Challenge Stakes (Ireland)
The Challenge Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
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| Passion | Traisha | Kastasa |
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| 2019 | ||
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| Peach Tree | Moteo | Cimeara |
| 2018 | ||
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| Cimeara | Sizzling | Naughty Or Nice |
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| Wild Irish Rose | Wingingit | Tilly's Chilli |
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| Arya Tara | Avenante | Glenmayne |
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| Fields Of Athenry | Silwana | Drifting Mist |
| 2014 | ||
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| Pale Mimosa | Manalapan | Mutual Regard |
| 2013 | ||
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| Royal Diamond | Sir Ector | Unaccompanied |
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| Galileo's Choice | Aklan | Steps To Freedom |
| 2011 | ||
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| Sense Of Purpose | Bob Le Beau | Fictional Account |
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| Profound Beauty | Drumfire | Unity |
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| Profound Beauty | Yankee Doodle | Aliyfa |
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| Profound Beauty | Galistic | Peppertree Lane |
| 2007 | ||
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| Galistic | Reform Act | Princess Nala |
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| Foreign Affairs | Mkuzi | Simple Exchange |
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| Orpington | Dashing Home | Virginia Woolf |
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| Barolo | Two Miles West | Valentina Guest |
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| Blue Corrig | Handel | Cruzspiel |
The race was first run in 1991 and was restricted to fillies and mares from 2016.[1] Since 2016 the race has been run as the Stanerra Stakes. In 2018 it was upgraded from Listed to Group 3 status as part of changes to enhance the European programme of stayer's races.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 2000 | Pairumani Star | 5 | Pat Shanahan | John Dunlop | 3:0.60 |
| 2001 | Vinnie Roe | 3 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:2.20 |
| 2002 | Queens Wharf | 4 | Jerry O'Dwyer | Michael Halford | 3:43.90 |
| 2003 | Blue Corrig | 3 | Declan McDonogh | Joseph Crowley | 3:00.70 |
| 2004 | Barolo | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | Peter Harris | 3:03.70 |
| 2005 | Orpington | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:56.20 |
| 2006 | Foreign Affairs | 8 | Declan McDonogh | Sir Mark Prescott | 2:57.60 |
| 2007 | Galistic | 4 | Danny Grant | Patrick J. Flynn | 3:09.01 |
| 2008 | Profound Beauty | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:55.00 |
| 2009 | Profound Beauty | 5 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:59.30 |
| 2010 | Profound Beauty | 6 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:04.82 |
| 2011 | Sense Of Purpose | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:01.82 |
| 2012 | Galileo's Choice | 6 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 3:09.13 |
| 2013 | Royal Diamond | 7 | Johnny Murtagh | Johnny Murtagh | 2:59.65 |
| 2014 | Pale Mimosa | 5 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:59.63 |
| 2015 | Fields Of Athenry | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 3:09.77 |
| 2016 | Arya Tara | 3 | Anastasia O'Brien | Joseph O'Brien | 3:09.35 |
| 2017 | Wild Irish Rose | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 3:03.65 |
| 2018 | Cimeara | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 3:08.44 |
| 2019 | Peach Tree | 3 | Wayne Lordan | Aidan O'Brien | 3:02.08 |
| 2020 | Passion[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 3:18.85 |
- The 2020 running took place at Naas in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
References
- "Curragh races upgraded by European Pattern Committee". The Curragh racecourse. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2018 European Programme of Black Type Races". British Horseracing Authority. 26 January 2018.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Stannera Stakes (2019).
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