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Challenge Stakes (Listed)

Leopardstown · 13 July 2005
  • TypeFlat
  • PatternListed
  • Distance1m 6f
  • GoingGood To Firm
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners4

Orpington (GB) (4/5F) won the Challenge Stakes (Listed) at Leopardstown on 13 July 2005, beating Dashing Home (IRE) by 1½ lengths under Pat Smullen for trainer D K Weld. 4 ran on Good To Firm going over 1m 6f; the winning time was 2m 56.20s (fast by 1.80s). The winner was the favourite.

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Winner Orpington (GB)
SP: 4/5 favKTB Rating 50C J: Pat Smullen T: D K Weld
Won by 1½ lengths
Pos Dr Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st 1 Orpington (GB) b 4g Pat Smullen D K Weld 9-9 10550C 2:56.20 32,550 4/5 fav
2nd 3 Dashing Home (IRE) 6g 1½ Johnny Murtagh Noel Meade 9-9 9648C 2:56.45 9,550 6/1
3rd 2 Virginia Woolf (GB) 3f 1½ Mick Kinane John M Oxx 8-5 9027C 2:56.70 4,550 13/8
4th 4 Enamoured (GB) b 3f 30 Michael Hussey Paul Cashman 8-5 729C 3:01.70 1,550 33/1

Winning time 2m 56.20s (fast by 1.80s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (4 of 4 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Challenge Stakes (Listed) at Leopardstown in 2005?
Orpington (GB) won the Challenge Stakes (Listed) at Leopardstown on 13 July 2005, ridden by Pat Smullen and trained by D K Weld.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown?
1st Orpington (GB) (4/5F), 2nd Dashing Home (IRE) (6/1), 3rd Virginia Woolf (GB) (13/8).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown?
Orpington (GB) returned a starting price of 4/5F.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown?
4 horses ran in the 2005 Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown?
The winning time was 2m 56.20s (fast by 1.80s).

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