Group 2 race | |
Location | Curragh Racecourse County Kildare, Ireland |
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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 2 lb Penalties 3 lb for G1 winners* * since 1 September last year |
Purse | €112,800 (2022) 1st: €70,800 |
2024 | ||
Ocean Jewel | Goldana | Rogue Millennium |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Just Beautiful | Jumbly | Insinuendo |
2022 | ||
Pearls Galore | Emphatic Answer | Sh Boom |
2021 | ||
Epona Plays | Soul Search | Too Soon To Panic |
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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (5 wins):
Leading trainer (3 wins):
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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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 |
2016 | Devonshire | 4 | Billy Lee | Willie McCreery | 1:46.20 |
2017 | Creggs Pipes | 5 | Declan McDonogh | Andrew Slattery | 1:41.16 |
2018 | Opal Tiara | 5 | Ronan Whelan | Mick Channon | 1:39.24 |
2019 | Beshaayir | 4 | Frankie Dettori | William Haggas | 1:37.06 |
2020 | Magic Wand [lower-alpha 1] | 5 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 1:38.17 |
2021 | Epona Plays | 4 | Billy Lee | Willie McCreery | 1:42.56 |
2022 | Pearls Galore | 5 | Billy Lee | Paddy Twomey | 1:39.62 |
2023 | Just Beautiful | 5 | Billy Lee | Paddy Twomey | 1:39.61 |
2024 | Ocean Jewel | 4 | Billy Lee | Willie McCreery | 1:40.93 |
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