The Kilternan Stakes, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Paddy Power Stakes, is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
History Leopardstown's Trigo Stakes was temporarily switched to the venue's Irish Champion Stakes meeting in September 1999. It returned to its usual late-October fixture the following year, but a similar race called the Foxrock Stakes was retained in September.
The race became known as the Kilternan Stakes in 2001. It was named after Kilternan, a village located to the south of Leopardstown. For a period the event was classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2006. Since 2018 the race has been sponsored by Paddy Power, having previously been sponsored by KPMG. In 2014 it became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture and the distance was increased to 1 mile 4 furlongs from its previous distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs.
Records
Most successful horse: no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (7 wins): Pat Smullen – Muakaad (2001), Sights on Gold (2002), Galileo's Choice (2011), Free Eagle (2014), Fascinating Rock (2015), Zhukova (2016), Eziyra (2017)
Leading trainer (10 wins): Aidan O'Brien – Acropolis (2004), Frost Giant (2006), The Bogberry (2008), Poet (2009), Await the Dawn (2010), The United States (2013), Rostropovich (2018), Norway (2019), Tiger Moth (2020), Adelaide River (2023)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 2000 Muakaad 3 Pat Shanahan Dermot Weld 2:04.20 2001 Muakaad 4 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:04.70 2002 Sights on Gold 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:10.10 2003 Mkuzi 4 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 2:05.80 2004 Acropolis 3 Jamie Spencer Aidan O'Brien 2:04.40 2005 Alayan 3 Christophe Soumillon John Oxx 2:07.10 2006 Frost Giant 3 Kieren Fallon Aidan O'Brien 2:05.10 2007 Hearthstead Maison 3 Ryan Moore Mark Johnston 2:03.12 2008 The Bogberry 3 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien 2:08.60 2009 Poet 4 Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien 2:07.02 2010 Await the Dawn 3 Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien 2:05.24 2011 Galileo's Choice 5 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:05.68 2012 Alla Speranza 3 Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 2:02.90 2013 The United States 3 Joseph O'Brien Aidan O'Brien 2:05.59 2014 Free Eagle 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:03.12 2015 Fascinating Rock 4 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:38.96 2016 Zhukova 4 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:37.33 2017 Eziyra 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:41.52 2018 Rostropovich 3 Donnacha O'Brien Aidan O'Brien 2:32.49 2019 Norway 3 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 2:32.81 2020 Tiger Moth 3 Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien 2:33.54 2021 Camorra 4 Gary Carroll Ger Lyons 2:38.75 2022 Duke De Sessa 3 Chris Hayes Dermot Weld 2:41.29 2023 Adelaide River 3 Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien 2:31.05 2024 Trustyourinstinct 4 Dylan Browne McMonagle Joseph O'Brien 2:32.76 2025 Convergent 3 Clifford Lee Karl Burke 2:35.45 2026 Arabian Crown 5 James Doyle Charlie Appleby 2:32.21
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish flat horse races
References
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galopp-sieger.de – Kilternan Stakes. horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – KPMG Enterprise Stakes (2018). pedigreequery.com – Kilternan Stakes – Leopardstown.