Flying Five Stakes

Flying Five Stakes
Group 2 race
Location Curragh Racecourse
Co. Kildare, Ireland
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Derrinstown Stud
Website Curragh
Race information
Distance 5f (1,006 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Straight
Qualification Three-years-old and up
Weight 9 st 3 lb (3yo);
9 st 4 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and mares
Penalties
3 lb for Group 1 winners *
* since January 1
Purse €100,000 (2014)
1st: €65,000
Flying Five Stakes
2015
Sole Power Maarek Take Cover

The Flying Five Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

History

The event was formerly held at Phoenix Park, and it used to be classed at Listed level. For a period it was open to horses aged two or older. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 1988, and transferred to Leopardstown in 1991.

The race was moved to the Curragh and upgraded to Group 2 level in 2002. The minimum age of participating horses was raised to three in 2003, and the event reverted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was previously run in late August or early September but from 2014 it was moved to mid-September and became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture, switching places in the calendar with the Renaissance Stakes. It was reinstated as a Group 2 in 2015.

The Flying Five Stakes was sponsored by bettor.com prior to 2013. It was previously sponsored by Moyglare Stud, and its full title included the name of Market Slide, a successful Moyglare broodmare. It was unsponsored in 2013, and Derrinstown Stud took over the sponsorship in 2014.

Records

Most successful horse since 1985 (3 wins):

  • Benbaun – 2005, 2006, 2007

Leading jockey since 1985 (6 wins):

  • Michael Kinane – Committed (1985), Flowing (1991), Tropical (1993, 1994), Ishiguru (2001), Ringmoor Down (2004)

Leading trainer since 1985 (5 wins):

  • Dermot Weld – Committed (1985), Flowing (1991, 1992), Tropical (1993, 1994)

Winners since 1985

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1985 Committed 5 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld 1:00.20
1986 Acushla 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien 0:56.80
1987 Polonia 3 Stephen Craine Jim Bolger 0:57.20
1988 Heather Seeker 2 Declan Gillespie Liam Browne 0:59.20
1989 Handsome Sailor 6 Michael Hills Barry Hills 0:57.70
1990 Boozy 3 Richard Fox Jack Berry 0:56.40
1991 Flowing 3 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld 1:00.20
1992 Flowing 4 Pat Shanahan Dermot Weld 1:00.40
1993 Tropical 3 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld 0:59.40
1994 Tropical 4 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld 1:00.20
1995 Bunty Boo 6 Michael Hills Richard Hannon, Sr. 0:58.70
1996 Eveningperformance 5 Chris Rutter Henry Candy 0:57.80
1997 Midnight Escape 4 Kevin Darley Chris Wall 0:59.90
1998 Tedburrow 6 Willie Supple Eric Alston 1:02.50
1999 Tedburrow 7 Willie Supple Eric Alston 1:02.10
2000 Namid 4 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 0:58.60
2001 Ishiguru 3 Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien 0:59.50
2002 Danehurst 4 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott 0:58.30
2003 Deportivo 3 Richard Hughes Roger Charlton 0:57.70
2004 Ringmoor Down 5 Michael Kinane David Arbuthnot 0:58.60
2005 Benbaun 4 Jamie Spencer Mark Wallace 0:59.20
2006 Benbaun 5 Pat Smullen Mark Wallace 0:57.50
2007 Benbaun 6 Pat Smullen Mark Wallace 0:58.79
2008 Look Busy 3 Slade O'Hara Alan Berry 1:00.75
2009 Reverence 8 Willie Supple Eric Alston 1:05.44
2010 Astrophysical Jet 3 Graham Gibbons Ed McMahon 0:58.56
2011 Amour Propre 5 Dane O'Neill Henry Candy 0:58.34
2012 My Girl Anna 5 Rory Cleary Muredach Kelly 1:04.62
2013 Dutch Masterpiece 3 Joseph O'Brien Gary Moore 0:58.00
2014 Stepper Point 5 Martin Dwyer William Muir 0:59.04
2015 Sole Power 8 Chris Hayes Edward Lynam 1:01.29

See also

References

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