The Vintage Tipple Stakes is a

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horse race in Ireland open to

thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

fillies A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

and

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s aged four years or older. It is run at

Gowran Park Gowran Park is a horse race course in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the Annely Estate near the village of Gowran Gowran (; ) is a town located on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Ch ...

over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May. The race was introduced as a new Listed race in 2018. It is named after

Vintage Tipple Vintage Tipple (foaled 17 January 2000) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She showed considerable promise as a two-year-old in 2002 when she won both of her races by clear margins. In the following spring she finished second in ...

, an Irish-trained filly who won the 2003 Irish St. Leger.

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins): *

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 ...

– ''True Self (2019), Yaxeni (2022)'' * Billy Lee – ''Bloomfield (2018), Final Gesture (2023)'' Leading trainer (no trainer has won this race more than once):

Winners

References

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Records

Winners

See also

References