List of Irish flat horse races

A list of notable flat horse races that take place annually in Ireland, under the authority of Horse Racing Ireland. This list includes all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern programme. Race distances are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards.

Group 1

Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2024 winner
May Irish 2,000 Guineas Curragh 1m 3yo c&f Field Of Gold
May Tattersalls Gold Cup Curragh 1m 2f 110y 4yo+ Los Angeles
May Irish 1,000 Guineas Curragh 1m 3yo f Lake Victoria
June Pretty Polly Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ f Whirl
June Irish Derby Curragh 1m 4f 3yo c&f Lambourn
July Irish Oaks Curragh 1m 4f 3yo f Minnie Hauk
August Phoenix Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo c&f Power Blue
September Matron Stakes Leopardstown 1m 3yo+ f
September Irish Champion Stakes Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo+
September Moyglare Stud Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo f
September Vincent O'Brien National Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo c&f
September Irish St. Leger Curragh 1m 6f 3yo+
September Flying Five Stakes Curragh 5f 3yo+

Group 2

Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2025 winner
May Mooresbridge Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 4yo+ Los Angeles
May Greenlands Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+ James's Delight
May Ridgewood Pearl Stakes Curragh 1m 4yo+ f Porta Fortuna
June / July Airlie Stud Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo f Beautify
July Railway Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo True Love
July Sapphire Stakes Curragh 5f 3yo+ Arizona Blaze
July Curragh Cup Curragh 1m 6f 3yo+ Al Riffa
July Minstrel Stakes Curragh 7f 3yo+ Diego Velazquez
August Debutante Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo f
August Futurity Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo
September Juvenile Turf Stakes Leopardstown 1m 2yo
September Solonaway Stakes Leopardstown 1m 3yo+
September Blandford Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ f
Sept / Oct Beresford Stakes Curragh 1m 2yo

Group 3

Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2025 winner
March Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Leopardstown 7f 3yo c&g Henri Matisse
March Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Leopardstown 7f 3yo f Swelter
March Ballysax Stakes Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo Delacroix
March Park Express Stakes Curragh 1m 3yo+ f One Look
April Alleged Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 4yo+ Galen
April Salsabil Stakes Navan 1m 2f 3yo f Wemightakedlongway
May Athasi Stakes Curragh 7f 3yo+ f Atsila
May Mutamakina Stakes Leopardstown 7f 3yo f Vera's Secret
May Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo Delacroix
May Saval Beg Stakes Leopardstown 1m 6f 4yo+ Kyprios
May Lacken Stakes Naas 6f 3yo Babouche
May Fillies' Sprint Stakes Naas 6f 2yo f Lady Iman
May Marble Hill Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo Albert Einstein
May Gallinule Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo Thrice
June Ballycorus Stakes Leopardstown 7f 3yo+ Copacabana Sands
June Munster Oaks Cork 1m 4f 3yo+ f Magical Hope
June Blue Wind Stakes Naas 1m 2f 84y 3yo+ f Barnavara
June / July Anglesey Stakes Curragh 6f 63y 2yo Suzie Songs
June / July International Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ Trustyourinstinct
June / July Brownstown Stakes Fairyhouse 7f 3yo+ f Vera's Secret
July Stannera Stakes Leopardstown 1m 6f 3yo+ f Goodie Two Shoes
July Meld Stakes Leopardstown 1m 1f 3yo+ Snellen
July Rathbride Stakes Curragh 1m 1f 3yo+ f One Look
July Silver Flash Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo f Composing
July Tyros Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo North Coast
August Ballyroan Stakes Leopardstown 1m 4f 3yo+ Sons And Lovers
August Desmond Stakes Leopardstown 1m 3yo+ Johan
August Phoenix Sprint Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+ Bucanero Fuerte
August Give Thanks Stakes Cork 1m 4f 3yo+ f Elana Osario
August Royal Whip Stakes Curragh 1m 2f 3yo+ Zahrann
August Irish St Leger Trial Stakes Curragh 1m 6f 3yo+ Leinster
August Ballyogan Stakes Naas 6f 3yo+ f
August Newtownanner Stud Stakes Curragh 1m 2yo f
Aug / Sept Round Tower Stakes Curragh 6f 2yo
Aug / Sept Snow Fairy Stakes Curragh 1m 1f 3yo+ f
Aug / Sept Fairy Bridge Stakes Tipperary 7f 100y 3yo+ f
September Tonybet Stakes Leopardstown 1m 4f 3yo+
September Denny Cordell Lavarack Fillies Stakes Gowran Park 1m 1f 100y 3yo+ f
Sept / Oct Weld Park Stakes Curragh 7f 2yo f
September Renaissance Stakes Curragh 6f 3yo+
October Killavullan Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo
October Eyrefield Stakes Leopardstown 1m 1f 2yo
October Staffordstown Stud Stakes Curragh 1m 2yo f
October Mercury Stakes Dundalk 5f 2yo+
November Loughbrown Stakes Curragh 2m 3yo+

