King George V Cup
| Class | Listed |
|---|---|
| Location | Leopardstown County Dublin, Ireland |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | Leopardstown |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 4f (2,413 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds* *Excluding G1 / G2 winners |
| Weight | 9 st 5 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies Penalties 5 lb for G3 winners* 3 lb for Listed winners* *from 1 July 2024 |
| Purse | €45,000 (2025) 1st: €26,550 |
| 2025 | ||
| Zahrann | Arouet | Acapulco Bay |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Portland | Kinesiology | Keeper's Heart |
| 2023 | ||
| Tower Of London | Shamwari | Thunder Roll |
| 2022 | ||
| Cairde Go Deo | Boundless Ocean | Inuit |
| 2021 | ||
| Fernando Vichi | The Mediterranean | Ruling |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Delphi | Numen | Aunt Bee |
| 2019 | ||
| Rakan | Barbados | Eminent Authority |
| 2018 | ||
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Cimeara | Lucius Tiberius |
| 2017 | ||
| Grandee | Eziyra | Percy |
| 2016 | ||
| The Major General | Claudio Monteverdi | Lieutenant General |
| 2015 | ||
| Radanpour | Morning Mix | Bondi Beach |
| 2014 | ||
| Roheryn | Streetcar To Stars | Sinkal |
| 2013 | ||
| Dibayani | Count Of Limonade | Seussical |
| 2012 | ||
| Backbench Blues | Macbeth | Karatash |
| 2011 | ||
| Laughing | Notable Graduate | Haziyna |
| 2010-2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Rose Hip | Shintoh | Sebastian Flyte |
| 2009 | ||
| Shreyas | Fiery Lad | Festival Princess |
| 2008 | ||
| Navajo Moon | One Great Cat | Mr Medici |
The King George V Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
The race was first run in 2008 as the Nijinsky Stakes, before being renamed the King George V Cup in 2013. The race reverted to its original title in 2020 and 2021 before changing to the King George V Cup again from the 2022 running.
Records
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Chris Hayes – Rose Hip (2010), Rakan (2019)
- Wayne Lordan - Laughing (2011), Delphi (2020)
- Colin Keane - Roheryn (2014), Cairde Go Deo (2022)
- Ryan Moore - Tower of London (2023), Portland (2024)
Leading trainer (5 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien – The Major General (2016), Giuseppe Garibaldi (2018), Delphi (2020), Tower of London (2023), Portland (2024)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Navajo Moon | Danny Grant | David Wachman | 1:54.13 |
| 2009 | Shreyas | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:52.29 |
| 2010 | Rose Hip | Chris Hayes | Joseph G Murphy | 1:52.58 |
| 2011 | Laughing | Wayne Lordan | Charles O'Brien | 2:22.32 |
| 2012 | Backbench Blues | Fran Berry | Jessica Harrington | 2:32.33 |
| 2013 | Dibayani | Declan McDonogh | Michael Halford | 2:19.01 |
| 2014 | Roheryn | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 2:36.45 |
| 2015 | Radanpour | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:37.04 |
| 2016 | The Major General | Michael Hussey | Aidan O'Brien | 2:39.41 |
| 2017 | Grandee | Colm O'Donoghue | Jessica Harrington | 2:38.34 |
| 2018 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Donnacha O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 2:34.45 |
| 2019 | Rakan | Chris Hayes | Dermot Weld | 2:39.98 |
| 2020 | Delphi[a] | Wayne Lordan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:39.13 |
| 2021 | Fernando Vichi | Gavin Ryan | Donnacha O'Brien | 2:35.38 |
| 2022 | Cairde Go Deo | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 2:43.69 |
| 2023 | Tower of London | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 2:42.60 |
| 2024 | Portland | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 2:38.87 |
| 2025 | Zahrann | Ben Coen | Johnny Murtagh | 2:34.63 |
- ^ The 2020 race was run in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland