The Irish Champions Festival is the biggest weekend of the Flat season in Ireland as we’re treated to two full days of top-quality racing.
Sunday is all about the Curragh with the final Classic of the season, the Irish St Leger taking centre stage. It provides a €342,000 prize to the winner, but the 14-furlong route to get there is as tough as they come.
There are four Group 1 contests in total on the second day of action including the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes for juveniles.
We’ve got the best free horse racing tips on Paddy Power News courtesy of our stable of leading pundits including Ruby Walsh, Jason Weaver and Matt Chapman, but to give you a further steer, we’ve rounded up the key Curragh stats from this calendar year and wrapped them up in one handy place below.
Curragh Top Jockeys
Ryan Moore
Wins/Runs: 27/72
Strike Rate: 38 per cent
Colin Keane
Wins/Runs: 16/84
Strike Rate: 19 per cent
W J Lee
Wins/Runs: 8/55
Strike Rate: 15 per cent
Chris Hayes
Wins/Runs: 7/69
Strike Rate: 10 per cent
Wayne Lordan
Wins/Runs: 6/61
Strike Rate: 10 per cent
Curragh Top Trainers
A P O’Brien
Wins/Runs: 29/110
Strike Rate: 26 per cent
G M Lyons
Wins/Runs: 9/39
Strike Rate: 23 per cent
Joseph Patrick O’Brien
Wins/Runs: 8/111
Strike Rate: 7 per cent
J P Murtagh
Wins/Runs: 6/62
Strike Rate: 10 per cent
Mrs John Harrington
Wins/Runs: 5/75
Strike Rate: 7 per cent
Curragh Top Horses
White Birch (John Joseph Murphy)
Wins/Runs: 3/3
Strike Rate: 100 per cent
Henri Matisse (A P O’Brien)
Wins/Runs: 3/3
Strike Rate: 100 per cent
Jan Brueghel (A P O’Brien)
Wins/Runs: 2/2
Strike Rate: 100 per cent
Babouche (G M Lyons)
Wins/Runs: 2-2
Strike Rate: 100 per cent
Apricot Ice (G M Lyons)
Wins/Runs: 2/2
Strike Rate: 100 per cent
How Do Favourites Perform At Curragh
Non Handicap
2-Y-O
Wins/Runs: 87/217
Strike Rate: 40 per cent
£1 Stake: -20.71
3-Y-O
Wins/Runs: 66/165
Strike Rate: 40 per cent
£1 Stake: -7.24
4-Y-O+
Wins/Runs: 39/104
Strike Rate: 38 per cent
£1 Stake: -17.6
TOTAL
Wins/Runs: 192/486
Strike Rate: 10 per cent
£1 Stake: -45.55
Handicap
2-Y-O
Wins/Runs: 3/24
Strike Rate: 13 per cent
£1 Stake: -13.5
3-Y-O
Wins/Runs: 18/86
Strike Rate: 21 per cent
£1 Stake: -8.71
4-Y-O+
Wins/Runs: 47/219
Strike Rate: 21 per cent
£1 Stake: -26.68
TOTAL
Wins/Runs: 68/329
Strike Rate: 21 per cent
£1 Stake: -48.89
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