Vintage Crop Stakes
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| Class | Listed |
|---|---|
| Location | Navan Racecourse County Meath, Ireland |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | Navan |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 6f (2,816 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | 9 st 5 lb (4yo); 9 st 6 lb (5yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 5 lb for G1 / G2 winners * 3 lb for G3 winners * * of a race 11 furlongs or more since 1 May last year |
| Purse | €47,000 (2022) 1st: €29,500 |
| 2025 | ||
| Kyprios | Enfranchise | Poetic Sound |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Kyprios | Queenstown | Yashin |
| 2023 | ||
| Emily Dickinson | French Claim | Bolshoi Ballet |
| 2022 | ||
| Kyprios | Search For A Song | Baron Samedi |
| 2021 | ||
| Baron Samedi | Master Of Reality | Emperor Of The Sun |
The Vintage Crop Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Navan over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.
The race was first run, as a Listed race, in 2003. It was upgraded to Group Three status from 2014.[1] The race was a furlong shorter until 2011.
The race is named after Vintage Crop, an Irish-trained racehorse of the 1990s who won the Irish St. Leger twice and became the first European runner to win the Melbourne Cup, in 1993.[2]
From 2022, the Vintage Crop Stakes downgraded to listed race while reforming Irish staying races in early season.[3]
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Kyprios - 2022, 2024, 2025
Leading jockey (6 wins):
- Ryan Moore - Order of St George (2018), Kyprios (2022,2024, 2025), Emily Dickinson (2023), Scandinavia (2026)
Leading trainer (12 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien – Yeats (2007, 2008), Fame and Glory (2011, 2012), Leading Light (2014), Bondi Beach (2016), Order of St George (2018), Kyprios (2022,2024,2025), Emily Dickinson (2023), Scandinavia (2026)