| R4 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 10 September 2022 |
| Paddy Power Stakes (Group 3) G3 3U OPEN ($145,350), 2414m 2:41.29 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 6. DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) 3yo Gelding | DERMOT K WELD CHRIS HAYES | 57.5 $7.00 | |||||||
| LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - DARK CRUSADER (IRE) | ||||||||||
| M J Regan, S E C Duke, M Belford, Mrs L A Belford, J Garvey, Mrs E Garvey, Deg Racing, Halo Racing Services Pty Ltd, Mrs J McKenna, A J Willoughby, C S White, A J Luciano, J M Simmons & Ms S M Fitzgerald | 2nd | 4. THUNDER KISS (IRE) 5yo Mare | GER M LYONS C T KEANE | 60.0 $5.00 | ||||||
| NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) - DESERT SNOW (GB) | ||||||||||
| NEWTOWN ANNER STUD FARM | 3rd | 2. BEAMISH (FR) 4yo Gelding | P TWOMEY D P MCDONOGH | 61.0 $4.60 | ||||||
| TEOFILO (IRE) - BEARLITA (GER) | ||||||||||
| HAMBLETON RACING XXXVI LTD & PARTNER | ||||||||||
| 4th | 9. PEROTAN (IRE) 3yo Filly | AIDAN O'BRIEN W M LORDAN | 56.0 $17.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 8. KISS YOU LATER (IRE) 3yo Filly | AIDAN O'BRIEN SEAMIE HEFFERNAN | 56.0 $41.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 3. EARL OF TYRONE (IRE) 4yo Gelding | P TWOMEY W J LEE | 61.0 $5.50 | |||||||
| 7th | 1. LAYFAYETTE (IRE) 5yo Gelding | NOEL MEADE OISIN ORR | 63.5 $29.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 5. BLUEGRASS (IRE) 3yo Gelding | AIDAN O'BRIEN RYAN MOORE | 57.5 $15.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 7. POINT KING (IRE) 3yo Gelding | JOSEPH O'BRIEN S M CROSSE | 57.5 $4.50 | |||||||
What a finish!
A photo finish had to split Thunder Kiss and Duke De Sessa in the Group Three Paddy Power Stakes but that didn’t impact Newton Anner Stud, who owned both and were in jubilant form as the latter, trained by Dermot Weld, got the verdict by a short head. There was only a further head back to the Paddy Twomey-trained Beamish in third but it was a good start to the weekend for the Rosewell House maestro.
