Irish Derby Stakes

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The Irish Derby is a Group 1 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at the Curragh, County Kildare in late June / early July.

It has been run annually since 1866 and is often contested by the leading horses from its English and French equivalents - the Epsom Derby and Prix du Jockey Club.

The race has been sponsored by Budweiser since 1986.

[edit] Winners since 1970

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1970	Nijinsky II	Liam Ward	Vincent O'Brien	Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.	2:36.8
1971	Irish Ball	Alfred Gibert	Philippe Lallié		2:33.8
1972	Steel Pulse	Bill Williamson	Scobie Breasley	Ravi Tikkoo	2:39.8
1973	Weaver's Hall	George McGrath	Seamus McGrath	Seamus McGrath	2:39.0
1974	English Prince	Yves Saint-Martin	Peter Walwyn		2:33.4
1975	Grundy	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn	Dr Carlo Vittadini	2:31.1
1976	Malacate	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Maria Félix Berger	2:31.2
1977	The Minstrel	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:32.0
1978	Shirley Heights	Greville Starkey	John Dunlop	2nd Earl of Halifax	2:32.3
1979	Troy	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	Lord Weinstock	2:30.6
1980	Tyrnavos	A. Murray	Bruce Hobbs	George Cambanis	2:43.8
1981	Shergar	Lester Piggott	Michael Stoute	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.7
1982	Assert	Christy Roche	David O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:33.2
1983	Shareef Dancer	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:29.4
1984	El Gran Senor	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:31.5
1985	Law Society	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien	Stavros Niarchos	2:29.9
1986	Shahrastani	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.1
1987	Sir Harry Lewis	John Reid	Barry Hills	Howard Kaskel	2:40.2
1988	Kahyasi	Ray Cochrane	Luca Cumani	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.5
1989	Old Vic	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	2:29.9
1990	Salsabil	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:33.0
1991	Generous	Alan Munro	Paul Cole	Fahd Salman	2:33.3
1992	St Jovite	Christy Roche	Jim Bolger	Virginia Kraft Payson	2:25.6
1993	Commander in Chief	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Khalid Abdulla	2:31.2
1994	Balanchine	Frankie Dettori	Hilal Ibrahim	Godolphin Stables	2:32.7
1995	Winged Love	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:30.1
1996	Zagreb	Pat Shanahan	Dermot Weld	Allen E. Paulson	2:30.6
1997	Desert King	Christy Roche	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor	2:32.5
1998	Dream Well	Cash Asmussen	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	2:44.3
1999	Montjeu	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Michael Tabor	2:30.1
2000	Sinndar	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	HH Aga Khan IV	2:33.9
2001	Galileo	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier	2:27.1
2002	High Chaparral	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor	2:32.2
2003	Alamshar	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	HH Aga Khan IV	2:28.2
2004	Grey Swallow	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	Rochelle Quinn	2:28.7
2005	Hurricane Run	Kieren Fallon	André Fabre	Michael Tabor	2:29.4
2006	Dylan Thomas	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier	2:29.7