A list of notable flat horse races that take place annually in Ireland, under the authority of Horse Racing Ireland. This list includes all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern programme. Race distances are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards.
Group 1 Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Irish 2,000 Guineas Curragh 3yo c&f Gstaad Tattersalls Gold Cup Curragh 4yo+ Almaqam Irish 1,000 Guineas Curragh 3yo f Precise Pretty Polly Stakes Curragh 3yo+ f Estrange Irish Derby Curragh 3yo c&f Benvenuto Cellini Irish Oaks Curragh 3yo f Johanna Walsh Phoenix Stakes Curragh 2yo c&f Sun Goddess Golden Fleece Stakes Leopardstown 2yo c&f Darkness Falls Matron Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ f Blue Bolt Irish Champion Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Hotazhell Moyglare Stud Stakes Curragh 2yo f Sun Goddess Flying Five Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Comanche Brave Vincent O'Brien National Stakes Curragh 2yo c&f Folsom Blues Irish St Leger Curragh 3yo+ Scandinavia
Group 2 Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Mooresbridge Stakes Curragh 4yo+ Minnie Hauk Greenlands Stakes Curragh 4yo+ Comanche Brave Ridgewood Pearl Stakes Curragh 4yo+ f City Of Memphis Airlie Stud Stakes Curragh 2yo f Sun Goddess Sapphire Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Cover Up Railway Stakes Curragh 2yo Celeron Minstrel Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Power Blue Curragh Cup Curragh 3yo+ Trustyourinstinct Debutante Stakes Curragh 2yo f Green Empress Futurity Stakes Curragh 2yo Giant Sequoia Solonaway Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Quddwah Blandford Stakes Curragh 3yo+ f Thundering On Beresford Stakes Curragh 2yo Noble Exhibit
Group 3 Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Park Express Stakes Curragh 3yo+ f Celestial Orbit Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Leopardstown 3yo c&g Thesecretadversary Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Leopardstown 3yo f True Love Ballysax Stakes Leopardstown 3yo Christmas Day Alleged Stakes Curragh 4yo+ Starford Salsabil Stakes Navan 3yo f Thundering On Athasi Stakes Curragh 3yo f Kensington Lane Mutamakina Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ f City Of Memphis Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial Leopardstown 3yo James J Braddock Saval Beg Stakes Leopardstown 4yo+ Scandinavia Fillies' Sprint Stakes Naas 2yo f Victorious Lacken Stakes Naas 3yo Havana Anna Gallinule Stakes Curragh 3yo Causeway Marble Hill Stakes Curragh 2yo Great Barrier Reef Ballycorus Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Native Warrior Munster Oaks Cork 3yo+ f Sparan Nua Blue Wind Stakes Naas 3yo f Rebel Moon Anglesey Stakes Curragh 2yo Ballinea Star International Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Purview Stannera Stakes Fairyhouse 3yo+ f Floresta Brownstown Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ f Duckadilly Meld Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Geryon Rathbride Stakes Curragh 4yo+ f Moody Silver Flash Stakes Leopardstown 2yo f Alpha Tyros Stakes Leopardstown 2yo Florida Bay Desmond Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Isaac Newton Ballyroan Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Ethical Diamond Phoenix Sprint Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Big Mojo Give Thanks Stakes Cork 3yo+ f Believed Royal Whip Stakes Curragh 3yo+ A Boy Named Susie Irish St Leger Trial Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Queenstown Ballyogan Stakes Naas 3yo+ f Chantez Flame Of Tara Stakes Curragh 2yo f Sea Of Rain Round Tower Stakes Curragh 2yo Push The Boat Out Snow Fairy Stakes Curragh 3yo+ f Miss Scott Fairy Bridge Stakes Cork 3yo+ f Magny Cours Kilternan Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Arabian Crown Denny Cordell Lavarack Fillies Stakes Gowran Park 3yo+ f Syzygy Renaissance Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Soul Love Weld Park Stakes Curragh 2yo f Curracloe Eyrefield Stakes Leopardstown 2yo Killavullan Stakes Leopardstown 2yo Staffordstown Stud Stakes Curragh 2yo f Mercury Stakes Dundalk 2yo+ Loughbrown Stakes Curragh 3yo+
