The Snow Fairy Fillies' Stakes is a

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flat

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in Ireland open to

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and

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s aged three years or older. It is run at the

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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

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, 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. 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 Snow Fairy (foaled 12 February 2007) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who was bred in Ireland and trained in England by Ed Dunlop. She made little impression on the racecourse as a two-year-old, winning only one race out of six. She started h ...

, the winner of the

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and

Irish Oaks The Irish Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it ...

in 2010.

Records

Most successful horse: * ''no horse has won this race more than once'' Leading

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(2 wins): * Joseph O'Brien - ''Up (2012), Say (2013)'' *

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- ''Chinese White (2009), Carla Bianca (2014)'' *

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- ''Bible Belt (2011), Bocca Baciata (2015)'' * Ryan Moore - ''Rain Goddess (2017), Goddess (2019)'' *

Seamie Heffernan James Anthony "Seamie" Heffernan (born 17 July 1972) is an Irish flat racing jockey associated for most of his career with the stable of horse racing trainer Aidan O'Brien. From a family with no racing connections, Heffernan was introduced to t ...

- '' Somehow (2016), Red Riding Hood (2023) '' *

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- '' Beach Bunny (2008), Tarawa (2024) '' Leading trainer (6 wins): *

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- ''Up (2012), Say (2013), Somehow (2016), Rain Goddess (2017), Goddess (2019), Red Riding Hood (2023)''

Winners

References

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Records

Winners

See also

References