Vintage Tipple Stakes

Vintage Tipple Stakes
Listed race
LocationGowran Park
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
SponsorIrish Stallion Farms
WebsiteGowran Park
Race information
Distance1m 6f (2,816 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up fillies and mares
Weight9 st 2 lb
Penalties
7 lb for G1 / G2 winners
5 lb for G3 winners
3 lb for Listed winners
in races of 11 furlongs or longer
since 1 June last year
Purse€47,000 (2023)
1st: €29,500
Vintage Tipple Stakes
2024
Emerald green and mauve halved, slvs reversed, quartered cap Yellow, black star, black stars on sleeves, yellow cap, black stars Maroon, white stars, white sleeves, maroon stars, white cap
Enfranchise Countess Of Tyrone Joupe
Previous years
2023
Fluorescent orange and yellow blocks, diabolo on sleeves, yellow and orange hooped cap Maroon, white stars, white sleeves, maroon stars, white cap Royal blue, white star, royal blue cap
Final Gesture Joupe White Caviar
2022
Emerald green, gold braids, white collar and cuffs, emerald green cap, Cream, strawberry collar and cuffs, strawberry cap Red, white sleeves, grey armlet, red and grey striped cap
Yaxeni Pita Pinta Mighty Blue
2021
Red, white sleeves, grey armlet, red and grey striped cap Yellow, blue spots, yellow slvs, blue cap Emerald green, gold braids, white collar and cuffs, emerald green cap,
Mighty Blue Lismore Yaxeni
2020-2018
2020
Green, red epaulettes, green cap Maroon, yellow epaulettes, maroon and white striped sleeves, maroon and white hooped cap White, maroon ball, white cap
Kastasa Nan Yehi Traisha
2019
White, emerald green sash and sleeves, orange cap, white star Beige, dark blue cross of lorraine and sleeves, dark blue cap, beige star Dark green, beige seams, beige armlet, dark green cap
True Self Jaega Bongiorno
2018
Lime green, purple sleeves, white cap Emerald green, orange epaulettes and armlet, orange cap, white star Dark blue, white star, white sleeves, maroon stars, white cap, maroon stars
Bloomfield Glamorous Approach Remarkable Lady
 

The Vintage Tipple Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Gowran Park over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

The race was introduced as a new Listed race in 2018.[1] It is named after Vintage Tipple, an Irish-trained filly who won the 2003 Irish St. Leger.[2]

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):

  • Colin Keane – True Self (2019), Yaxeni (2022)
  • Billy Lee – Bloomfield (2018), Final Gesture (2023)

Leading trainer (no trainer has won this race more than once):

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2018 Bloomfield 4 Billy Lee Willie McCreery 3:21.47
2019 True Self 6 Colin Keane Willie Mullins 3:07.13
2020 Kastasa[a] 4 Oisin Orr Dermot Weld 3:04.79
2021 Mighty Blue 5 Dylan Browne McMonagle Joseph O'Brien 3:07.14
2022 Yaxeni 5 Colin Keane Ger Lyons 3:02.59
2023 Final Gesture 4 Billy Lee Paddy Twomey 3:05.16
2024 Enfranchise 6 Gavin Ryan Shark Hanlon 3:24.12
  1. ^ The 2020 race was run in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

See also

References

  1. ^ "Flat Season Launched At Historic Ballydoyle". Horse Racing Ireland. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ O'Hehir, Tony. "All the hot views as Bloomfield bids to prove the toast in the Vintage Tipple". Racing Post. Retrieved 9 May 2018.