The Tetrarch Stakes is a
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horse race
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in Ireland open to three-year-old
thoroughbred
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s. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at the
Curragh
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in early May.
History
The event is named after
The Tetrarch
The Tetrarch (1911–1935) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was undefeated in a racing career of seven starts and was voted the best British-trained two-year-old of the 20th century according to the National Horse ...
, a successful Irish racehorse foaled in 1911. The 2021 running carried the name of Dick McCormick, an Irish racehorse trainer who was one of the few men who rode The Tetrarch in workouts.
For a period the Tetrarch Stakes held Group 3 status. It was downgraded to Listed level in 2011.
The Tetrarch Stakes can serve as a trial for the
Irish 2,000 Guineas. The last horse to win both races was
Awtaad
Awtaad (foaled 1 February 2013) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed promise as a juvenile, winning a maiden race on his second racecourse appearance in October 2015. In the following spring he showed great improvement, winning the Madr ...
in 2016.
Records
Leading
jockey
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since 1950 (5 wins):
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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 ...
– ''Flash of Steel (1986), Big Shuffle (1987), Monashee Mountain (2000), Century City (2002), Leitrim House (2004)''
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Kevin Manning - ''Desert Style (1995), Creachadoir (2007), Vocalised (2009), Free Judgement (2010), Lunar Space (2021)''
Leading
trainer since 1950 (13 wins):
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Vincent O'Brien
Vincent O'Brien (9 April 1917 – 1 June 2009) was an Irish horse racing, race horse horse trainer, trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 2003 he was voted the greatest influence in horse racing history in ...
– ''Harry (1968), Sahib (1969), Minsky (1971), Home Guard (1972), Dapper (1973), Cellini (1974), Achieved (1982), Salmon Leap (1983), Northern Plain (1985), Prince of Birds (1988), Saratogan (1989), Royal Academy (1990), College Chapel (1993)''
Winners since 1980
Earlier winners
* 1947: Sea Flower
* 1948: Beau Sabreur
* 1949: Solonaway
* 1950: Princess Trudy
* 1951: Signal Box
* 1952: Stella Aurata
* 1953: Treetops Hotel
* 1954: Tale of Two Cities
* 1955: Bright Night
* 1956: Milesian
* 1957:
Jack Ketch
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* 1958: Tharp
* 1959: Sovereign Path
* 1960: Kythnos
* 1961: Time Greine
* 1962: Assurance
* 1963: Vertigo
* 1964: Majority Blue
* 1965: Quintillian
* 1966: Ultimate
* 1967:
Bold Lad
Bold Lad (1962–1986) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
Bold Lad bred and raced by Gladys Phipps and her brother Ogden L. Mills under their Wheatley Stable banner. His sire was eight-time leading sire in North Ame ...
* 1968: Harry
* 1969: Sahib
* 1970: El Kuntilla
* 1971: Minsky
* 1972: Home Guard
* 1973: Dapper
* 1974:
Cellini
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* 1975: Dempsey
* 1976: Poacher's Moon
* 1977: Lordedaw
* 1978: Columbanus
* 1979: Gerald Martin
See also
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Horse racing in Ireland
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*
List of Irish flat horse races
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References
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