The Weld Park Stakes is a

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open to two-year-old

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. It is run at the

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over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September or October.

History

The event was originally held at

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, and it used to be contested over a mile. For a period it was called the Wexford Stakes, and it was later renamed the Park Stakes. It was shortened to 7 furlongs in 1971. The trainer

Dermot Weld Dermot K. Weld (born 29 July 1948), in Kildare, is a former jockey, and one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers, setting the record in 2000 for the most winners trained in Ireland with 2,578. He won the Irish Flat Training Champion ...

started to sponsor the race in the 1980s, and it was subsequently run in memory of his father Charlie Weld (also a trainer). The C. L. Weld Park Stakes was transferred to the Curragh in 1991. In 2014 the name of Dermot Weld's mother, Marguerite, was added to the race title and it became the C. L. & M. F. Weld Park Stakes. Since 2018 it has been run as the Weld Park Stakes. Notable winners of the race have included Ridgewood Pearl, Alborada,

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Records

Leading

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since 1965 (7 wins): *

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– ''Lone Bidder (1980), Countess Candy (1982), Gaily Gaily (1985), Trusted Partner (1987), Asema (1992), Arch Swing (2006), Eva's Request (2007)'' Leading trainer since 1965 (7 wins): *

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– ''Isle of Glass (1990), Tarwiya (1991), Morcote (1993), Ridgewood Pearl (1994), Rafayda (1998), Arch Swing (2006), My Titania (2013)'' *

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(2000), Magical Dream (2012),

(2014), Coolmore (2015), Hermosa (2018), Concert Hall (2021), Heavens Gate (2024) ''

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

* 1965: Crystal Light * * 1966: Graunuaile * 1967: Windy Gay * 1968: Another Daughter * 1969: Royal Words * 1970: Three Roses * 1971: Al-Burak * 1972: Fiery Diplomat * 1973: Silk Buds * 1974: Small World * 1975: Capricious * 1976: All Serene * 1977: Turkish Treasure * 1978: Solar * 1979: Mulvilla * Moon Dancer finished first in 1965, but she was disqualified.

References

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History

Records

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

See also

References