| R7 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 13 September 2014 |
| QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1) G1 3U OPEN ($1,406,470), 2012m 2:03.18 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 7. THE GREY GATSBY (IRE) 3yo Colt | K A RYAN RYAN MOORE | 57.0 $8.00 | |||||||
| MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) - MARIE VISON (IRE) | ||||||||||
| F GILLESPIE | 2nd | 5. AUSTRALIA (GB) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN JOSEPH O'BRIEN | 57.0 $1.30 | ||||||
| GALILEO (IRE) - OUIJA BOARD (GB) | ||||||||||
| DERRICK SMITH & MRS JOHN MAGNIER & MICHAEL TABOR & T AH KHING | 3rd | 3. TRADING LEATHER (IRE) 4yo Horse | J S BOLGER K J MANNING | 60.5 $21.00 | ||||||
| TEOFILO (IRE) - NIGHT VISIT (GB) | ||||||||||
| Godolphin Management Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2. MUKHADRAM (GB) 5yo Horse | WILLIAM HAGGAS PAUL HANAGAN | 60.5 $13.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 1. AL KAZEEM (GB) 6yo Horse | R CHARLTON JAMES DOYLE | 60.5 $11.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 6. KINGFISHER (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN SEAMIE HEFFERNAN | 57.0 $101.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 4. ALKASSER (IRE) 3yo Gelding | DERMOT K WELD PAT SMULLEN | 57.0 $151.00 | |||||||
QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes 2014 - The Grey Gatsby
Tim Berry Says:
19/09/2014 7:51:47 AM
Every time another classic runs I can't help but remember how exciting and special 2009 was. This race was one of five grade 1's won by Sea The Stars. Bad ride from Joseph O'Brien. He's also getting pretty tall, does he struggle to make the weight?
GBeret83 Says:
19/09/2014 5:08:01 AM
The Grey Gatsby's been a surprising overachiever this season. After finishing 10th in the English 2000 Guineas I certainly wouldn't have believed he would go on from there to win the G2 Dante Stakes, G1 Prix Du Jockey Club, & G1 Irish Champion Stakes. That being said, the best jockey won this race, not the best horse. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this was a horrible ride by Joseph O'Brien on Australia. He must of covered 50 to 75 meters more ground, at a minimum, than any other horse in the field by being out in the 5 to 7 path the whole way around the track at Leopardstown. Plus, O'Brien made his move and went for home too early on Australia too, IMO. Kudos to Ryan Moore for the ground saving trip he gave Gatsby and sitting and waiting patiently for the inevitable miscue you just knew was coming from Joseph O'Brien by the way he rode Australia in this race.