Ridgewood Pearl Stakes

Ridgewood Pearl Stakes
(Lanwades Stud Stakes)
Group 2 race
Location Curragh Racecourse
Co. Kildare, Ireland
Inaugurated 2004
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Lanwades Stud
Website Curragh
Race information
Distance 1 mile (1,609 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Four-years-old and up
fillies & mares
Weight 9 st 0 lb
Penalties
5 lb for G1 / G2 winners *
3 lb for G3 winners *
* since May 1 last year
Purse €120,000 (2015)
1st: €72,000
Ridgewood Pearl Stakes
2015
Brooch Ramone Amazing Maria

The Ridgewood Pearl Stakes, also known as the Lanwades Stud Stakes, is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. 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 May.

The event's registered title honours Ridgewood Pearl, a successful Irish-trained filly in the mid 1990s. Ridgewood Pearl died in 2003, and the title was first used for that year's running of a race now called the Renaissance Stakes.

The present Ridgewood Pearl Stakes was established in 2004, and it initially held Group 2 status. It was downgraded to Group 3 level in 2007 and returned to Group 2 status in 2015.[1]

The race was sponsored by TRI Equestrian from 2009 to 2012, and was referred to as the TRI Equestrian Stakes. In 2013 it was renamed the Abu Dhabi Stakes and in 2014 the sponsorship was taken over by Lanwades Stud. It is held on the same afternoon as the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Leading jockey (4 wins):

Leading trainer (3 wins):

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2004 Soviet Song 4 Johnny Murtagh James Fanshawe 1:39.50
2005 Airwave 5 Kieren Fallon Aidan O'Brien 1:41.60
2006 Pout 4 Danny Grant John Joseph Murphy 1:52.10
2007 Cheyenne Star 4 Pat Smullen Frances Crowley 1:38.70
2008 Grecian Dancer 5 Fran Berry Charles O'Brien 1:39.69
2009 Emily Blake 5 Johnny Murtagh John Hayden 1:47.61
2010 Shamwari Lodge 4 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:41.35
2011 Emulous 4 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 1:38.95
2012 Emulous 5 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 1:41.20
2013 Chigun 4 Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil 1:37.78
2014 Purr Along 4 Jamie Spencer Johnny Murtagh 1:47.55
2015 Brooch 4 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 1:39.65

See also

References

  1. ↑ "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2015 European Programme". britishhorseracing.com. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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