Beresford Stakes
Note: Date, Track and Qualifying Points are based on the Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby schedule
When: September 29, 2019
Where: The Curragh (County Kildare, Ireland)
Purse: €110,000
Race Distance: 1 mile
History: The Beresford Stakes traditionally takes place on the same weekend as the Royal Lodge Stakes with both races now forming the start of the European Road to the Kentucky Derby.
First raced in 1875, the race has a long history although it didn’t become an annual fixture on the Irish Horse Racing calendar until 1949. It has always taken place at the famous Curragh racecourse bar 2017 and 2018, when it shifted to Naas due to redevelopment work.
It was in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series in 2012 but was removed a year later. It was added to the Kentucky Derby Road in 2017.
Taking place over the mile distance on tuf, it is open to two year-olds and is currently classified as a Grade II flat race.
Qualifying Points: 10-4-2-1
Past Winners:
2019 - Innisfree
2018 - Japan
2017 - Saxon Warrior
2016 - Capri
2015 - Port Douglas
2014 - Ol' Man River
2013 - Geoffrey Chaucer
2012 - Battle of Marengo
2011 - David Livingston
2010 - Casamento
2009 - St Nicholas Abbey
2008 - Sea the Stars
2007 - Curtain Call
2006 - Eagle Mountain
2005 - Septimus
2004 - Albert Hall
2003 - Azamour
2002 - Alamshar
2001 - Castle Gandolfo
2000 - Turnberry Isle
1999 - Lermontov
1998 - Festival Hall
1997 - Saratoga Springs
1996 - Johan Cruyff
1995 - Ahkaam
1994 - Burden of Proof
1993 - Sheridan
1992 - Frenchpark
1991 - El Prado
1990 - Approach the Bench
1989 - Victory Piper
1988 - Classic Fame
1987 - Insan
1986 - Gulf King
1985 - Flash of Steel
1984 - Gold Crest
1983 - Sadler's Wells
1982 - Danzatore
1981 - Assert
1980 - Euclid
1979 - Huguenot
1978 - Just a Game
1977 - Icelandic
1976 - Orchestra
1975 - Whistling Deer
1974 - Mark Anthony
1973 - Saritamer
1972 - Chamozzle
1971 - Boucher
1970 - Minsky
1969 - Nijinsky
1968 - Deep Run
1967 - Hibernian
1966 - Sovereign Slipper
1965 - Boleslas
1964 - Jealous
1963 - Scissors
1962 - Pontifex
1961 - Richmond
1960 - Paris Princess
1959 - Lynchris
1958 - Sunny Court
1957 - Articeelagh
1956 - Viviptic
1955 - Carezza
1954 - Arctic Time
1953 - Kildoon
1952 - Northern Gleam
1951 - Grand Morning
1950 - Setello
1949 - Dark Warrior
Listed below are the winners of the rare years the race took place between 1875 and 1946. All other years saw no race.
1946 - Grand Weather
1945 - Linaria
1943 - Arctic Sun
1930 - Spiral
1920 - Ballyheron
1919 - Royal Ashe
1917 - Judea
1910 - Cheery Pat
1891 - Wordsworth
1880 - Barcaldine
1875 - Richelieu