Flying Five Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Irish Champions Weekend)

2025 Flying Five Stakes Preview

The Group 1 Flying Five Stakes is a race that is open to runners aged three or older and is contested over the minimum distance of five furlongs. The race takes place in September during the Irish Champions Weekend and is run at the Curragh racecourse.

Flying Five Stakes Information:

• Flying Five Stakes Past Winners
• Flying Five Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Flying Five Stakes Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Curragh tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered during the Irish Champions Weekend section for links to these.

How competitive is the Flying Five Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 134%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Flying Five Stakes, the over-round has been 122%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £122 which is bet.

Flying Five Stakes Trends:

• 2025 Flying Five Stakes Trends
• Flying Five Stakes Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Flying Five Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -12.75. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2009 renewal when Reverence from Eric Alston under the guidance of Willie Supple, won in a time of 1:05.40, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Bradsell, trained by Archie Watson and ridden by Hollie Doyle set the quickest time of 57.25 in the 2024 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Flying Five Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

1. Bradsell (57.25) in 2024
2. Benbaun (57.50) in 2006
3. Fairyland (57.88) in 2019

Flying Five Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Flying Five Stakes' past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Flying Five Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Flying Five Stakes have been based:

• GB: 10 winners with an additional 20 placings from 99 runners
• IRE: 7 winners with an additional 18 placings from 116 runners
• AUS: 3 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

Flying Five Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Flying Five Stakes over the last 20 renewals with both A P O'Brien and Edward Lynam who have both won the race two times. A P O'Brien winners have been with Caravaggio (2017) and Fairyland (2019). Edward Lynam winners have been with Sole Power (2015) and Romantic Proposal (2021). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Flying Five Stakes, M Halford has sent a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Flying Five Stakes trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Flying Five Stakes Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Flying Five Stakes over the last 20 renewals with both Chris Hayes and Ryan Moore who have both won the race two times. Chris Hayes winners have been with Sole Power (2015) and Romantic Proposal (2021). Ryan Moore winners have been with Caravaggio (2017) and Fairyland (2019). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Flying Five Stakes, Wayne Lordan has ridden 14 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Flying Five Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Flying Five Stakes Trend Analysis

The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a highest class placed of Class 1 (G3), when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-56.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

• 2024: Winner in 14 (1,3) [18 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 6 (3,4) [10 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 7 (15,19) [19 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 13 (2,8) [13 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 2 (8,10) [14 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Flying Five Stakes is York, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at York last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Goodwood, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Goodwood last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 13 winners from a total of 137 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 7 winners from a total of 84 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Flying Five Stakes:

• Stravinsky (3 Wins)
• Kyllachy (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Flying Five Stakes despite multiple attempts:

• Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Pivotal (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Danehill Dancer (0 Wins from 8 runners)
• Acclamation (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Ardhoomey in 2016, winning for G M Lyons at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Colin Keane. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Flying Five Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Races Covered during the Irish Champions Weekend

Here is the schedule for the two-day Irish Champions Weekend which is run at Leopardstown on Saturday and then the Curragh on Sunday for races which we cover with blogs, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

Saturday at the Irish Champions Weekend

Leopardstown hosts the opening day of the Irish Champions Weekend, the highlight of the day being the Irish Champions Stakes, a race dominated by Aidan O'Brien in recent years with him winning all of the last five renewals and has won the race a total of twelve times.

Sunday at the Irish Champions Weekend

Sunday of the Irish Champions Weekend is hosted at the Curragh with four Group 1 races, the highlight being the Irish St Leger, Aidan has not been as dominant in this with just six wins, three behind both Vincent O'Brien and Dermot Weld.