Ruby Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2025 Ruby Stakes Preview

Scheduled to take place in August of each year at the Killarney Racecourse is the Ruby Stakes, the race holds a Listed status and is open to runners who are aged three or older.

It was first run in 1997 and originally took place at Tralee until its closure in 2007, it was staged on the all-weather in 2008 and then moved to its new home at Killarney in 2009, the race is run over a trip of one mile and twenty yards.

Ruby Stakes Information:

• Ruby Stakes Past Winners
• Ruby Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Ruby Stakes Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Killarney tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet?

How competitive is the Ruby Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 16 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2018 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2019 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 131%, whilst on average over the last 16 renewals of the Ruby Stakes, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Ruby Stakes Trends:

• 2025 Ruby Stakes Trends
• Ruby Stakes Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 16 if you had followed the winner of the Ruby Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 15 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -2.24. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Ruby Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 16 renewals, a time of 1:40.55 was set by Horoscope in 2021, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by A P O'Brien and ridden by Emmet McNamara. The slowest winning time was set in 2020 when So Wonderful won in a time of 1:49.89, booked to ride was Seamie Heffernan by the trainer A P O'Brien.

These are the top three quickest-run Ruby Stakes over the last 16 renewals:

1. Horoscope (1:40.55) in 2021
2. Wannabe Better (1:40.75) in 2013
3. My Nordic Hero (1:41.42) in 2015

Ruby Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Ruby 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 Ruby 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 Ruby Stakes have been based:

• IRE: 16 winners with an additional 29 placings from 154 runners
• GB: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 2 runners

Ruby Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Ruby Stakes over the last 16 renewals is A P O'Brien who has won the race eight times with those eight winners coming from Poet (2009), Pure Champion (2010), Wild Wind (2011), Soon (2012), I Can Fly (2018), So Wonderful (2020), Horoscope (2021) and Salt Lake City (2023). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Ruby Stakes, Joseph Patrick O'Brien has sent a total of 15 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Ruby Stakes trainer statistics over the last 16 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):

Ruby Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Ruby Stakes over the last 16 renewals is Seamie Heffernan who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Pure Champion (2010), Soon (2012), I Can Fly (2018) and So Wonderful (2020). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Ruby Stakes is W J Lee (2 wins). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Ruby Stakes, Shane Foley has ridden 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Ruby Stakes jockey statistics over the last 16 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):

Ruby Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 8+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +27.13 is when runners ran at Curragh on debut. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners carried 130lbs, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-31.

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

• 2024: Winner in 3 (9,5) [9 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 5 (1,4) [8 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 12 (10,8) [12 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 12 (5,2) [11 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 11 (7,1) [9 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Ruby Stakes are Galway and Curragh, there has been a total number of 4 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 7 winners from a total of 68 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 9 winners from a total of 88 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Ruby Stakes, that stallion Galileo has produced 2 winners (2023,2012).

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

• Lope De Vega (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Showcasing (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 16 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Wannabe Better in 2013, winning for T Stack at odds of 12/1 under the guidance of Wayne Lordan. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 16 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Ruby Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.