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Yeats Stakes

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Yeats Stakes
2024
Yellow, red epaulettes and sleeves, yellow cap Black, white slvs, red cap, black star Royal blue, orange disc, striped sleeves and cap
Birdman Bellezza Gasper De Lemos
Previous years
2023
Dark blue Navy blue, white and red hoop, white armlets, white cap Maroon, royal blue hoop, royal blue sleeves, quartered cap
Peking Opera Etna Rosso Covent Garden
2022
Dark green, white spots on sleeves, dark green cap Black and orange stripes, white cap, orange spots Purple, emerald green hoop, purple sleeves, purple cap
Cairde Go Deo Hotter Than Hades Willesee
2021
Royal blue, orange disc, striped sleeves and cap Purple, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap White, orange collar and cuffs, hooped cap
Sir Lucan Wordsworth Party House
2020-2017
2020
Red, yellow panel, striped sleeves, hooped cap Purple, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap White and purple chevrons, white sleeves, purple cap
Galileo Chrome Emperor Of The Sun Red Kelly
2019
Purple, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap Yellow, emerald green and yellow striped sleeves, yellow cap Green, red epaulettes, green cap
Western Australia Pythion Masaff
2018
Purple, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap Black, gold chevrons, gold chevrons on sleeves, black cap White, red cross sashes, black sleeves, red cap
Southern France Drapers Guild Whirling Dervish
2017
Beige, dark blue cross of lorraine and sleeves, dark blue cap, beige star White, red cross sashes, black sleeves, red cap Dark blue
Naughty Or Nice Grandee Finn McCool
 

The Yeats Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years only. It is run at Navan over a distance of 1 mile and 5 furlongs (2,616 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.[1]

The race was run for the first time in 2017.[2]

Records

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Leading jockey (2 wins):

Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Aidan O'BrienSouthern France (2018), Western Australia (2019), Sir Lucan (2021), Peking Opera (2023)

Winners

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Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
2017 Naughty Or Nice Declan McDonogh John Oxx 2:54.02
2018 Southern France Donnacha O'Brien Aidan O'Brien 2:51.00
2019 Western Australia Donnacha O'Brien Aidan O'Brien 2:49.97
2020 Galileo Chrome[a] Shane Crosse Joseph Patrick O'Brien 2:58.11
2021 Sir Lucan Wayne Lordan Aidan O'Brien 2:55.16
2022 Cairde Go Deo Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:53.81
2023 Peking Opera Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 3:06.85
2024 Birdman Shane Foley Jessica Harrington 3:00.28
  1. ^ The 2020 race was run in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Irish Pattern Races" (pdf). Horse Racing Ireland. p. 15. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Irish EBF Announce New Initiatives". Irish European Breeders Fund. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.