Snow Fairy Stakes Explained

Class:	Group 3
Horse Race:	Snow Fairy Stakes
Location:	Curragh Racecourse County Kildare, Ireland
Inaugurated:	2005
Race Type:	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website:	Curragh
Distance:	1m 1f (1,811 metres)
Surface:	Turf
Track:	Right-handed
Qualification:	Three-years-old and up fillies & mares
Weight:	9 st 0 lb (3yo); 9 st 7 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 5 lb if two Group 3 wins * 3 lb if one Group 3 win * * since 1 January
Purse:	€55,000 (2022) 1st: €32,450

|}The Snow Fairy Fillies' 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 the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September.

The event was originally sponsored by Moyglare Stud and named after Dance Design, a successful Moyglare filly in the 1990s. It was established in 2005, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2009.^[1] In 2012 the race was sponsored by Lanwades Stud and run as the Lanwades Stud Fillies' Stakes. The 2014 running was sponsored by Xtravision and HMV in support of the Irish Autism Action charity. In 2016 the race was renamed after Snow Fairy, the winner of the Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks in 2010.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (2 wins):

• Joseph O'Brien - Up (2012), Say (2013)
• Pat Smullen - Chinese White (2009), Carla Bianca (2014)
• Fran Berry - Bible Belt (2011), Bocca Baciata (2015)
• Ryan Moore - Rain Goddess (2017), Goddess (2019)
• Seamie Heffernan - Somehow (2016), Red Riding Hood (2023)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

• Aidan O'Brien - Up (2012), Say (2013), Somehow (2016), Rain Goddess (2017), Goddess (2019), Red Riding Hood (2023)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2005	width=150px	Chelsea Rose	3	width=160px	Pat Shanahan	width=170px	Con Collins	1:49.20
2006	Blessyourpinksox	5	Ted Durcan	Peter Casey	1:51.60
2007	Many Colours	3	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	1:53.09
2008	Beach Bunny	3	Chris Hayes	Kevin Prendergast	2:03.44
2009	Chinese White	4	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:04.19
2010	Obama Rule	3	Declan McDonogh	Joanna Morgan	1:56.09
2011	Bible Belt	3	Fran Berry	Jessica Harrington	1:55.48
2012	Up	3	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:55.63
2013	Say	3	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:51.30
2014	Carla Bianca	3	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	1:56.90
2015	Bocca Baciata	3	Fran Berry	Jessica Harrington	1:55.31
2016	Somehow	3	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	1:53.01
2017	Rain Goddess	3	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	1:53.45
2018	I'm So Fancy	4	Colm O'Donoghue	Jessica Harrington	1:54.60
2019	Goddess	3	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	1:53.18
2020	Thundering Nights	3	Shane Crosse	Joseph O'Brien	2:04.67
2021	Acanella	3	Colin Keane	Ger Lyons	1:52.75
2022	Viareggio	3	Shane Foley	Jessica Harrington	1:53.61
2023	Red Riding Hood	3	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	1:54.60

See also

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

References

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• galopp-sieger.de – Dance Design Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Snow Fairy Stakes (2018).
• pedigreequery.com – Dance Design Stakes – Curragh.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Two Group 3 events added to schedule . . 16 January 2009 . 2 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090421110050/http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2009/0116/racing.html . 21 April 2009 .