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Listed race | |
Location | Leopardstown Co. Dublin, Ireland |
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Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Leopardstown |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 4f (2,413 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds* *Excluding G1 / G2 winners |
Weight | 9 st 5 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies Penalties 5 lb for G3 winners* 3 lb for Listed winners* *from 1 January 2021 |
Purse | €37,500 (2021) 1st: €22,125 |
2022 | ||
Cairde Go Deo | Boundless Ocean | Inuit |
Previous years | ||
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2021 | ||
Fernando Vichi | The Mediterranean | Ruling |
2010-2008 | ||
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2010 | ||
Rose Hip | Shintoh | Sebastian Flyte |
2009 | ||
Shreyas | Fiery Lad | Festival Princess |
2008 | ||
Navajo Moon | One Great Cat | Mr Medici |
The Nijinsky Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
The race was first run in 2008, and was known as the King George V Cup between 2013 and 2019.
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2008 | Navajo Moon | Danny Grant | David Wachman | 1:54.13 |
2009 | Shreyas | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:52.29 |
2010 | Rose Hip | Chris Hayes | Joseph G Murphy | 1:52.58 |
2011 | Laughing | Wayne Lordan | Charles O'Brien | 2:22.32 |
2012 | Backbench Blues | Fran Berry | Jessica Harrington | 2:32.33 |
2013 | Dibayani | Declan McDonogh | Michael Halford | 2:19.01 |
2014 | Roheryn | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 2:36.45 |
2015 | Radanpour | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:37.04 |
2016 | The Major General | Michael Hussey | Aidan O'Brien | 2:39.41 |
2017 | Grandee | Colm O'Donoghue | Jessica Harrington | 2:38.34 |
2018 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Donnacha O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 2:34.45 |
2019 | Rakan | Chris Hayes | Dermot Weld | 2:39.98 |
2020 | Delphi [lower-alpha 1] | Wayne Lordan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:39.13 |
2021 | Fernando Vichi | Gavin Ryan | Donnacha O'Brien | 2:35.38 |
2022 | Cairde Go Deo | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 2:43.69 |
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