9st1lb (3yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares
Purse
€460,000 (2021) 1st: €285,000
Irish St Leger
2023
Eldar Eldarov
Kyprios
Dawn Rising
Previous years
2022
Kyprios
Hamish
Search For A Song
2021
Sonnyboyliston
Twilight Payment
Baron Samedi
2020-2011
2020
Search For A Song
Fujaira Prince
Twilight Payment
2019
Search For A Song
Kew Gardens
Southern France
2018
Flag Of Honour
Latrobe
Weekender
2017
Order Of St George
Torcedor
Mount Moriah
2016
Wicklow Brave
Order Of St George
Trip To Paris
2015
Order Of St George
Agent Murphy
Wicklow Brave
2014
Brown Panther
Leading Light
Encke
2013
Voleuse De Coeurs
Ahzeemah
Saddler's Rock
2012
Royal Diamond
Massiyn
Brown Panther
2011
Duncan
Jukebox Jury
Red Cadeaux
2010-2001
2010
Sans Frontieres
Profound Beauty
Flying Cross
2009
Alandi
Clowance
Schiaparelli
2008
Septimus
New Zealand
Red Moloney
2007
Yeats
Scorpion
Mores Wells
2006
Kastoria
Yeats
The Whistling Teal
2005
Collier Hill
The Whistling Teal
Vinnie Roe
2004
Vinnie Roe
Brian Boru
First Charter
2003
Vinnie Roe
Gamut
Powerscourt
2002
Vinnie Roe
Pugin
Ballingarry
2001
Vinnie Roe
Millenary
Marienbard
2000-1991
2000
Arctic Owl
Yavana's Pace
Mutafaweq
1999
Kayf Tara
Yavana's Pace
Silver Patriarch
1998
Kayf Tara
Silver Patriarch
Delilah
1997
Oscar Schindler
Persian Punch
Whitewater Affair
1996
Oscar Schindler
Key Change
Sacrament
1995
Strategic Choice
Moonax
Oscar Schindler
1994
Vintage Crop
Rayseka
Kithanga
1993
Vintage Crop
Assessor
Foresee
1992
Mashaallah
Snurge
Drum Taps
1991
Turgeon
Patricia
Zafadola
1990-1988
1990
Ibn Bey
Mr Pintips
Braashee
1989
Petite Ile
Tyrone Bridge
Lazaz
1988
Dark Lomond
Daarkom
Eurobird
The Irish St Leger is a Group 1flathorse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
It is Ireland's equivalent of the St Leger Stakes, a famous race in England (although unlike the English race, it is open to both horses above age three and geldings).
The event was established in 1915, and it was originally restricted to three-year-olds. The first horse to win both the English and Irish St Legers was Royal Lancer in 1922.[citation needed]
The first Irish St. Leger winner to complete a Triple Crown (having previously won the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Irish Derby) was Museum in 1935. The only subsequent horse to win all three races was Windsor Slipper in 1942.[citation needed]
The Irish St Leger became an open-age race in 1983, and there have been several repeat winners since then. The most successful has been Vinnie Roe, with four consecutive victories from 2001 to 2004.[citation needed]
The leading horses from the Irish St Leger sometimes go on to compete in the Melbourne Cup. The race has been sponsored by the Comer Group since 2014. It takes place on the second day of Irish Champions Weekend.[citation needed]