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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.
Stand at Leopardstown Racecourse Heading for the start with Wicklow Mountains in background Leopardstown Racecourse 53°15′57″N 6°11′21″W / 53.26583°N 6.18917°W / 53.26583; -6.18917 is a horse-racing course in Leopardstown , approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Dublin city centre, in Ireland
The Irish Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.
The Leopardstown Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It was run at Leopardstown over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in late October.
Leopardstown's Trigo Stakes was temporarily switched to the venue's Irish Champion Stakes meeting in September 1999. [1] It returned to its usual late-October fixture the following year, but a similar race called the Foxrock Stakes was retained in September. [2] The race became known as the Kilternan Stakes in 2001.
He made his belated seasonal debut in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse on 7 September. He was settled in fourth place by Joseph O'Brien, but dropped away before the turn into the straight and was pulled up in a race won by The Fugue. Kingsbarns was next entered in the Queen Elizabeth II stakes on British Champions Day at ...
Free Eagle was off the course for almost three months before returning for the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown in September and started 100/30 second favourite behind the Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn. Pat Smullen settled the colt in fourth before moving up to challenge Golden Horn in the straight.
The Champion Stakes is a horse race run at Ascot Racecourse in England. Champion Stakes may also refer to: Champion Stakes (United States), a horse race run at Long Branch racetrack from 1879 to 1892; Champion Stakes (English greyhound race), a greyhound race run at Romford Stadium