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Give Thanks Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
2003

Sponsor
  
Irish Stallion Farms

Distance
  
1m 4f (2,414 metres)

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Website
  
Cork

Location
  
Cork RacecourseMallowCounty Cork, Ireland

The Give Thanks 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 Cork Racecourse over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

The event is named after Give Thanks, the winner of the Irish Oaks in 1983. It was established in 2003, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2007.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

    • Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Pat Smullen - Reform Act (2006), Sapphire (2012), Edelmira (2014), Zannda (2015)

    • Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Aidan O'Brien – Mona Lisa (2005), Tamarind (2009), Venus de Milo (2013), Best In The World (2016)
  • Dermot Weld - Reform Act (2006), Sapphire (2012), Edelmira (2014), Zannda (2015)

    • References

    Give Thanks Stakes Wikipedia
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