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	2026 winner
May	Irish 2,000 Guineas	Curragh	1m	3yo c&f
May	Tattersalls Gold Cup	Curragh	1m 2f 110y	4yo+
May	Irish 1,000 Guineas	Curragh	1m	3yo f
June	Pretty Polly Stakes	Curragh	1m 2f	3yo+ f
June	Irish Derby	Curragh	1m 4f	3yo c&f
July	Irish Oaks	Curragh	1m 4f	3yo f
August	Phoenix Stakes	Curragh	6f	2yo c&f
September	Matron Stakes	Leopardstown	1m	3yo+ f
September	Irish Champion Stakes	Leopardstown	1m 2f	3yo+
September	Moyglare Stud Stakes	Curragh	7f	2yo f
September	Flying Five Stakes	Curragh	5f	3yo+
September	Vincent O'Brien National Stakes	Curragh	7f	2yo c&f
September	Irish St. Leger	Curragh	1m 6f	3yo+

Group 2

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance	Age/Sex	2026 winner
May	Mooresbridge Stakes	Curragh	1m 2f	4yo+
May	Greenlands Stakes	Curragh	6f	3yo+
May	Ridgewood Pearl Stakes	Curragh	1m	4yo+ f
June / July	Airlie Stud Stakes	Curragh	6f	2yo f
July	Railway Stakes	Curragh	6f	2yo
July	Sapphire Stakes	Curragh	5f	3yo+
July	Curragh Cup	Curragh	1m 6f	3yo+
July	Minstrel Stakes	Curragh	7f	3yo+
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	2026 winner
March	Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes	Leopardstown	7f	3yo c&g
March	Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes	Leopardstown	7f	3yo f
March	Ballysax Stakes	Leopardstown	1m 2f	3yo
March	Park Express Stakes	Curragh	1m	3yo+ f
April	Alleged Stakes	Curragh	1m 2f	4yo+
April	Salsabil Stakes	Navan	1m 2f	3yo f
May	Athasi Stakes	Curragh	7f	3yo+ f
May	Mutamakina Stakes	Leopardstown	7f	3yo f
May	Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial	Leopardstown	1m 2f	3yo
May	Saval Beg Stakes	Leopardstown	1m 6f	4yo+
May	Lacken Stakes	Naas	6f	3yo
May	Fillies' Sprint Stakes	Naas	6f	2yo f
May	Marble Hill Stakes	Curragh	6f	2yo
May	Gallinule Stakes	Curragh	1m 2f	3yo
June	Ballycorus Stakes	Leopardstown	7f	3yo+
June	Munster Oaks	Cork	1m 4f	3yo+ f
June	Blue Wind Stakes	Naas	1m 2f 84y	3yo+ f
June / July	Anglesey Stakes	Curragh	6f 63y	2yo
June / July	International Stakes	Curragh	1m 2f	3yo+
June / July	Brownstown Stakes	Fairyhouse	7f	3yo+ f
July	Stannera Stakes	Leopardstown	1m 6f	3yo+ f
July	Meld Stakes	Leopardstown	1m 1f	3yo+
July	Rathbride Stakes	Curragh	1m 1f	3yo+ f
July	Silver Flash Stakes	Leopardstown	7f	2yo f
July	Tyros Stakes	Leopardstown	7f	2yo
August	Ballyroan Stakes	Leopardstown	1m 4f	3yo+
August	Desmond Stakes	Leopardstown	1m	3yo+
August	Phoenix Sprint Stakes	Curragh	6f	3yo+
August	Give Thanks Stakes	Cork	1m 4f	3yo+ f
August	Royal Whip Stakes	Curragh	1m 2f	3yo+
August	Irish St Leger Trial Stakes	Curragh	1m 6f	3yo+
August	Ballyogan Stakes	Naas	6f	3yo+ f
August	Flame Of Tara 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	CMG Group 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	2026 winner
March	Patton Stakes	Dundalk	Conditions	1m	3yo
March	Irish Lincolnshire	Curragh	Handicap	1m	4yo+
March	Madrid Handicap	Naas	Handicap	7f	3yo
March	Devoy Stakes	Naas	Listed	1m 2½f	4yo+
April	Gladness Stakes	Curragh	Listed	7f	4yo+
April	Cork Stakes	Cork	Listed	6f	3yo+
April	Noblesse Stakes	Cork	Listed	1m 4f	4yo+ f
April	Heritage Stakes	Leopardstown	Listed	1m	4yo+
April	Committed Stakes	Navan	Listed	5f 164y	3yo
April	Vintage Crop Stakes	Navan	Listed	1m 6f	3yo+
April	Woodlands Stakes	Naas	Listed	5f	3yo+
May	First Flier Stakes	Curragh	Listed	5f	2yo
May	Tetrarch Stakes	Curragh	Listed	1m	3yo
