#KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes

We are deep inside the final furlong of 2022. I'm hoping plenty of you will be powering to the finishing post hard on the bridle, rather than wearily struggling to the line or having pulled up sometime during the summer heatwave. That was then, this is now. We go again in 2023, and what a momentous year it promises to be. Here are ten reasons why…

He got off the mark on his racecourse debut in a seven-furlong maiden at the Irish Derby meeting at The Curragh last year, getting home by a whisker in in one of the most exciting finishes of the entire 2021 season. Ger Lyons' colt stepped forward from that on his second and final run last season when he landed the Group 2 KPMG Champions Juvenile…

The first of two days of top class horse racing action takes place at Leopardstown this afternoon as Irish Champions Weekend kicks off. The eight-race card features two Group 1s, two Group 2s, one Group 3, a listed race and two incredibly competitive handicaps. Just seven line up in the Irish Champion Stakes, but it is a high class field, as you…

Auguste Rodin was an impressive winner of the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown. The Deep Impact colt was the 11-10 favourite for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien, travelling behind the leading pair in the early stages of the one-mile Group Two contest. Having inched into the race he took up the lead at the furlong marker, holding off all…

Magical: won a high-class running of the Irish Champion Stakes last year It's almost here. Longines Irish Champions Weekend takes place this Saturday and Sunday, with leading international performers doing battle across a host of divisions at Leopardstown and the Curragh. First introduced in 2014, the massive two-day meeting begins with eight races…

Chris Hayes celebrates after winning the Moyglare Stud Stakes on Tahiyra during day two of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at The Curragh Racecourse in Kildare. PIC: Sportsfile THERE was success for Limerick jockeys across the Longines Irish Champions weekend. DAY ONE LEOPARDSTOWN Paddy Twomey's remarkable season hit another high as 16/1 shot…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Irish Champion Stakes 2022 sees the Jean-Claude Rouget-trained VADENI topping the betting for Saturday's big Group One contest this Saturday. The talented 3 year-old was last seen winning the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown - a race last year's Irish Champion Stakes winner - St Mark…