Listed Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Devoy Stakes Naas 4yo+ Beset Gladness Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Big Gossey Cork Stakes Cork 3yo+ Navassa Island Noblesse Stakes Cork 4yo+ f Moody Heritage Stakes Leopardstown 4yo+ The Lion In Winter Committed Stakes Navan 3yo Charles Darwin Vintage Crop Stakes Navan 4yo+ Scandinavia Woodlands Stakes Naas 3yo+ Mission Central Polonia Stakes Cork 3yo f Royal Bay Cen First Flier Stakes Curragh 2yo Velozee Tetrarch Stakes Curragh 3yo Causeway Vintage Tipple Stakes Gowran Park 4yo+ f Moody Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes Gowran Park 4yo+ f Sindria Naas Oaks Trial Naas 3yo f Caught U Sleeping Amethyst Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Catalina Delcarpio Yeats Stakes Navan 3yo Limestone Owenstown Stud Stakes Naas 3yo+ Wannabe Royal Sole Power Sprint Stakes Naas 3yo+ Mission Central Orby Stakes Curragh 4yo+ Purview His Majesty's Plate Down Royal 4yo+ Carmers King George V Cup Leopardstown 3yo Endorsement Glencairn Stakes Navan 3yo+ Isaac Newton Kooyonga Stakes Navan 3yo+ f Duckadilly Midsummer Sprint Stakes Cork 3yo+ Kendall Roy Martin Molony Stakes Limerick 3yo+ Layfayette Belgrave Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Big Gossey Celebration Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Zodiac Bear Lenebane Stakes Roscommon 3yo+ Bosphorus Rose Tipperary Stakes Naas 2yo Carry The Flag Pat Smullen Stakes Naas 2yo Dancing Destiny Cairn Rouge Stakes Killarney 3yo f Meriden Marwell Stakes Naas 2yo f Big Negotiator Yeomanstown Stud Stakes Naas 3yo+ f Soul Love Marble City Stakes Gowran Park 3yo Nil Bua Gan Dua Corrib Fillies Stakes Galway 3yo+ f Pivotal Attack Churchill Stakes Gowran Park 2yo Sergei Diaghilev Hurry Harriet Stakes Gowran Park 3yo+ f Star Performer Firville Stakes Cork 2yo f Alwaysanangel Platinum Stakes Cork 3yo+ Suzie Songs Curragh Stakes Curragh 2yo Armor Supreme Vinnie Roe Stakes Leopardstown 3yo Highwayman Ruby Stakes Killarney 3yo+ Jagged Edge Abergwaun Stakes Cork 3yo+ Likedbymike Oyster Stakes Galway 3yo+ f Beset Ingabelle Stakes Leopardstown 2yo f Maire Rua Blenheim Stakes Fairyhouse 2yo Big Negotiator Listowel Stakes Listowel 3yo+ Meriden Diamond Stakes Dundalk 3yo+ Military Order Legacy Stakes Dundalk 2yo Shimmering Sun Star Appeal Stakes Dundalk 2yo Joga Bonito Concorde Stakes Curragh 3yo+ King Cuan Brigid's Pastures Stakes Curragh 3yo+ f Carla Ridge Navigation Stakes Cork 3yo Shaihaan RFL Steels Stakes Naas 3yo+ Garnet Stakes Naas 3yo+ f Bluebell Stakes Naas 3yo+ f Knockaire Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Trigo Stakes Leopardstown 3yo+ Finale Stakes Curragh 3yo+ Cooley Fillies Stakes Dundalk 3yo+ f
Premier Handicaps Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Irish Lincolnshire Curragh 4yo+ Ribee Madrid Handicap Naas 3yo Causeway Emerald Cup Curragh 4yo+ Fiver Friday Blackwater Handicap Naas 3yo Bobby McGee Cork Derby Cork 4yo+ Londonofficecallin Nas Na Laighean Handicap Naas 3yo Chicago Pope Royal County Handicap Navan 3yo Santa Bravado Keadeen Hotel Handicap Curragh 4yo+ Perry Mason Habitat Handicap Curragh 4yo+ Headmaster Spring Fillies' Handicap Curragh 3yo f Green Carrera Junefest Handicap Curragh 3yo Amiata Lilywhites Handicap Curragh 4yo+ Poetic Sound Mallow Handicap Cork 3yo+ Gleneagle Bay Ulster Derby Down Royal 3yo Madbadanddangerous Summer Fillies' Handicap Curragh 3yo+ f Meriden Rockingham Handicap Curragh 3yo+ Genesis Derby Festival Handicap Curragh 3yo+ Pierre Royal Maddenstown Handicap Curragh 3yo King Of Earth Ragusa Handicap Curragh 4yo+ In My Teens Nasrullah Handicap Leopardstown 3yo+ Thread Of Gold Scurry Handicap Curragh 3yo+ Sondad Doneraile Handicap Cork 3yo+ Ipanema Queen Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap Galway 4yo+ Comfort Zone COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap Galway 3yo+ Orandi Guinness Handicap Galway 3yo+ Thread Of Gold Ahonoora Handicap Galway 3yo+ Dunum Red God Handicap Dundalk 3yo+ Touch The Moon Kingdom Gold Cup Killarney 3yo+ Gaoth Chuil Irish Cambridgeshire Curragh 3yo+ Loughrea Sovereign Path Handicap Leopardstown 3yo+ Krasimir Pentingo Handicap Leopardstown 3yo+ Immutable Autumn Fillies' Handicap Leopardstown 3yo+ f Rebel Wave Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Curragh 3yo+ Coul Angel Northfields Handicap Curragh 3yo+ Orandi Old Weir Handicap Listowel 3yo+ Handani Joe McGrath Handicap Curragh 3yo+ Red Evolution Irish Cesarewitch Curragh 3yo+ Chally Chute Birdcatcher Premier Nursery Handicap Naas 2yo Beggar's End Handicap Naas 3yo+ October Handicap Leopardstown 3yo+ Athgarvan Handicap Curragh 3yo+
Conditions & sales races Month Race Name Racecourse Status Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Patton Stakes Dundalk Conditions 3yo Blanc De Blanc Gowran Classic Gowran Park Conditions 3yo Bunyola Bay Ballyhane Stakes Naas Conditions 2yo Livenka Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes Curragh Sales 2yo Star Of State Goffs Million Curragh Sales 2yo Trean Irish EBF Auction Series Race Final Naas Sales 2yo
References Revised Group Race Programme in Ireland for 2020 Announced - Revised Irish Pattern 2020. 2020 Flat Pattern Book - Irish Pattern Races, Listed Races and Premier Handicaps 2020. Down Royal - Her Majesty's Plate upgraded to a Listed Race. European Pattern Committee 2016 - Curragh races upgraded by European Pattern Committee.