May	Polonia Stakes	Cork	Listed	5f 110y	3yo+ f
May	Cork Derby	Cork	Handicap	1m 4f	4yo+
May	Vintage Tipple Stakes	Gowran Park	Listed	1m 6f	4yo+ f
May	Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes	Gowran Park	Listed	1m 1f 100y	3yo+ f
May	Naas Oaks Trial	Naas	Listed	1m 2f	3yo f
May	Amethyst Stakes	Leopardstown	Listed	1m	3yo+
May	Sole Power Sprint Stakes	Curragh	Listed	5f	4yo+
May	Yeats Stakes	Navan	Listed	1m 5f	3yo
May	Owenstown Stud Stakes	Naas	Listed	7f	3yo+
May	Emerald Mile Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	1m	4yo+
May	Habitat Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	7f	4yo+
June	Orby Stakes	Curragh	Listed	1m 2f	3yo+
June	His Majesty's Plate	Down Royal	Listed	1m 6f	4yo+
June	King George V Cup	Leopardstown	Listed	1m 4f	3yo
June	Glencairn Stakes	Leopardstown	Listed	1m 1f	3yo+
June	Kooyonga Stakes	Navan	Listed	1m	3yo f+
June	Midsummer Sprint Stakes	Cork	Listed	5f	3yo+
June	Martin Molony Stakes	Limerick	Listed	1m 4f 110y	4yo+
June	Ulster Derby	Down Royal	Handicap	1m 4f 190y	3yo+
June	Celebration Stakes	Curragh	Listed	1m	3yo+
June	Belgrave Stakes	Curragh	Listed	6f	3yo+
June	Rockingham Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	5f	3yo+
June	Derby Festival Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	1m	3yo+
June	Summer Fillies Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	7f	3yo+
June	Ragusa Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	1m 4f	4yo+
July	Lenebane Stakes	Roscommon	Listed	1m 4f	3yo+
July	Tipperary Stakes	Tipperary	Listed	5f	2yo
July	Pat Smullen Stakes	Naas	Listed	1m	2yo
July	Cairn Rouge Stakes	Killarney	Listed	1m 100y	3yo+ f
July	Scurry Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	6f 63y	3yo+
July	Yeomanstown Stud Stakes	Naas	Listed	6f	3yo+ f
July	Marwell Stakes	Naas	Listed	5f	2yo
July	Marble City Stakes	Gowran Park	Listed	1m 4f	3yo
July/August	Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap	Galway	Handicap	1m ½f	3yo+
July/August	Corrib Fillies Stakes	Galway	Listed	7f	3yo+ f
July/August	Guinness Handicap	Galway	Handicap	1m 4f	3yo+
July/August	Ahonoora Handicap	Galway	Handicap	7f	3yo+
August	Churchill Stakes	Tipperary	Listed	7f	2yo
August	Hurry Harriet Stakes	Gowran Park	Listed	1m 1f 100y	3yo+ f
August	Platinum Stakes	Cork	Listed	1m	3yo+
August	Curragh Stakes	Curragh	Listed	5f	2yo
August	Vinnie Roe Stakes	Leopardstown	Listed	1m 6f	3yo
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 Million	Curragh	Conditions	7f	2yo
September	Irish Cesarewitch	Curragh	Handicap	2m ½f	3yo+
September	Navigation Stakes	Cork	Listed	1m	3yo+
October	Brigid's Pastures Stakes	Curragh	Listed	6f	3yo+ f
October	Concorde Stakes	Tipperary	Listed	7f 100y	3yo+
October	Legacy Stakes	Dundalk	Listed	5f	2yo
October	Star Appeal Stakes	Dundalk	Listed	7f	2yo
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	Finlay Volvo Premier Mile Handicap	Curragh	Handicap	1m	3yo+
November	Finale Stakes	Curragh	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

References

• Revised Group Race Programme in Ireland for 2020 Announced - Revised Irish Pattern 2020.
• 2020 Flat Pattern Book - Irish Pattern Races, Listed Races and Premier Handicaps 2020.
• Down Royal - Her Majesty's Plate upgraded to a Listed Race.
• European Pattern Committee 2016 - Curragh races upgraded by European Pattern Committee.

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