Irish Champion Stakes

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Irish Champion Stakes

Group 1 race

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Assert, oil on canvas
Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003)

Location
Leopardstown
Co. Dublin, Ireland
Inaugurated
1976
Race type
Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor
QIPCO
Website
Leopardstown
Race information
Distance
1m 2f (2,012 metres)
Surface
Turf
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Three-years-old and up
Weight
9 st 1 lb (3yo);
9 st 7 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and mares
Purse
€1,250,000 (2017)
1st: €712,500







Irish Champion Stakes
2017

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Royal blue, yellow chevron, yellow cap, royal blue spots
Royal blue and white hoops, grey sleeves, royal blue and white quartered cap
Decorated Knight
Poet's Word
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The Irish Champion Stakes (Irish: Curadh-Dhuais na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Records


  • 3 Winners


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




History


The event was established in 1976, and it was initially held at Leopardstown as the Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes. It was named in memory of Joe McGrath (1887–1966), the founder of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake and a successful racehorse owner.


The race was transferred to Phoenix Park and renamed the Phoenix Champion Stakes in 1984. Its present title was introduced in 1991, when the event returned to Leopardstown after the closure of its former venue.


The Irish Champion Stakes became part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2009. The winner now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf.[1]


The Irish Champion Stakes has become a very useful prep race for the remaining major races in the Autumn schedule such as the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Champion Stakes, Breeders Cup, Hong Kong International Festival and major Group 1 races in Japan. The 2016 edition of the race was possibly one of its strongest editions with eight out of 12 participants winning 17 career Group 1's between them prior to the race. The form of the race would later see four of the participants win further Group 1 honours by the end of the 2016 season, producing a first & second in that year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, first and second in the Champion Stakes, the winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and first and second in the Breeders' Cup Turf.


Winners of the Irish Champion Stakes have gone on to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the same season on five occasions :Carroll House (1989), Suave Dancer (1991), Dylan Thomas (2007), Sea The Stars (2009) and Golden Horn (2015), and a sixth Arc win was achieved when 2016 Irish Champion Stakes runner-up, Found, won the 2016 edition of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


Winners of the Irish Champion Stakes have gone on to win the Champion Stakes in the same season on five occasions: Triptych (1987), Indian Skimmer (1988), Pilsudski (1997), New Approach (2008) and Almanzor (2016). The race has produced two further winners of the Champion Stakes with the 1986 third, Triptych, and the 2010 third, Twice Over, subsequently winning the British race that season.


Participants in the Irish Champion Stakes have gone on to win several Breeders' Cup titles in the same season. This includes five winners of the Breeders' Cup Turf, with Irish Champion Stakes winners such as Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), High Chaparral (2003) achieving a season double, while 2015 Irish Champion Stakes runner-up, Found, and a 2016 participant, Highland Reel, found success in the respective season's edition. In 2006, third placed Ouija Board went on to win that season's edition of the Breeders Cup' Filly & Mares Turf.


Success has been also achieved in Japan where the Irish Champion Stakes winners, Stanerra (1983) and Pilsudski (1997) won the Japan Cup in the same season. Meanwhile, 2011 runner-up, Snow Fairy, gained compensation by winning that year's Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup



Records


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Most successful horse (2 wins):



  • Dylan Thomas – 2006, 2007

Leading jockey (7 wins):



  • Michael Kinane – Carroll House (1989), Cezanne (1994), Pilsudski (1997), Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Azamour (2004), Sea the Stars (2009)

Leading trainer (7 wins):



  • Aidan O'Brien – Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Oratorio (2005), Dylan Thomas (2006, 2007), Cape Blanco (2010), So You Think (2011)

Leading owner (7 wins): (includes part ownership)



  • Sue Magnier / Michael Tabor – Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Oratorio (2005), Dylan Thomas (2006, 2007), Cape Blanco (2010), So You Think (2011)


Winners















































































































































































































































































































Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1976

Malacate
3

Lester Piggott

François Boutin

María Félix Berger
2:07.60
1977

North Stoke
3
Ron Hutchinson

John Dunlop
Mrs M. Lequime
2:09.20
1978

Inkerman
3

Lester Piggott

Vincent O'Brien

Simon Fraser
2:05.20
1979

Fordham
4

Tommy Carberry

Vincent O'Brien

Robert Sangster
2:07.00
1980

Gregorian
4
George McGrath

Vincent O'Brien
Danny Schwartz
2:07.80
1981

Kings Lake
3

Pat Eddery

Vincent O'Brien
Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet
2:06.30
1982

