Result 16:10 · Leopardstown (IRE)

Irish Champion Stakes (Breeders Cup Challenge Race)

Group 11m 2fGood3yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 2m 05.08s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Magical (IRE)	Seamie Heffernan	A P O'Brien	—	5.50	—
2	Ghaiyyath (IRE)	W Buick	C Appleby	¾L	1.61	—
3	Armory (IRE)	Wayne Lordan	A P O'Brien	2L	67.0	—
4	Sottsass (FR)	Colin Keane	J-C Rouget	2L	6.00	—
5	Japan	R L Moore	A P O'Brien	6½L	9.00	—
6	Leo De Fury (IRE)	Shane Foley	Mrs John Harrington	12L	126.0	—

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1 (3)

Ghaiyyath (IRE)

5yo · 9-9 · OR 130

3111 J W Buick T C Appleby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Aug 20	York	1m 2f 110y	Good	C1	1/5	—	2.38
14 Oct 17	Newmarket	1m	Good	C1	1/8	—	3.75
28 Sep 17	Newmarket	1m	Good To Soft	C4	1/16	—	2.38

3 wins from 4 · placed 4

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2 (2)

Japan

4yo · 9-9 · OR 121

114311 J R L Moore T A P O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 Aug 19	York	1m 2f 110y	Good	C1	1/9	—	6.00
21 Jun 19	Ascot	1m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	1/8	—	2.50
01 Jun 19	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C1	3/13	½L	21.0

4 wins from 7 · placed 5

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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3 (4)

Leo De Fury (IRE)

4yo · 9-9 · OR 114

825155 J Shane Foley T Mrs John Harrington —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Aug 20	Curragh	1m 2f	Good	—	5/5	3½L	3.25
26 Jul 20	Curragh	1m 2f	Good To Yielding	—	5/6	5½L	17.0
12 Jun 20	Curragh	1m 2f 110y	Good To Firm	—	1/9	—	7.00

3 wins from 8 · placed 4

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4 (1)

Sottsass (FR)

4yo · 9-9 · OR 119

No form J Colin Keane T J-C Rouget —

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5 (5)

Magical (IRE)

5yo · 9-6 · OR 121

211112 J Seamie Heffernan T A P O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Aug 20	York	1m 2f 110y	Good	C1	2/5	3L	3.25
26 Jul 20	Curragh	1m 2f	Good To Yielding	—	1/6	—	1.22
28 Jun 20	Curragh	1m 2f	Good	—	1/5	—	1.40

11 wins from 19 · placed 17

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Armory (IRE)

3yo · 9-3 · OR 112

112441 J Wayne Lordan T A P O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Aug 20	Curragh	1m 2f	Good	—	1/5	—	2.62
26 Jul 20	Curragh	1m 2f	Good To Yielding	—	4/6	4¾L	19.0
12 Jun 20	Curragh	1m	Good To Firm	—	4/11	2½L	5.00

4 wins from 8 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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