further winners of the Champion Stakes with the 1986 third, Triptych, and the 2010 third, Twice Over, subsequently winning the British race that season. Participants in the Irish Champion Stakes have gone on to win several Breeders' Cup titles in the same season. This includes five winners of the Breeders' Cup Turf, with Irish Champion Stakes winners such as Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), High Chaparral (2003) achieving a season double, while 2015 Irish Champion Stakes runner-up, Found, and a 2016 participant, Highland Reel, found success in the respective season's edition. In 2006, third placed Ouija Board went on to win that season's edition of the Breeders Cup' Filly & Mares Turf. Success has been also achieved in Japan where the Irish Champion Stakes winners, Stanerra (1983) and Pilsudski (1997) won the Japan Cup in the same season. Meanwhile, 2011 runner-up, Snow Fairy, gained compensation by winning that year's Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Dylan Thomas – 2006, 2007 Magical - 2019, 2020 Leading jockey (7 wins): Michael Kinane – Carroll House (1989), Cezanne (1994), Pilsudski (1997), Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Azamour (2004), Sea the Stars (2009) Leading trainer (11 wins): Aidan O'Brien – Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Oratorio (2005), Dylan Thomas (2006, 2007), Cape Blanco (2010), So You Think (2011), Magical (2019, 2020), St Mark's Basilica (2021), Luxembourg (2022) Leading owner (11 wins): (includes part ownership) Sue Magnier / Michael Tabor – Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Oratorio (2005), Dylan Thomas (2006, 2007), Cape Blanco (2010), So You Think (2011), Magical (2019, 2020), St Mark's Basilica,Luxembourg (2022) Winners See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish flat horse races Recurring sporting events established in 1976 – this race is included under its original title, Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes. References Paris-Turf: , , , , Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , galopp-sieger.de – Irish Champion Stakes. horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Irish Champion Stakes (2018). irishracinggreats.com – Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1). pedigreequery.com – Irish Champion Stakes – Leopardstown. Flat races in Ireland Open middle distance horse races Breeders' Cup Challenge series Leopardstown Racecourse 1976 establishments in Ireland