List of Irish flat horse races

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A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Ireland, under the authority of Horse Racing Ireland, including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.

The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards.

Group 1[]

Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2021 winner
May Irish 2,000 Guineas Curragh 1m 3yo c&f Mac Swiney
May Tattersalls Gold Cup Curragh 1m 2f 110y 4yo+ Helvic Dream
May Irish 1,000 Guineas Curragh 1m 3yo f Empress Josephine
June Pretty Polly Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ f Thundering Nights
June Irish Derby Curragh 1m 4f 3yo c&f Hurricane Lane
July Irish Oaks Curragh 1m 4f 3yo f Snowfall
July / Aug Phoenix Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo c&f Ebro River
September Matron Stakes Leopardstown 1m 3yo+ f No Speak Alexander
September Irish Champion Stakes Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo+ St Mark's Basilica
September Moyglare Stud Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo f Discoveries
September Vincent O'Brien National Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo c&f Native Trail
September Irish St. Leger Curragh 1m 6f 3yo+ Sonnyboyliston
September Flying Five Stakes Curragh 5f 3yo+ Romantic Proposal

Group 2[]

Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2021 winner
May Mooresbridge Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 4yo+ Broome
May Ridgewood Pearl Stakes Curragh 1m 4yo+ f Epona Plays
June / July Railway Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo Go Bears Go
June / July Balanchine Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo f Velocidad
June / July Curragh Cup Curragh 1m 6f 3yo+ Amhran Na Bhfiann
June / July Sapphire Stakes Curragh 5f 3yo+ Mooneista
July Kilboy Estate Stakes Curragh 1m 1f 3yo+ f Insinuendo
July Minstrel Stakes Curragh 7f 3yo+ Order of Australia
August Debutante Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo f Agartha
August Futurity Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo Point Lonsdale
September Clipper Boomerang Mile Leopardstown 1m 3yo+ Real Appeal
September Blandford Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ f La Petite Coco
Sept / Oct Beresford Stakes Curragh 1m 2yo Luxembourg

Group 3[]

Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2021 winner
March Park Express Stakes Curragh 1m 3yo+ f Epona Plays
March / April Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Leopardstown 7f 3yo f Keeper of Time
April Ballysax Stakes Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo Bolshoi Ballet
April Alleged Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 4yo+ Broome
April Gladness Stakes Curragh 7f 4yo+ Lancaster House
April Vintage Crop Stakes Navan 1m 6f 3yo+ Baron Samedi
May Athasi Stakes Curragh 7f 3yo+ f No Speak Alexander
May Blue Wind Stakes Naas 1m 2f 3yo+ f Insinuendo
May Irish 1,000 Guineas Trial Leopardstown 1m 3yo f Joan of Arc
May Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo Bolshoi Ballet
May Amethyst Stakes Leopardstown 1m 3yo+ Maker of Kings
May Lacken Stakes Naas 6f 3yo A Case Of You
May Fillies' Sprint Stakes Naas 6f 2yo f Hermana Estrella
May Greenlands Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+ Gustavus Weston
May Gallinule Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo Earlswood
June Ballyogan Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+ f Sonaiyla
June Munster Oaks Cork 1m 4f 3yo+ f Thunder Kiss
May Ballycorus Stakes Leopardstown 7f 3yo+ Real Appeal
June / July International Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ Cadillac
June / July Brownstown Stakes Fairyhouse 7f 3yo+ f Pearls Galore
July Stannera Stakes Leopardstown 1m 6f 3yo+ f Believe In Love
July Silver Flash Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo f Agartha
July Anglesey Stakes Curragh 6f 63y 2yo Beauty Inspire
July Tyros Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo Point Lonsdale
July Meld Stakes Leopardstown 1m 1f 3yo+ Japan
July / Aug Give Thanks Stakes Cork 1m 4f 3yo+ f La Petite Coco
August Ballyroan Stakes Leopardstown 1m 4f 3yo+ Tarnawa
August Phoenix Sprint Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+ Gustavus Weston
August Desmond Stakes Leopardstown 1m 3yo+ Create Belief
August Fairy Bridge Stakes Tipperary 7f 100y 3yo+ f Pearls Galore
August Royal Whip Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ Earlswood
August Irish St Leger Trial Stakes Curragh 1m 6f 3yo+ Twilight Payment
August Flame Of Tara Stakes Curragh 1m 2yo f Magical Lagoon
Aug / Sept Round Tower Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo Sacred Bridge
Aug / Sept Snow Fairy Stakes Curragh 1m 1f 3yo+ f Acanella
September Juvenile Turf Stakes Leopardstown 1m 2yo Atomic Jones
September Paddy Power Stakes Leopardstown 1m 4f 3yo+ Camorra
September Denny Cordell Lavarack Fillies Stakes Gowran Park 1m 1f 100y 3yo+ f Astadash
September Loughbrown Stakes Curragh 2m 3yo+ Search For A Song
Sept / Oct Weld Park Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo f Concert Hall
September Renaissance Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+ Art Power
Sept / Oct Diamond Stakes Dundalk 1m 2f 150y 3yo+ Bear Story
October Concorde Stakes Tipperary 7f 100y 3yo+ Maker of Kings
October Killavullan Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo Glounthaune
October Mercury Stakes Dundalk 5f 2yo+ The Highway Rat
October Eyrefield Stakes Leopardstown 1m 1f 2yo Duke De Sessa

