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Ballyogan Stakes

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Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Distance
  
6f (1,207 metres)

Track
  
Straight

Website
  
Leopardstown

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Curragh Co. Kildare, Ireland

The Ballyogan Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at The Curragh over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

Contents

The event was formerly contested over 5 furlongs and open to horses of either gender. It was held at Cork from 2002 to 2004, and on the last occasion it became a 6-furlong race for fillies and mares. It returned to Leopardstown from 2005 to 2014 before moving to The Curragh from 2015.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once since 1975

    • Leading jockey since 1975 (4 wins):

  • Tommy Murphy – Boone's Cabin (1975), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Monroe (1980)
  • Michael Kinane – Reelin Jig (1976), Committed (1985), Lidanna (1998), Dietrich (2001)

    • Leading trainer since 1975 (7 wins):

  • Vincent O'Brien – Boone's Cabin (1975), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Golden Thatch (1979), Monroe (1980), Longleat (1982), Bluebird (1987)

    • Winners since 1975

    a Prince Echo and Jasmine Star finished first and second in 1981, but the race was awarded to the third-placed horse.

    References

    Ballyogan Stakes Wikipedia
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