The Noblesse Stakes is a
Listed flat
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horse race
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in Ireland open to
mares and
fillies aged four years or older.
It is run at
Cork
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over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early April.
The race was first run in 2015 and the first two runnings were held
Leopardstown. Until 2013 the title was used for a race now known as the
Munster Oaks.
Records
Leading
jockey
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(2 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 ...
– ''Massinga (2015), Zhukova (2017)''
* Billy Lee - '' Bloomfield (2018), Moll (2021) ''
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Colin Keane
Colin Keane (born 12 September 1994) is an Irish jockey who competes in flat racing. He was Irish flat racing Champion Jockey in 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Keane was born in County Meath and rode his first race winner at Dundalk in December ...
- '' ''Heliac (2020), Thunder Kiss (2022) ''
Leading
trainer (2 wins):
*
Dermot Weld – ''Massinga (2015), Zhukova (2017)''
* Ger Lyons - ''Heliac (2020), Thunder Kiss (2022) ''
Winners
See also
*
Horse racing in Ireland
*
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
Cork Racecourse