The Finale Stakes is a
Listed flat
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horse race
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in Ireland open to
thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at
Naas Racecourse over a distance of 1 mile 3
furlongs and 180 yards (2,377
metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November. The 2016 race was run as the Brown Panther Stakes.
The Finale Stakes was first run in 2001. It takes place at Ireland's final flat turf meeting of the season and prior to 2017 it was run at the
Curragh over 1 mile 4 furlongs in October. It was transferred to Naas when the Curragh was closed for redevelopment and continued to be run at Naas in November after the Curragh re-opened.
Records
Leading
jockey
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(6 wins):
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Pat Smullen
Patrick Joseph Smullen (22 May 1977 – 15 September 2020), was an Irish jockey who won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title nine times. In a career running from 1992 to 2018 he rode 1,845 winners in Ireland and 47 in Britain. Amongst his ...
– '' Diamond Trim (2001), Silverhand (2009), Sapphire (2011), Variable (2015), Alveena (2016), Tocco D'Amore (2017) ''
Leading
trainer (6 wins):
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Dermot Weld – ''Diamond Trim (2001), Sapphire (2011), Variable (2015), Alveena (2016), Tocco D'Amore (2017), Duke De Sessa (2022) ''
Winners
See also
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Horse racing in Ireland
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List of Irish flat horse races
References
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Racing Post
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Flat races in Ireland
Open middle distance horse races
Naas Racecourse
Horse races established in 2001
2001 establishments in Ireland