Other races

Month Race Name Racecourse Status Distance Age/Sex 2025 winner
March Patton Stakes Dundalk Conditions 1m 3yo Titanium Emperor
March Irish Lincolnshire Curragh Handicap 1m 4yo+ Orandi
March Madrid Handicap Naas Handicap 7f 3yo East Hampton
March Devoy Stakes Naas Listed 1m 2½f 4yo+ Sunchart
April Gladness Stakes Curragh Listed 7f 4yo+ Big Gossey
April Cork Stakes Cork Listed 6f 3yo+ Lady With The Lamp
April Noblesse Stakes Cork Listed 1m 4f 4yo+ f Bubble Gum
April Heritage Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 4yo+ Lord Massusus
April Committed Stakes Navan Listed 5f 164y 3yo Whistlejacket
April Vintage Crop Stakes Navan Listed 1m 6f 3yo+ Kyprios
April Woodlands Stakes Naas Listed 5f 3yo+ Two Stars
May First Flier Stakes Curragh Listed 5f 2yo Lady Iman
May Tetrarch Stakes Curragh Listed 1m 3yo Officer
May Polonia Stakes Cork Listed 5f 110y 3yo+ f First Instinct
May Cork Derby Cork Handicap 1m 4f 4yo+ Ascending
May Vintage Tipple Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 6f 4yo+ f Goodie Two Shoes
May Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 1f 100y 3yo+ f Madam Celeste
May Naas Oaks Trial Naas Listed 1m 2f 3yo f Garden of Eden
May Amethyst Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 3yo+ Chicago Critic
May Sole Power Sprint Stakes Curragh Listed 5f 4yo+ Bucanero Fuerte
May Yeats Stakes Navan Listed 1m 5f 3yo Carmers
May Owenstown Stud Stakes Naas Listed 7f 3yo+ Copacabana Sands
May Emerald Mile Handicap Curragh Handicap 1m 4yo+ Skukuza
May Habitat Handicap Curragh Handicap 7f 4yo+ Moltophino
June Orby Stakes Curragh Listed 1m 2f 3yo+ Trustyourinstinct
June His Majesty's Plate Down Royal Listed 1m 6f 4yo+ Goodie Two Shoes
June King George V Cup Leopardstown Listed 1m 4f 3yo Zahrann
June Glencairn Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 1f 3yo+ Green Impact
June Kooyonga Stakes Navan Listed 1m 3yo f+ Barnavara
June Midsummer Sprint Stakes Cork Listed 5f 3yo+ Powerful Nation
June Martin Molony Stakes Limerick Listed 1m 4f 110y 4yo+ Uluru
June Ulster Derby Down Royal Handicap 1m 4f 190y 3yo+ Vorfreude
June Celebration Stakes Curragh Listed 1m 3yo+ Skukuza
June Belgrave Stakes Curragh Listed 6f 3yo+ Vespertilio
June Rockingham Handicap Curragh Handicap 5f 3yo+ Keke
June Derby Festival Handicap Curragh Handicap 1m 3yo+ Slieve Binnian
June Summer Fillies Handicap Curragh Handicap 7f 3yo+ Bellaphina
June Ragusa Handicap Curragh Handicap 1m 4f 4yo+ Fleetfoot
July Lenebane Stakes Roscommon Listed 1m 4f 3yo+ Chally Chute
July Tipperary Stakes Tipperary Listed 5f 2yo Arugam Bay
July Pat Smullen Stakes Naas Listed 1m 2yo Daytona
July Cairn Rouge Stakes Killarney Listed 1m 100y 3yo+ f Red Letter
July Scurry Handicap Curragh Handicap 6f 63y 3yo+ Go Athletico
