King George V Cup

King George V Cup
2016
The Major General Claudio Monteverdi Lieutenant General

The King George V Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

The race was first run in 2008, and was known as the Nijinsky Stakes until 2012.

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
2008 Navajo Moon D M Grant David Wachman 1:54.13
2009 Shreyas Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:52.29
2010 Rose Hip Chris Hayes Joseph G Murphy 1:52.58
2011 Laughing Wayne Lordan Charles O'Brien 2:22.32
2012 Backbench Blues Fran Berry Jessica Harrington 2:32.33
2013 Dibayani D P McDonogh Michael Halford 2:19.01
2014 Roheryn Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:36.45
2015 Radanpour Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:37.04
2016 The Major General M C Hussey Aidan O'Brien 2:39.41

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