Kilternan Stakes

Kilternan Stakes
(KPMG Enterprise Stakes)
Group 3 race
Location Leopardstown
Co. Dublin, Ireland
Inaugurated 2001
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor KPMG
Website Leopardstown
Race information
Distance 1m 2f (2,012 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old and up
excluding G1 / G2 winners
Weight 9 st 0 lb (3yo);
9 st 9 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and mares
Penalties
5 lb for Group 2 win*
3 lb for Group 3 win*
* since January 1
Purse €100,000 (2016)
1st: €60,000
Kilternan Stakes
2016
Zhukova US Army Ranger Bondi Beach

The Kilternan Stakes, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the KPMG Enterprise Stakes, is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

History

Leopardstown's Trigo Stakes was temporarily switched to the venue's Irish Champion Stakes meeting in September 1999.[1] It returned to its usual late-October fixture the following year, but a similar race called the Foxrock Stakes was retained in September.[2]

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 2012 the race has been sponsored by KPMG and run as the KPMG Enterprise Stakes. In 2014 it became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (6 wins):

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

Leading trainer (6 wins):

  • Aidan O'Brien – Acropolis (2004), Frost Giant (2006), The Bogberry (2008), Poet (2009), Await the Dawn (2010), The United States (2013)
  • Dermot Weld – Muakaad (2001), Sights on Gold (2002), Galileo's Choice (2011), Free Eagle (2014), Fascinating Rock (2015), Zhukova (2016)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Trigo Stakes, September 1999". racingpost.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Foxrock Stakes, September 2000". racingpost.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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