| R5 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 07 September 2002 |
| Ireland The Food Island Champion Stakes G1 3U OPEN , 2012m 2:05.00 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 7. GRANDERA (IRE) 4yo Horse | SAEED BIN SUROOR LANFRANCO DETTORI | 59.0 $3.50 | |||||||
| GRAND LODGE (USA) - BORDIGHERA (USA) | ||||||||||
| GODOLPHIN | 2nd | 6. HAWK WING (USA) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN MICK KINANE | 56.0 $1.73 | ||||||
| WOODMAN (USA) - LA LORGNETTE (CAN) | ||||||||||
| Mrs John Magnier | 3rd | 8. BEST OF THE BESTS (IRE) 5yo Horse | SAEED BIN SUROOR J P SPENCER | 59.0 $13.00 | ||||||
| MACHIAVELLIAN (AUS) - SUEBOOG (IRE) | ||||||||||
| Godolphin | ||||||||||
| 4th | 1. SHOLOKHOV (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN P J SCALLAN | 56.0 $9.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 9. NO EXCUSE NEEDED (GB) 4yo Horse | SIR MICHAEL STOUTE PAT SMULLEN | 59.0 $17.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 5. MARGARULA (IRE) 3yo Filly | J S BOLGER K J MANNING | 54.5 $10.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 3. COMMON WORLD (USA) 3yo Colt | G A BUTLER JOHN MURTAGH | 56.0 $26.00 | |||||||
Remember the days when the pacemakers used to go off miles in front? A fascinating tactical battle here for the 2002 Irish Champion Stakes as Grandera denies Hawk Wing in the very last strides after Ballydoyle's Sholokhov set fearsome fractions from the front.
