Give Thanks Stakes

Flat horse race in Ireland

Horse race

Give Thanks StakesGroup 3 race

Location| Cork Racecourse
Mallow
County Cork, Ireland
Inaugurated| 2003
Race type| Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor| Irish Stallion Farms
Website| Cork
Race information
Distance| 1m 4f (2,414 metres)
Surface| Turf
Track| Right-handed
Qualification| Three-years-old and up
fillies & mares
Weight| 8 st 13 lb (3yo);
9 st 9 lb (4yo+)
Penalties
5 lb for G1 / G2 winners *
3 lb for G3 winners *
* since 1 January
Purse| €65,000 (2022)
1st: €38,350
Give Thanks Stakes  2024

|  |
Shamida  | Mother Nature  | Lily Hart
Previous years

2023
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Term Of Endearment  | Library  | Dancing Tango
2022
|  |
Rumbles Of Thunder  | Cairde Go Deo  | Kiss You Later
2021
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La Petite Coco  | Thunder Kiss  | Federica Sophia
2020-2011

2020
|  |
Tarnawa  | Cayenne Pepper  | Passion
2019
|  |
Tarnawa  | Simply Beautiful  | Delphinia
2018
|  |
Sizzling  | Kalaxana  | Turret Rocks
2017
|  |
Eziyra  | Bloomfield  | Wild Irish Rose
2016
|  |
Best In The World  | Somehow  | Harlequeen
2015
|  |
Zannda  | Altesse  | Easter
2014
|  |
Edelmira  | Dark Crusader  | Shell House
2013
|  |
Venus de Milo  | Bunairgead  | Midnight Soprano
2012
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Sapphire  | Demurely  | Eternal Bounty
2011
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Pink Symphony  | Haziyna  | Amazing Beauty
2010-2003

2010
|  |
She's Our Mark  | Leo Gali  | Zarebiya
2009
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Tamarind  | Perfect Truth  | Beauty O' Gwaun
2008
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Unsung Heroine  | Hasanka  | Arkadina
2007
|  |
Downtown  | Hasanka  | Nick's Nikita
2006
|  |
Reform Act  | Sina Cova  | Souvenance
2005
|  |
Mona Lisa  | Kastoria  | Best Side
2004
|  |
My Renee  | Tarakala  | Kisses For Me
2003
|  |
Juliette  | Kiteflyer  | In The Limelight

The Give Thanks Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Cork Racecourse over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

The event is named after Give Thanks, the winner of the Irish Oaks in 1983. It was established in 2003, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2007.

## Records

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Most successful horse (2 wins):

* Tarnawa - 2019, 2020

Leading jockey (5 wins):

* Pat Smullen \- Reform Act (2006), Sapphire (2012), Edelmira (2014), Zannda (2015), Eziyra (2017)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

* Dermot Weld \- Reform Act (2006), Sapphire (2012), Edelmira (2014), Zannda (2015), Eziyra (2017), Tarnawa (2019, 2020), Shamida (2024)

## Winners

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Year
| Winner
| Age
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Time

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2003  | Juliette  | 3  | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 2:32.60
2004  | My Renee  | 4  | Niall McCullagh  | Michael Grassick  | 2:34.70
2005  | Mona Lisa  | 3  | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O'Brien | 2:33.60
2006  | Reform Act  | 3  | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:31.70
2007  | Downtown  | 3  | Seamie Heffernan | David Wachman | 2:38.25
2008  | Unsung Heroine  | 3  | Wayne Lordan | Tommy Stack | 2:35.80
2009  | Tamarind  | 3  | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | 2:40.39
2010  | She's Our Mark  | 6  | Danny Grant  | Pat Flynn | 2:36.04
2011  | Pink Symphony  | 4  | Joseph O'Brien | David Wachman | 2:33.83
2012  | Sapphire  | 4  | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:45.76
2013  | Venus de Milo  | 4  | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 2:39.88
2014  | Edelmira  | 3  | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:41.22
2015  | Zannda  | 3  | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:36.18
2016  | Best In The World  | 3  | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | 2:35.14
2017  | Eziyra  | 3  | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:37.93
2018  | Sizzling  | 3  | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:34.83
2019  | Tarnawa | 3  | Chris Hayes | Dermot Weld | 2:41.76
2020  | Tarnawa | 4  | Oisin Orr  | Dermot Weld | 2:35.78
2021  | La Petite Coco | 3  | Billy Lee | Paddy Twomey  | 2:39.84
2022  | Rumbles Of Thunder  | 4  | Billy Lee | Paddy Twomey  | 2:35.26
2023  | Terms of Endearment  | 4  | Colin Keane | Henry de Bromhead | 2:54.63
2024  | Shamida  | 4  | Chris Hayes | Dermot Weld | 2:30.33

## See also

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* Horse racing in Ireland
* List of Irish flat horse races

## References

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* Racing Post:
* 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
* 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
* galopp-sieger.de – Give Thanks Stakes.
* horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Give Thanks Stakes (2018).
* pedigreequery.com – Give Thanks Stakes – Cork.