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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Irish Derby, Irish 2,000 Guineas, Irish St. Leger, Irish Oaks, Irish Champion Stakes, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Vincent O'Brien National Stakes, Tattersalls Gold Cup, Phoenix Stakes, Pretty Polly Stakes, Moyglare Stud Stakes, Matron Stakes, Gladness Stakes, Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, Ballysax Stakes, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, Diamond Stakes, International Stakes, Blandford Stakes, Desmond Stakes, Debutante Stakes, Gallinule Stakes, Greenlands Stakes, Minstrel Stakes, Tetrarch Stakes, Tyros Stakes, Ulster Derby, Silver Flash Stakes, Flying Five, Concorde Stakes, Beresford Stakes, Ballyogan Stakes, Royal Whip Stakes, Anglesey Stakes, Ballycorus Stakes, Railway Stakes, Renaissance Stakes, Futurity Stakes, Phoenix Sprint Stakes, Meld Stakes, Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial, Round Tower Stakes, Athasi Stakes, Curragh Cup, Amethyst Stakes, Solonaway Stakes, Killavullan Stakes, Brownstown Stakes, Mooresbridge Stakes, C. L. Weld Park Stakes, Saval Beg Stakes, Ballyroan Stakes, Park Express Stakes, Eyrefield Stakes, Denny Cordell Fillies Stakes, Sapphire Stakes, Goffs Million, Fillies' Sprint Stakes, Blue Wind Stakes, Noblesse Stakes, Ridgewood Pearl Stakes, Kilternan Stakes, Dance Design Stakes, Curragh Stakes, Give Thanks Stakes, Leopardstown Stakes, Vauxhall Trial Stakes. Excerpt: The Irish Derby is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July. It is Ireland's equivalent of the Epsom Derby, and it is currently held three weeks after the English race. The earliest version of the Irish Derby was an event called the O'Darby Stakes. This was established in 1817, but it wa...