King George V Cup
The King George V Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
| Listed race | |
| Location | Leopardstown County Dublin, Ireland |
|---|---|
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | Leopardstown |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 4f (2,413 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds* *Excluding G1 / G2 winners |
| Weight | 9 st 5 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies Penalties 5 lb for G3 winners* 3 lb for Listed winners* *from 1 January 2021 |
| Purse | €37,500 (2021) 1st: €22,125 |
| 2022 | ||
| Cairde Go Deo | Boundless Ocean | Inuit |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||
| Fernando Vichi | The Mediterranean | Ruling |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Delphi | Numen | Aunt Bee |
| 2019 | ||
| Rakan | Barbados | Eminent Authority |
| 2018 | ||
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Cimeara | Lucius Tiberius |
| 2017 | ||
| Grandee | Eziyra | Percy |
| 2016 | ||
| The Major General | Claudio Monteverdi | Lieutenant General |
| 2015 | ||
| Radanpour | Morning Mix | Bondi Beach |
| 2014 | ||
| Roheryn | Streetcar To Stars | Sinkal |
| 2013 | ||
| Dibayani | Count Of Limonade | Seussical |
| 2012 | ||
| Backbench Blues | Macbeth | Karatash |
| 2011 | ||
| Laughing | Notable Graduate | Haziyna |
| 2010-2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Rose Hip | Shintoh | Sebastian Flyte |
| 2009 | ||
| Shreyas | Fiery Lad | Festival Princess |
| 2008 | ||
| Navajo Moon | One Great Cat | Mr Medici |
The race was first run in 2008 as the Nijinsky Stakes, before being renamed the King George V Cup in 2013. The race reverted to its original title in 2020 and 2021 before changing to the King George V Cup again from the 2022 running.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.