Class: | Group 3 |
Horse Race: | Fairy Bridge Stakes |
Location: | Tipperary Racecourse County Tipperary, Ireland |
Inaugurated: | 2003 |
Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor: | Coolmore Stud |
Website: | Tipperary |
Distance: | 7f 100y (1,500 metres) |
Surface: | Turf |
Track: | Left-handed |
Qualification: | Three-years-old and up fillies and mares |
Weight: | 9 st 2 lb (3yo); 9 st 7 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for G1 winners * 5 lb for G2 winners / 2 G3 wins * 3 lb for G3 winners * * since 1 January |
Purse: | €55,000 (2022) 1st: €32,450 |
|}The Fairy Bridge 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 Tipperary over a distance of 7 furlongs and 100 yards (1,500 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event is named after Fairy Bridge, the dam of the successful sire Sadler's Wells. It was established in 2003, and it was initially classed at Listed level.
The Fairy Bridge Stakes was promoted to Group 3 status in 2012.[1]
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (3 wins):
Leading trainer (4 wins):
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |||
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2003 | width=150px | Plume Rouge | 3 | width=160px | Declan McDonogh | width=170px | Kevin Prendergast | 1:34.60 |
2004 | Queen of Palms | 3 | Pat Shanahan | Kevin Prendergast | 1:40.50 | |||
2005 | Fairy of the Night | 3 | Fran Berry | John Oxx | 1:36.60 | |||
2006 | Modeeroch | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:32.80 | |||
2007 | Anna's Rock | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:33.37 | |||
2008 | Psalm | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | 1:38.55 | |||
2009 | Choose Me | 3 | Declan McDonogh | Kevin Prendergast | 1:41.17 | |||
2010 | Fourpenny Lane | 5 | Rory Cleary | Joanna Morgan | 1:31.31 | |||
2011 | Alanza | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 1:32.71 | |||
2012 | Lady Wingshot | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:38.16 | |||
2013 | Fiesolana | 4 | Billy Lee | Willie McCreery | 1:32.35 | |||
2014 | Tested | 3 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:34.28 | |||
2015 | Tested | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:38.90 | |||
2016 | Tanaza | 3 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:36.27 | |||
2017 | Realtra | 5 | Colin Keane | Roger Varian | 1:36.95 | |||
2018 | One Master | 4 | Colm O'Donoghue | William Haggas | 1:34.60 | |||
2019 | Waitingfortheday | 4 | Donnacha O'Brien | Joseph O'Brien | 1:35.17 | |||
2020 | Champers Elysees | 3 | Niall McCullagh | Johnny Murtagh | 1:36.40 | |||
2021 | Pearls Galore | 4 | Billy Lee | Paddy Twomey | 1:36.61 | |||
2022 | Agartha | 3 | Declan McDonogh | Joseph O'Brien | 1:34.62 | |||
2023 | Clever And Cool | 3 | Rory Cleary | Jim Bolger | 1:38.28 |
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