Irish Champion Stakes

Location: Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin, Ireland
Inaugural Race: 1976
Distance: 1 & 1/4^ths of a mile (10 furlongs)
Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
2020 Purse: €750,000
2020 Race Date: Saturday, September 12^th

2020 Irish Champion Stakes Entries and Results

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POST	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE

5	Magical	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	£4.10	£1.70
3	Ghaiyyath	William Buick	Charlie Appleby		£1.02
6	Armory	W. M. Lordan	Aidan O'Brien
1	Sottsass	C. T. Keane	Jean-Claude Rouget
2	Japan	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien
4	Leo De Fury	Shane Foley	Mrs J. Harrington

Exotic Payouts

Exacta (5-3) Paid: £10.30
Trifecta (5-3-6) Paid: £59.70

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The History of the Irish Champion Stakes

Established in 1976 as the Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes, the Irish Champion Stakes is run annually at the Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin, Ireland. In 2009 the race was included into the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, with winners gaining an automatic bid to participate in the Breeders' Cup Turf.