Kilternan Stakes

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History

Leopardstown's Trigo Stakes was temporarily switched to the venue's Irish Champion Stakes meeting in September 1999. It returned to its usual late-October fixture the following year, but a similar race called the Foxrock Stakes was retained in September.

The race became known as the Kilternan Stakes in 2001. It was named after Kilternan, a village located to the south of Leopardstown. For a period the event was classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2006. Since 2018 the race has been sponsored by Paddy Power, having previously been sponsored by KPMG. In 2014 it became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture and the distance was increased to 1 mile 4 furlongs from its previous distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (7 wins):

• Pat Smullen – Muakaad (2001), Sights on Gold (2002), Galileo's Choice (2011), Free Eagle (2014), Fascinating Rock (2015), Zhukova (2016), Eziyra (2017)

Leading trainer (10 wins):

• Aidan O'Brien – Acropolis (2004), Frost Giant (2006), The Bogberry (2008), Poet (2009), Await the Dawn (2010), The United States (2013), Rostropovich (2018), Norway (2019), Tiger Moth (2020), Adelaide River (2023)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Muakaad	3	Pat Shanahan	Dermot Weld	2:04.20
2001	Muakaad	4	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:04.70
2002	Sights on Gold	3	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:10.10
2003	Mkuzi	4	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	2:05.80
2004	Acropolis	3	Jamie Spencer	Aidan O'Brien	2:04.40
2005	Alayan	3	Christophe Soumillon	John Oxx	2:07.10
2006	Frost Giant	3	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	2:05.10
2007	Hearthstead Maison	3	Ryan Moore	Mark Johnston	2:03.12
2008	The Bogberry	3	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien	2:08.60
2009	Poet	4	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	2:07.02
2010	Await the Dawn	3	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	2:05.24
2011	Galileo's Choice	5	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:05.68
2012	Alla Speranza	3	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	2:02.90
2013	The United States	3	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	2:05.59
2014	Free Eagle	3	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:03.12
2015	Fascinating Rock	4	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:38.96
2016	Zhukova	4	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:37.33
2017	Eziyra	3	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:41.52
2018	Rostropovich	3	Donnacha O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	2:32.49
2019	Norway	3	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	2:32.81
2020	Tiger Moth	3	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	2:33.54
2021	Camorra	4	Gary Carroll	Ger Lyons	2:38.75
2022	Duke De Sessa	3	Chris Hayes	Dermot Weld	2:41.29
2023	Adelaide River	3	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	2:31.05
2024	Trustyourinstinct	4	Dylan Browne McMonagle	Joseph O'Brien	2:32.76

See also

• Horse racing in Ireland
• List of Irish flat horse races

References

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• galopp-sieger.de – Kilternan Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – KPMG Enterprise Stakes (2018).
• pedigreequery.com – Kilternan Stakes – Leopardstown.