Snow Fairy Stakes
Group 3 race | |
Location | Curragh Racecourse County Kildare, Ireland |
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Inaugurated | 2005 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Curragh |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 1f (1,811 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up fillies & mares |
Weight | 9 st 0 lb (3yo); 9 st 7 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 5 lb if two Group 3 wins * 3 lb if one Group 3 win * * since 1 January |
Purse | €55,000 (2022) 1st: €32,450 |
2023 | ||
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Red Riding Hood | American Sonja | Mashia |
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2022 | ||
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Viareggio | Magic Chegaga | Juncture |
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Acanella | Champers Elysees | Oodnadatta |
The Snow Fairy Fillies' Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September.
The event was originally sponsored by Moyglare Stud and named after Dance Design, a successful Moyglare filly in the 1990s. It was established in 2005, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2009.[1] In 2012 the race was sponsored by Lanwades Stud and run as the Lanwades Stud Fillies' Stakes. The 2014 running was sponsored by Xtravision and HMV in support of the Irish Autism Action charity. In 2016 the race was renamed after Snow Fairy, the winner of the Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks in 2010.
Records
[edit]Most successful horse:
- no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Joseph O'Brien - Up (2012), Say (2013)
- Pat Smullen - Chinese White (2009), Carla Bianca (2014)
- Fran Berry - Bible Belt (2011), Bocca Baciata (2015)
- Ryan Moore - Rain Goddess (2017), Goddess (2019)
- Seamie Heffernan - Somehow (2016), Red Riding Hood (2023)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien - Up (2012), Say (2013), Somehow (2016), Rain Goddess (2017), Goddess (2019), Red Riding Hood (2023)
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2005 | Chelsea Rose | 3 | Pat Shanahan | Con Collins | 1:49.20 |
2006 | Blessyourpinksox | 5 | Ted Durcan | Peter Casey | 1:51.60 |
2007 | Many Colours | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:53.09 |
2008 | Beach Bunny | 3 | Chris Hayes | Kevin Prendergast | 2:03.44 |
2009 | Chinese White | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:04.19 |
2010 | Obama Rule | 3 | Declan McDonogh | Joanna Morgan | 1:56.09 |
2011 | Bible Belt | 3 | Fran Berry | Jessica Harrington | 1:55.48 |
2012 | Up | 3 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 1:55.63 |
2013 | Say | 3 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 1:51.30 |
2014 | Carla Bianca | 3 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:56.90 |
2015 | Bocca Baciata | 3 | Fran Berry | Jessica Harrington | 1:55.31 |
2016 | Somehow | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 1:53.01 |
2017 | Rain Goddess | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:53.45 |
2018 | I'm So Fancy | 4 | Colm O'Donoghue | Jessica Harrington | 1:54.60 |
2019 | Goddess | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:53.18 |
2020 | Thundering Nights | 3 | Shane Crosse | Joseph O'Brien | 2:04.67 |
2021 | Acanella | 3 | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 1:52.75 |
2022 | Viareggio | 3 | Shane Foley | Jessica Harrington | 1:53.61 |
2023 | Red Riding Hood | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 1:54.60 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Two Group 3 events added to schedule". RTÉ Sport. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- galopp-sieger.de – Dance Design Stakes.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Snow Fairy Stakes (2018).
- pedigreequery.com – Dance Design Stakes – Curragh.