Assert
3

Christy Roche

David O'Brien

Robert Sangster
2:06.30
1983

Stanerra
5
Brian Rouse
Frank Dunne
Frank Dunne
2:09.50
1984

Sadler's Wells
3

Pat Eddery

Vincent O'Brien

Robert Sangster
2:00.90
1985

Commanche Run
4

Lester Piggott

Luca Cumani

Ivan Allan
2:09.20
1986

Park Express
3

John Reid

Jim Bolger
Paddy Burns
2:02.50
1987

Triptych
5

Tony Cruz

Patrick Biancone
Alan Clore
2:06.70
1988

Indian Skimmer
4

Michael Roberts

Henry Cecil

Sheikh Mohammed
2:06.50
1989

Carroll House
4

Michael Kinane

Michael Jarvis

Antonio Balzarini
2:04.00
1990

Elmaamul
3

Willie Carson

Dick Hern

Hamdan Al Maktoum
2:02.90
1991

Suave Dancer
3

Cash Asmussen

John Hammond
Henri Chalhoub
2:06.80
1992

Dr Devious
3

John Reid

Peter Chapple-Hyam

Sidney Craig
2:10.00
1993

Muhtarram
4

Willie Carson

John Gosden

Hamdan Al Maktoum
2:06.10
1994

Cezanne
5

Michael Kinane

Michael Stoute

Godolphin
2:07.90
1995

Pentire
3

Michael Hills

Geoff Wragg
Mollers Racing
2:04.40
1996

Timarida
4

Johnny Murtagh

John Oxx

Aga Khan IV
2:06.20
1997

Pilsudski
5

Michael Kinane

Michael Stoute

Lord Weinstock
2:04.70
1998

Swain
6

Frankie Dettori

Saeed bin Suroor

Godolphin
2:10.20
1999

Daylami
5

Frankie Dettori

Saeed bin Suroor

Godolphin
2:08.40
2000

Giant's Causeway
3

Michael Kinane

Aidan O'Brien

Magnier / Tabor
2:03.10
2001

Fantastic Light
5

Frankie Dettori

Saeed bin Suroor

Godolphin
2:01.80
2002

Grandera
4

Frankie Dettori

Saeed bin Suroor

Godolphin
2:04.70
2003

High Chaparral
4

Michael Kinane

Aidan O'Brien

Tabor / Magnier
2:03.30
2004

Azamour
3

Michael Kinane

John Oxx

HH Aga Khan IV
2:01.90
2005

Oratorio
3

Kieren Fallon

Aidan O'Brien

Magnier / Tabor
2:03.90
2006

Dylan Thomas
3

Kieren Fallon

Aidan O'Brien

Magnier / Tabor
2:02.90
2007

Dylan Thomas
4

Kieren Fallon

Aidan O'Brien

Magnier / Tabor
2:02.27
2008

New Approach
3

Kevin Manning

Jim Bolger

Princess Haya of Jordan
2:07.57
2009

Sea the Stars
3

Michael Kinane

John Oxx

Christopher Tsui
2:03.90
2010

Cape Blanco
3

Seamie Heffernan

Aidan O'Brien
Smith / Magnier / Tabor
2:03:89
2011

So You Think
5

Seamie Heffernan

Aidan O'Brien
Derrick Smith et al.
2:04.20
2012

Snow Fairy
5

Frankie Dettori

Ed Dunlop
Anamoine Limited
2:00.92
2013

The Fugue
4

William Buick

John Gosden

Andrew Lloyd Webber
2:05.22
2014

The Grey Gatsby
3

Ryan Moore
Kevin Ryan
Frank Gillespie
2:03.18
2015

Golden Horn
3

Frankie Dettori

John Gosden

Anthony Oppenheimer
2:05.41
2016

Almanzor
3

Christophe Soumillon

Jean-Claude Rouget
Ecurie Antonio Caro
2:08.93
2017
Decorated Knight
5

Andrea Atzeni

Roger Charlton
Al Homaizi / Al Sagar
2:08.36


See also


  • Horseracing in Ireland

  • List of Irish flat horse races


  • Recurring sporting events established in 1976 – this race is included under its original title, Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes.


References




  1. ^ "2011 Breeders' Cup Challenge Schedule" (PDF). breederscup.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 



  • Paris-Turf:

    • "1979". , "1980". , "1981". , "1983". , "1986". 


  • Racing Post:

    • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997


    • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007


    • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017



  • galopp-sieger.de – Irish Champion Stakes.


  • horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Irish Champion Stakes (2017).


  • irishracinggreats.com – Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1).


  • pedigreequery.com – Irish Champion Stakes – Leopardstown.





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