Challenge Stakes (Ireland)
This article is about a horse race in Ireland. For other races of the same name, see Challenge Stakes (disambiguation).
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| Arya Tara | Avenante | Glenmayne |
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| Fields Of Athenry | Silwana | Drifting Mist |
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| Pale Mimosa | Manalapan | Mutual Regard |
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| Royal Diamond | Sir Ector | Unaccompanied |
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| Galileo's Choice | Aklan | Steps To Freedom |
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| Sense Of Purpose | Bob Le Beau | Fictional Account |
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| Profound Beauty | Drumfire | Unity |
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| Profound Beauty | Yankee Doodle | Aliyfa |
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| Profound Beauty | Galistic | Peppertree Lane |
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| Galistic | Reform Act | Princess Nala |
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| Foreign Affairs | Mkuzi | Simple Exchange |
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| Orpington | Dashing Home | Virginia Woolf |
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| Barolo | Two Miles West | Valentina Guest |
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| Blue Corrig | Handel | Cruzspiel |
The Challenge Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
The race was first run in 2000 and was restricted to fillies and mares from 2016.[1] The 2016 race was run as the Stanerra Stakes.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 2000 | Pairumani Star | 5 | Pat Shanahan | John Dunlop | 3:0.60 |
| 2001 | Vinnie Roe | 3 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:2.20 |
| 2002 | Queens Wharf | 4 | Jerry O'Dwyer | Michael Halford | 3:43.90 |
| 2003 | Blue Corrig | 3 | Declan McDonogh | Joseph Crowley | 3:00.70 |
| 2004 | Barolo | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | Peter Harris | 3:03.70 |
| 2005 | Orpington | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:56.20 |
| 2006 | Foreign Affairs | 8 | Declan McDonogh | Sir Mark Prescott | 2:57.60 |
| 2007 | Galistic | 4 | Danny Grant | Patrick J Flynn | 3:09.01 |
| 2008 | Profound Beauty | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:55.00 |
| 2009 | Profound Beauty | 5 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:59.30 |
| 2010 | Profound Beauty | 6 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:04.82 |
| 2011 | Sense Of Purpose | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:01.82 |
| 2012 | Galileo's Choice | 6 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:09.13 |
| 2013 | Royal Diamond | 7 | Johnny Murtagh | Johnny Murtagh | 2:59.65 |
| 2014 | Pale Mimosa | 5 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:59.63 |
| 2015 | Fields Of Athenry | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 3:09.77 |
| 2016 | Arya Tara | 3 | Anastasia O'Brien | Joseph O'Brien | 3:09.35 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Curragh races upgraded by European Pattern Committee". The Curragh racecourse. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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