The Kilternan Stakes, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Paddy Power Stakes, is a

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in Ireland open to

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s aged three years or older. It is run at

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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

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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

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, 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

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, having previously been sponsored by

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. 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

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(7 wins): *

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– ''Muakaad (2001), Sights on Gold (2002), Galileo's Choice (2011), Free Eagle (2014), Fascinating Rock (2015), Zhukova (2016), Eziyra (2017)'' Leading trainer (10 wins): *

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– ''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

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References