McCoy restrained the mare in the early stages before moving up to take the lead approaching the last fence and winning by one and three quarter lengths from See You Sometime and the favourite L'Ami. Like-A-Butterfly was retired from racing to become a broodmare for J. P. McManus's stud. She produced five foals:   Like-A-Butterfly died in February 2013 after contracting colic following the birth of her last foal. Roche said "I've never trained one better than her. She was a bit special".