The Ruby Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred horses aged three years or older. It is run at Killarney over a distance of 1 mile and 20 yards (1,628 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
The race was first run in 1997 and took place at Tralee until the racecourse was closed in 2007, and at Dundalk in 2008.
Since being transferred to Killarney the race title has been extended to include the name of the legendary Irish trainer, Vincent O'Brien.
Records Leading jockey (5 wins): Seamie Heffernan – Common World (2005), Steinbeck (2010), Soon (2012), I Can Fly (2018), So Wonderful (2020)
Leading trainer (8 wins): Aidan O'Brien - Mystical Lady (2008), Poet (2009), Steinbeck (2010), Wild Wind (2011), Soon (2012), I Can Fly (2018), So Wonderful (2020), Horoscope (2021), Salt Lake City (2023)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1997 On Fair Stage 4 Pat Smullen John Oxx 1:49.00 1998 Lil's Boy 4 Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:38.90 1999 Free To Speak 7 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 1:41.80 2000 Rush Brook 5 Fran Berry David Wachman 1:48.80 2001 One Won One 7 Kevin Manning Joanna Morgan 1:41.30 2002 Blatant 3 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 1:39.50 2003 Latino Magic 3 Robbie Burke Robbie Osborne 1:40.30 2004 Eklim 4 Declan McDonogh Kevin Prendergast 1:54.10 2005 Common World 6 Seamie Heffernan Tom Hogan 1:44.50 2006 Kalderon 6 Fran Berry Tom Hogan 1:37.44 2007 Deauville Vision 4 Rory Cleary Michael Halford 1:51.20 2008 Mystical Lady 3 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien 1:36.50 2009 Poet 4 Sean Levey Aidan O'Brien 1:46.06 2010 Steinbeck 3 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 1:41.88 2011 Wild Wind 3 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien 1:41.81 2012 Soon 3 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 1:48.80 2013 Wannabe Better 3 Wayne Lordan Tommy Stack 1:40.75 2014 Brooch 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 1:42.36 2015 Algonquin 3 Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:41.42 2016 Erysimum 3 Billy Lee Willie McCreery 1:42.16 2017 Canary Row 7 Ronan Whelan Patrick Prendergast 1:46.64 2018 I Can Fly 3 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 1:41.70 2019 Lady Wannabe 3 Chris Hayes Fozzy Stack 1:42.90 2020 So Wonderful 3 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 1:49.89 2021 Horoscope 3 Emmet McNamara Aidan O'Brien 1:40.55 2022 Charterhouse 4 Scott McCullagh JJ Murphy 1:42.93 2023 Salt Lake City 3 Killian Hennessy Aidan O'Brien 1:44.20 2024 One Look 3 Billy Lee Paddy Twomey 1:44.41 2025 Thalara 5 Andrew Slattery Henry de Bromhead 1:42.24 2026 Jagged Edge 4 Jack Kearney Stephen Thorne 1:40.72
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish flat horse races
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