Flying Five Stakes
Group 1 race | |
Location | Curragh Racecourse County Kildare, Ireland |
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Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Al Basti Equiworld |
Website | Curragh |
Race information | |
Distance | 5f (1,006 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 3 lb (3yo); 9 st 4 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares |
Purse | €376,000 (2022) 1st: €236,000 |
2023 | ||
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Moss Tucker | Get Ahead | Equality |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
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Highfield Princess | Erosandpsyche | Flotus |
2021 | ||
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Romantic Proposal | A Case Of You | Glass Slippers |
The Flying Five Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds, aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September during Irish Champions Weekend.
History
[edit]The event was formerly held at Phoenix Park, and it used to be classed at Listed level. For a period it was open to horses aged two or older. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 1988, and transferred to Leopardstown in 1991.[citation needed]
The race was moved to the Curragh and upgraded to Group 2 level in 2002. The minimum age of participating horses was raised to three in 2003, and the event reverted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was previously run in late August or early September but from 2014 it was moved to mid-September and became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture, switching places in the calendar with the Renaissance Stakes. It was reinstated as a Group 2 race in 2015 and upgraded to Group 1 status in 2018, when it became the first Group 1 sprint in Ireland open to horses aged three years and older.[1]
The Flying Five Stakes was sponsored by bettor.com prior to 2013. It was previously sponsored by Moyglare Stud, and its full title included the name of Market Slide, a successful Moyglare broodmare. It was unsponsored in 2013, and Derrinstown Stud took over the sponsorship in 2014.[citation needed]
Records
[edit]Most successful horse since 1985 (3 wins):
- Benbaun – 2005, 2006, 2007
Leading jockey since 1985 (6 wins):
- Michael Kinane – Committed (1985), Flowing (1991), Tropical (1993, 1994), Ishiguru (2001), Ringmoor Down (2004)
Leading trainer since 1985 (5 wins):
- Dermot Weld – Committed (1985), Flowing (1991, 1992), Tropical (1993, 1994)
Winners since 1985
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1985 | Committed | 5 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 1:00.20 |
1986 | Acushla | 3 | Pat Eddery | Vincent O'Brien | 0:56.80 |
1987 | Polonia | 3 | Stephen Craine | Jim Bolger | 0:57.20 |
1988 | Heather Seeker | 2 | Declan Gillespie | Liam Browne | 0:59.20 |
1989 | Handsome Sailor | 6 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 0:57.70 |
1990 | Boozy | 3 | Richard Fox | Jack Berry | 0:56.40 |
1991 | Flowing | 3 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 1:00.20 |
1992 | Flowing | 4 | Pat Shanahan | Dermot Weld | 1:00.40 |
1993 | Tropical | 3 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 0:59.40 |
1994 | Tropical | 4 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 1:00.20 |
1995 | Bunty Boo | 6 | Michael Hills | Richard Hannon Sr. | 0:58.70 |
1996 | Eveningperformance | 5 | Chris Rutter | Henry Candy | 0:57.80 |
1997 | Midnight Escape | 4 | Kevin Darley | Chris Wall | 0:59.90 |
1998 | Tedburrow | 6 | Willie Supple | Eric Alston | 1:02.50 |
1999 | Tedburrow | 7 | Willie Supple | Eric Alston | 1:02.10 |
2000 | Namid | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 0:58.60 |
2001 | Ishiguru | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | 0:59.50 |
2002 | Danehurst | 4 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | 0:58.30 |
2003 | Deportivo | 3 | Richard Hughes | Roger Charlton | 0:57.70 |
2004 | Ringmoor Down | 5 | Michael Kinane | David Arbuthnot | 0:58.60 |
2005 | Benbaun | 4 | Jamie Spencer | Mark Wallace | 0:59.20 |
2006 | Benbaun | 5 | Pat Smullen | Mark Wallace | 0:57.50 |
2007 | Benbaun | 6 | Pat Smullen | Mark Wallace | 0:58.79 |
2008 | Look Busy | 3 | Slade O'Hara | Alan Berry | 1:00.75 |
2009 | Reverence | 8 | Willie Supple | Eric Alston | 1:05.44 |
2010 | Astrophysical Jet | 3 | Graham Gibbons | Ed McMahon | 0:58.56 |
2011 | Amour Propre | 5 | Dane O'Neill | Henry Candy | 0:58.34 |
2012 | My Girl Anna | 5 | Rory Cleary | Muredach Kelly | 1:04.62 |
2013 | Dutch Masterpiece | 3 | Joseph O'Brien | Gary Moore | 0:58.00 |
2014 | Stepper Point | 5 | Martin Dwyer | William Muir | 0:59.04 |
2015 | Sole Power | 8 | Chris Hayes | Edward Lynam | 1:01.29 |
2016 | Ardhoomey | 4 | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 1:01.54 |
2017 | Caravaggio | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:00.54 |
2018 | Havana Grey | 3 | Richard Kingscote | Karl Burke | 0:59.59 |
2019 | Fairyland | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 0:57.88 |
2020 | Glass Slippers | 4 | Tom Eaves | Kevin Ryan | 1:00.58 |
2021 | Romantic Proposal | 5 | Chris Hayes | Edward Lynam | 0:59.77 |
2022 | Highfield Princess | 5 | Jason Hart | John Quinn | 1:02.51 |
2023 | Moss Tucker | 5 | Billy Lee | Ken Condon | 1:00.89 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2018 European Programme of Black Type Races". British Horseracing Authority. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- galopp-sieger.de – Flying Five Stakes.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Flying Five Stakes (2018).
- irishracinggreats.com – Flying Five (Group 3).
- pedigreequery.com – Flying Five Stakes.