Other races[]

Month Race Name Racecourse Status Distance Age/Sex 2022 winner
March Patton Stakes Dundalk Listed 1m 3yo Juncture
March Devoy Stakes Naas Listed 1m 4yo+
April Cork Stakes Cork Listed 6f 3yo+
April Noblesse Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 4f 4yo+ f
April Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Leopardstown Listed 7f 3yo
April Heritage Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 4yo+
April Committed Stakes Navan Listed 5f 164y 3yo
April Salsabil Stakes Navan Listed 1m 2f 3yo f
April Woodlands Stakes Naas Listed 5f 3yo+
April Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 1f 100y 3yo+ f
May Naas Listed 5½f 3yo+ f
May Vintage Tipple Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 6f 4yo+ f
May Curragh Listed 5f 2yo
May Tetrarch Stakes Curragh Listed 7f 3yo
May Saval Beg Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 6f 4yo+
May Sole Power Sprint Stakes Curragh Listed 5f 4yo+
May Yeats Stakes Navan Listed 1m 5f 3yo
May Owenstown Stud Stakes Naas Listed 7f 3yo+
May Marble Hill Stakes Curragh Listed 6f 2yo
June Orby Stakes Curragh Listed 1m 2f 3yo+
June Nijinsky Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 4f 3yo
June Glencairn Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 3yo+
June Midsummer Sprint Stakes Cork Listed 5f 3yo+
June Naas Oaks Trial Naas Listed 1m 2f 3yo f
June Celebration Stakes Curragh Listed 1m 3yo+
June Belgrave Stakes Curragh Listed 6f 3yo+
June Ulster Derby Down Royal Handicap 1m 4f 190y 3yo+
July Her Majesty's Plate Down Royal Listed 1m 6f 4yo+
July Lenebane Stakes Roscommon Listed 1m 4f 3yo+
July Tipperary Stakes Tipperary Listed 5f 2yo
July Cairn Rouge Stakes Killarney Listed 1m 100y 3yo+ f
July Sweet Mimosa Stakes Naas Listed 6f 3yo+ f
July Corrib Fillies Stakes Galway Listed 7f 3yo+ f
August Platinum Stakes Cork Listed 1m 3yo+
August El Gran Senor Stakes Tipperary Listed 7f 100y 2yo
August Leopardstown Listed 1m 6f 3yo
August Abergwaun Stakes Tipperary Listed 5f 3yo+
August Hurry Harriet Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 1f 100y 3yo+ f
August Ruby Stakes Killarney Listed 1m 100y 3yo+
August Curragh Stakes Curragh Listed 5f 2yo
September Oyster Stakes Galway Listed 1m 4f 3yo+ f
September Listowel Stakes Listowel Listed 1m 1f 3yo+
September Leopardstown Listed 7f 2yo
September Blenheim Stakes Fairyhouse Listed 6f 2yo
October Martin Molony Stakes Limerick Listed 1m 4f 110y 4yo+
October Star Appeal Stakes Dundalk Listed 7f 2yo
October Staffordstown Stud Stakes Curragh Listed 1m 2yo f
October Testimonial Stakes Curragh Listed 6f 3yo+
October Legacy Stakes Navan Listed 5f 182y 2yo
October Navigation Stakes Cork Listed 1m 100y 3yo+
October Bluebell Stakes Naas Listed 1m 4f 3yo+ f
October Garnet Stakes Naas Listed 1m 3yo+ f
October Trigo Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 2f 3yo+
October Knockaire Stakes Leopardstown Listed 7f 3yo+
October Cooley Fillies Stakes Dundalk Listed 1m 3yo+ f
October Finale Stakes Naas Listed 1m 4f 3yo+

Discontinued[]

Last Run Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex
Sept 2009 Goffs Million Sprint Curragh 6f 2yo
Sept 2009 Goffs Million Mile Curragh 1m 2yo
Oct 1994 Leopardstown Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo

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