Class: | Group 3 |
Horse Race: | Silver Flash Stakes |
Location: | Leopardstown County Dublin, Ireland |
Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website: | Leopardstown |
Distance: | 7f (1,408 metres) |
Surface: | Turf |
Track: | Left-handed |
Qualification: | Two-year-old fillies |
Weight: | 9 st 0 lb Penalties 5 lb for Group 2 winners 3 lb for Group 3 winners |
Purse: | €47,000 (2022) 1st: €29,500 |
|}The Silver Flash Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
The event was formerly held at Phoenix Park in early September. For a period it was run over 7 furlongs and classed at Listed level.
The race was transferred to Leopardstown and switched to late October in 1991. It was cut to 6 furlongs in 1993, and from this point it took place in early June. It was moved to July in 1999.
The Silver Flash Stakes reverted to 7 furlongs in 2007. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2008.
Leading jockey since 1986 (5 wins):
Leading trainer since 1986 (14 wins):
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Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |||
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1986 | width=160px | Simple Taste | width=170px | Paul Cook | width=180px | Ian Balding | |
1987 | Tribal Rite | Pat Shanahan | Michael Kauntze | ||||
1988 | Dash of Red | Declan Gillespie | James Murphy | 1:23.90 | |||
1989 | The Caretaker | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 1:20.00 | |||
1990 | Kooyonga | Warren O'Connor | Michael Kauntze | 1:20.40 | |||
1991 | Fawaayid | Willie Supple | Jim Bolger | 1:32.90 | |||
1992 | On the Catwalk | Richard Hughes | Edward O'Grady | 1:31.30 | |||
1993 | Las Meninas | Stephen Craine | Tommy Stack | 1:13.50 | |||
1994 | Eva Luna (IRE) | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:15.70 | |||
1995 | Panga | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 1:14.60 | |||
1996 | Azra | Ted Durcan | Jim Bolger | 1:14.60 | |||
1997 | Heeremandi | Christy Roche | Aidan O'Brien | 1:15.40 | |||
1998 | April Starlight | Christy Roche | Aidan O'Brien | 1:12.80 | |||
1999 | Desert Sky | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:12.50 | |||
2000 | Freshwater Pearl | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | 1:13.40 | |||
2001 | Agnetha | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:14.60 | |||
2002 | Luminata | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:15.20 | |||
2003 | Maroochydore | Michael Kinane | David Wachman | 1:13.70 | |||
2004 | Silk and Scarlet | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien | 1:15.70 | |||
2005 | Abigail Pett | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:13.30 | |||
2006 | Chanting | Kieren Fallon | David Wachman | 1:14.60 | |||
2007 | Triskel | Wayne Lordan | Tommy Stack | 1:36.80 | |||
2008 | Luminous Eyes | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:29.65 | |||
2009 | Cabaret | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | 1:28.32 | |||
2010 | Together | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | 1:28.65 | |||
2011 | Maybe | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 1:31.47 | |||
2012 | Harasiya | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 1:31.31 | |||
2013 | Wonderfully | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 1:26.65 | |||
2014 | Jack Naylor | Fran Berry | Jessica Harrington | 1:28.48 | |||
2015 | Tanaza | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:29.57 | |||
2016 | Promise To Be True | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:28.83 | |||
2017 | Happily | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:28.99 | |||
2018 | Skitter Scatter | Ronan Whelan | Patrick Prendergast | 1:31.24 | |||
2019 | Love | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 1:30.84 | |||
2020 | Shale | Gavin Ryan | Donnacha O'Brien | 1:27.69 | |||
2021 | Agartha | Declan McDonogh | Joseph O'Brien | 1:29.55 | |||
2022 | Never Ending Story | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:30.75 | |||
2023 | Ylang Ylang | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:31.92 | |||
2024 | Bedtime Story | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:32.00 |
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