Horse race
Listed race | |
Location | Navan Racecourse County Meath, Ireland |
---|---|
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Navan |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 6f (2,816 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 5 lb (4yo); 9 st 6 lb (5yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 5 lb for G1 / G2 winners * 3 lb for G3 winners * * of a race 11 furlongs or more since 1 May last year |
Purse | €47,000 (2022) 1st: €29,500 |
2024 | ||
Kyprios | Queenstown | Yashin |
Previous years | ||
---|---|---|
2023 | ||
Emily Dickinson | French Claim | Bolshoi Ballet |
2022 | ||
Kyprios | Search For A Song | Baron Samedi |
2021 | ||
Baron Samedi | Master Of Reality | Emperor Of The Sun |
The Vintage Crop Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Navan over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.
The race was first run, as a Listed race, in 2003. It was upgraded to Group Three status from 2014. The race was a furlong shorter until 2011.
The race is named after Vintage Crop, an Irish-trained racehorse of the 1990s who won the Irish St. Leger twice and became the first European runner to win the Melbourne Cup, in 1993.
From 2022, the Vintage Crop Stakes downgraded to listed race while reforming Irish staying races in early season.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Fame and Glory – 2011, 2012
- Yeats – 2007, 2008
- Kyprios - 2022, 2024
Leading jockey (4 wins):
- Ryan Moore - Order of St George (2018), Kyprios (2022,2024), Emily Dickinson (2023)
Leading trainer (10 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien – Yeats (2007, 2008), Fame and Glory (2011, 2012), Leading Light (2014), Bondi Beach (2016), Order of St George (2018), Kyprios (2022,2024), Emily Dickinson (2023)
Winners
- The 2020 race was run at the Curragh in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
See also
References
- O'Connor, Brian. "Boost for champions weekend". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- European Pattern Committee announces new Chairman and changes to the 2022 European Programme of Flat Black Type Races
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Vintage Crop Stakes (2019).