Irish Champion Stakes Odds

The Irish Champion Stakes is a Group 1 race run at Leopardstown and is open to horses aged three years or older. Run over 1m 2f, the Irish Champion Stakes is one of the premier Flat races on the Irish calendar and attracts some exciting three-year-olds that may have been competing in the likes of the English and Irish Derby earlier in the season, and they will lock horns with some proven, top-class older horses in a fascinating contest. You can check out the 2020 Irish Champion Stakes odds here...

Irish Champion Stakes Tips

You can check out the tops for the 2021 Irish Champion Stakes here...

What is the Irish Champion Stakes? 

The Irish Champion Stakes is a Group 1 race run at Leopardstown and is open to horses aged three years or older. Contested over 1m 2f, it is regarded as one of the flagship Group 1 races on the Irish calendar, and has been attracted some of the stars of the sport. Attracting a host of top notch three-year-olds, it can also see some older, proven contenders sparkle on the big stage.

First run in 1976, the Irish Champion Stakes has been won by some of the greats of the Flat. Sadler's Wells was a memorable winner of the 1984 renewal, while more recently Dylan Thomas (2006, 2007), Sea The Stars (2009) and Golden Horn (2015), who both tasted victory in the Derby at Epsom Downs, have all been top-class winners of the showpiece event.

What happened in the 2021 Irish Champion Stakes?

Aidan O'Brien's St Mark's Basilica produced a sparkling performance to land victory in the Irish Champion Stakes, as the Ballydoyle was made to work by Poetic Flare and Tarnawa, who both ran crackers in defeat, but it was the race favourite that managed to  find enough in the closing stages to get his head in front at the line.