three lengths.
The betting for the race was unusually open, with the Barry Hills-trained Maids Causeway starting favourite on 5/1 and Virginia Waters being made the 12/1 sixth choice.
No owner-trainer-jockey combination had achieved the double since King George VI, Fred Darling and Gordon Richards won the races with Big Game and Sun Chariot in 1942.
[15] Later that month she finished unplaced behind Maids Causeway in the Coronation Stakes[16] at "Royal Ascot" (run that year at York) when Fallon rejected her in favour of Magnier's other runner, Damson.
In September at Leopardstown, Virginia Waters produced her best performance since her classic success when she finished a close third behind the English challengers Attraction and Chic in the Group One Matron Stakes.
[18] On her final racecourse appearance, Virginia Waters finished last of the ten runners,[19] beaten forty-seven lengths by the winner Peeress in the Sun Chariot Stakes on soft ground at Newmarket.