12 Sep 2015 17:45 Leopardstown
Winner: €1,100,000 (Penalty: €638,000); Distance: 1m 2f; Class: 1; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Yielding (Good to Soft in places).
Qipco Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1)
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
5(1) |
| - |
Golden Horn (GB) (colt, bay, 9 0) |
1-11112 / 3 |
Flat (24) | L Dettori | J & T Gosden Anthony Oppenheimer |
5/4 | |
| pushed along to soon lead, pushed along again into straight and pressed, veered badly right inside final furlong, continued to edge right after but kept on well | ||||||||||
2nd |
7(3) |
| 1 L |
Found (IRE) (filly, bay, 8 11) |
31-2221 / 4 |
Flat (20) | J A Heffernan | A P O'Brien Tabor, Michael… |
6/1 | |
| held up, 6th early, soon 5th, 4th 2f out, switched left over 1f out, left 2nd inside final furlong, kept on without reaching winner | ||||||||||
3rd |
2(5) |
| ½ L |
Free Eagle (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 7) |
12/13-1 / 4 |
Flat (87) | P J Smullen | D K Weld Moyglare Stud Farms… |
10/3 | |
| tracked leaders, mainly 3rd, challenged travelling smoothly into straight, ridden from 2f out, every chance inside final furlong when badly impeded, not recover in 3rd after | ||||||||||
4th |
8(2) |
| 2 L |
Pleascach (IRE) (filly, bay, 8 11) |
211251 / 4 |
Flat (23) | K J Manning | J S Bolger Godolphin |
14/1 | |
| pushed along to track leaders, mainly 4th, pushed along again approaching straight, soon under pressure, 5th 2f out, 4th and kept on same pace inside final furlong | ||||||||||
5th |
6(7) |
| NK |
Highland Reel (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 0) |
1-62511 / 5 |
Flat (28) | E J McNamara | A P O'Brien Derrick Smith,… |
16/1 | |
| led early, raced in 2nd, pushed along before straight, 3rd from 2f out, 4th 1f out, dropped to 5th and one pace inside final furlong | ||||||||||
6th |
3(4) |
| 1 L |
The Grey Gatsby (IRE) (colt, not availiable, 9 7) |
1-24223 / 6 |
Flat (24) | J P Spencer | K A Ryan F Gillespie |
8/1 | |
| loaded without rider, in rear, pushed along approaching straight, 6th 2f out, one pace from over 1f out | ||||||||||
7th |
1(8) |
| 6 L |
Cirrus Des Aigles (FR) (horse (entire), bay, 9 7) |
1554-14 / 9 |
Flat (111) | C Soumillon | Mme C Barbe Jca Dupouy |
8/1 | |
| held up, 5th early, soon 6th, pushed along from 3f out, dropped to last from 2f out, no extra from over 1f out | ||||||||||
4(6) |
| - |
Gleneagles (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 0) |
11D-111 / 3 |
Flat (88) | Joseph O'Brien | A P O'Brien Tabor, Michael… |
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