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horse race in Ireland open to
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s aged three years or older. It is run at
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over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
Records
Most successful horse:
* ''no horse has won this race more than once''
Leading
jockey (3 wins):
*
Michael Kinane
Michael J. Kinane (born 22 June 1959, Killenaule, County Tipperary) is an Irish former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009.
A prolific winner of the Irish, English and French Classic race ...
– ''Shakespeare (2000), Caradak (2004), Danak (2006)''
*Niall McCullagh – ''Tout A Coup (1997), Alanza (2011), Akeed Mofeed (2012)''
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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 h ...
– ''Caumshinaun (2001), Eshera (2015), Rose De Pierre (2016)''
Leading
trainer (6 wins):
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John Oxx
John M. Oxx (born 14 July 1950) is a retired Irish trainer of thoroughbred racehorses. By the end of the 2009 season Oxx had trained 35 Group One winners over his career, including the winners of 11 Classic races. He is best known as the traine ...
– ''Miss Honorine (2002), Dossier (2003), Caradak (2004), Danak (2006), Alanza (2011), Akeed Mofeed (2012)''
Winners
The 2000 winner ''Shakespeare'' was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed ''Good Heavens''.
See also
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Horse racing in Ireland
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List of Irish flat horse races
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Flat races in Ireland
Open mile category horse races
Cork Racecourse