July Yeomanstown Stud Stakes Naas Listed 6f 3yo+ f Sky Majesty
July Marwell Stakes Naas Listed 5f 2yo Havanna Anna
July Marble City Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 4f 3yo Emit
July/August Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap Galway Handicap 1m ½f 3yo+ Dunum
July/August Corrib Fillies Stakes Galway Listed 7f 3yo+ f Tropical Island
July/August Guinness Handicap Galway Handicap 1m 4f 3yo+ Nans View
July/August Ahonoora Handicap Galway Handicap 7f 3yo+ Princess Child
August Churchill Stakes Tipperary Listed 7f 2yo Thesecretadversary
August Hurry Harriet Stakes Gowran Park Listed 1m 1f 100y 3yo+ f Naomi Lapaglia
August Platinum Stakes Cork Listed 1m 3yo+ Super Sox
August Curragh Stakes Curragh Listed 5f 2yo Ipanema Queen
August Vinnie Roe Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 6f 3yo Floresta
August Ruby Stakes Killarney Listed 1m 100y 3yo+
August Irish Cambridgeshire Curragh Handicap 1m 3yo+
Aug/Sept Abergwaun Stakes Tipperary Listed 5f 3yo+
September Oyster Stakes Galway Listed 1m 4f 3yo+ f
September Ingabelle Stakes Leopardstown Listed 7f 2yo
September Pentingo Handicap Leopardstown Handicap 1m 5f 3yo+
September Sovereign Path Handicap Leopardstown Handicap 7½f 3yo+
September Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Curragh Handicap 6f 3yo+
September Listowel Stakes Listowel Listed 1m 1f 3yo+
September Blenheim Stakes Fairyhouse Listed 6f 2yo
September Diamond Stakes Dundalk Listed 1m 2f 150y 3yo+
September Joe McGrath Handicap Curragh Handicap 5f 3yo+
September Goffs 500 Curragh Conditions 6f 2yo
September Goffs Million Curragh Conditions 7f 2yo
September Irish Cesarewitch Curragh Handicap 2m ½f 3yo+
September Navigation Stakes Cork Listed 1m 3yo+
October Concorde Stakes Tipperary Listed 7f 100y 3yo+
October Legacy Stakes Dundalk Listed 5f 2yo
October Star Appeal Stakes Dundalk Listed 7f 2yo
October Testimonial Stakes Curragh Listed 6f 3yo+
October Birdcatcher Premier Nursery Handicap Naas Handicap 6f 2yo
October RFL Steels Stakes Naas Listed 6f 3yo+
October Bluebell Stakes Naas Listed 1m 4f 3yo+ f
October Garnet Stakes Naas Listed 1m 3yo+ f
October Beggar's End Handicap Naas Handicap 2m 3yo+
October Knockaire Stakes Leopardstown Listed 7f 3yo+
October Trigo Stakes Leopardstown Listed 1m 2f 3yo+
October October Handicap Leopardstown Handicap 1m 4f 3yo+
November Finale Stakes Naas Listed 1m 4f 3yo+
November Cooley Fillies Stakes Dundalk Listed 1m 3yo+ f

Discontinued

Last Run Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex
Sept 2009 Goffs Million Sprint Curragh 6f 2yo
Sept 2009 Goffs Million Mile Curragh 1m 2yo
Oct 1994 Leopardstown Stakes Leopardstown 7f 2yo

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