Silken Glider Stakes Explained

|}The Silken Glider Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

The race was first run in 2001. It was run at Leopardstown until 2002. Since 2007 it has been sponsored and run as the Staffordstown Stud Stakes.

The Silken Glider Stakes is promoted to Group 3 in 2022.^[1]

Records

Leading jockey (3 wins):

• Seamie Heffernan – Miss Helga (2002), Savethisdanceforme (2007), Fancy Blue (2019)
• Johnny Murtagh– Jioconda (2005), Lady Lupus (2009), Gemstone (2010)

Leading trainer (11 wins):

• Aidan O'Brien – Miss Helga (2002), Savethisdanceforme (2007), Lady Lupus (2009), Gemstone (2010), Homecoming Queen (2011), Together Forever (2014), Best In The World (2015), Bye Bye Baby (2017), Peach Tree (2018), Fancy Blue (2019), Content (2023)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2001	Marionnaud	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	1:45.10
2002	Miss Helga	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	0.00
2003	Alexander Goldrun	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	1:45.20
2004	Allexina	Fran Berry	John Oxx	1:48.50
2005	Jioconda	Johnny Murtagh	Edward Lynam	1:46.00
2006	Boca Dancer	Declan McDonogh	Kevin Prendergast	1:45.80
2007	Savethisdanceforme	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	1:44.37
2008	Turin Lady	Pat Shanahan	Tracey Collins	2:09.80
2009	Lady Lupus	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	1:47.18
2010	Gemstone	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	1:46.48
2011	Homecoming Queen	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:41.60
2012	Seolan	Chris Hayes	Paddy Prendergast Jr.	1:51.74
2013	Flying Jib	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	1:40.08
2014	Together Forever	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:42.91
2015	Best In The World	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	1:43.88
2016	Calare	James Doyle	Charlie Appleby	1:44.95
2017	Bye Bye Baby	Donnacha O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:53.01
2018	Peach Tree	Donnacha O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:44.65
2019	Fancy Blue	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	1:53.09
2020	Fantasy Lady	Billy Lee	Paddy Twomey	1:48.90
2021	Limiti Di Greccio	Billy Lee	Paddy Twomey	1:44.72
2022	Lumiere Rock	Mikey Sheehy	Joseph O'Brien	1:45.88
2023	Content	Chris Hayes	Aidan O'Brien	1:45.13

See also

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

References

• Racing Post

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Notes and References

1. https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/european-pattern-committee-announces-new-chairman-and-changes-to-the-2022-european-programme-of-flat-black-type-races/ European Pattern Committee announces new Chairman and changes to the 2022 European Programme of Flat Black Type Races