Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial

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The Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial is a Group 2 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Leopardstown Racecourse in May.

It was first run in 1971 and was known until 1983 as the Nijinsky Stakes, named after the Irish-trained racehorse Nijinsky II, winner of the English Triple Crown in 1970.

In recent years the race has become a leading Derby Trial, and has been won by several subsequent winners of the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby. In 2003 it regained its former Group 2 status having been classed as a Group 3 race since the early 1990s.

[edit] Winners since 1987

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1987	Seattle Dancer	Cash Asmussen	Vincent O'Brien	2:07.9
1988	Kris Kringle	John Reid	Vincent O'Brien	2:11.2
1989	Phantom Breeze	Michael Kinane	Dermot Weld	2:09.6
1990	Anvari	Basil Marcus	Clive Brittain	2:03.4
1991	Runyon	Stephen Craine	Tommy Stack	2:07.8
1992	St Jovite	Christy Roche	Jim Bolger	2:10.4
1993	Perfect Imposter	Christy Roche	Jim Bolger	2:07.9
1994	Artema	Michael Kinane	Dermot Weld	2:08.9
1995	Humbel	Michael Kinane	Dermot Weld	2:06.3
1996	Truth or Dare	Christy Roche	Charles O'Brien	2:05.0
1997	Ashley Park	Christy Roche	Charles O'Brien	2:15.3
1998	Risk Material	Christy Roche	Aidan O'Brien	2:06.9
1999	Port Bayou	Pat Shanahan	Dermot Weld	2:16.0
2000	Sinndar	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	2:04.9
2001	Galileo	Seamus Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	2:08.5
2002	High Chaparral	Seamus Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	2:03.5
2003	Alamshar	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	2:07.4
2004	Yeats	Jamie Spencer	Aidan O'Brien	2:10.3
2005	Fracas	Jamie Spencer	David Wachman	2:16.4
2006	Dylan Thomas	Seamus Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	2:07.8
2007	Archipenko	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	2:07.9
2008	Casual Conquest	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld	2:05.3