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Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed)

Killarney · 18 August 2009
  • TypeFlat
  • PatternListed
  • Distance1m 100y
  • GoingGood To Yielding
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners13

Poet (GB) (5/1) won the Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed) at Killarney on 18 August 2009, beating Four Winds (GB) by 1¾ lengths under Sean Levey for trainer A P O'Brien. 13 ran on Good To Yielding going over 1m 100y; the winning time was 1m 46.06s (slow by 0.06s). The 7/4 favourite, Four Winds (GB), finished 2nd, beaten 1¾ lengths.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 13 — The market

Winner Poet (GB)
SP: 5/1KTB Rating 107A J: Sean Levey T: A P O'Brien
Won by 1¾ lengthsFav: Four Winds (GB) 7/4 · 2nd
Pos Dr Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st 10 Poet (GB) 4c Sean Levey A P O'Brien 9-7 107107A 1:46.06 29,295 5/1
2nd 2 Four Winds (GB) b 3g 1¾ Jamie Spencer Michael Bell 9-1 10395A 1:46.38 8,595 7/4 fav
3rd 5 Windsor Palace (IRE) 4c nk Joseph O'Brien A P O'Brien 9-7 102101A 1:46.42 4,095 10/1
4th 13 Excelerate (IRE) 6g ¾ W J Lee Edward Lynam 9-7 10698A 1:46.56 1,395 50/1
5th 12 Scarlet O'Hara (IRE) 4f 2 Pat Smullen D K Weld 9-4 8789A 1:46.92 — 22/1
6th 8 Mariyca (IRE) 3f 1¾ Fran Berry John M Oxx 8-12 9278A 1:47.24 — 16/1
7th 1 Fergus Mciver (IRE) tb 3c 1½ Kevin Manning J S Bolger 9-1 10577A 1:47.51 — 11/4
8th 9 Russian Empress (IRE) 5m ½ Keagan Latham David P Myerscough 9-4 9478A 1:47.61 — 50/1
9th 4 Smart Coco (USA) 3f shd Wayne Lordan T Stack 8-12 10071A 1:47.67 — 7/1
10th 11 Impossible Dream (IRE) 5h nk Shane Foley A Kinsella 9-7 9580A 1:47.70 — 50/1
11th 6 Finicius (USA) b 5g 5 Declan McDonogh Eoin Griffin 9-7 10365A 1:48.61 — 20/1
12th 7 Marquesa (USA) 3f 11 M A Cleere David Wachman 8-12 10653C 1:50.61 — 33/1
13th 3 Croi Mo Ri (IRE) 4g 4½ Chris Hayes Daniel Miley 9-7 8862C 1:51.42 — 40/1

Winning time 1m 46.06s (slow by 0.06s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (13 of 13 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 Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed) at Killarney in 2009?
Poet (GB) won the Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed) at Killarney on 18 August 2009, ridden by Sean Levey and trained by A P O'Brien.
What was the finishing order of the 2009 Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney?
1st Poet (GB) (5/1), 2nd Four Winds (GB) (7/4F), 3rd Windsor Palace (IRE) (10/1).
What price was the winner of the 2009 Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney?
Poet (GB) returned a starting price of 5/1.
How many horses ran in the 2009 Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney?
13 horses ran in the 2009 Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney.
What was the winning time of the 2009 Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney?
The winning time was 1m 46.06s (slow by 0.06s).

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