King George V Cup
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| Listed race | |
| Location | Leopardstown Co. Dublin, Ireland |
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| 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 3 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies Penalties 5 lb for G3 winners* 3 lb for Listed winners* *from 1 January 2019 |
| Purse | €45,000 (2019) 1st: €26,550 |
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| Rakan | Barbados | Eminent Authority |
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| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Cimeara | Lucius Tiberius |
| 2017 | ||
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| Grandee | Eziyra | Percy |
| 2016 | ||
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| The Major General | Claudio Monteverdi | Lieutenant General |
| 2015 | ||
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| Radanpour | Morning Mix | Bondi Beach |
| 2014 | ||
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| Roheryn | Streetcar To Stars | Sinkal |
| 2013 | ||
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| Dibayani | Count Of Limonade | Seussical |
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| Backbench Blues | Macbeth | Karatash |
| 2011 | ||
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| Laughing | Notable Graduate | Haziyna |
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| Rose Hip | Shintoh | Sebastian Flyte |
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| Shreyas | Fiery Lad | Festival Princess |
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| 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, and was known as the Nijinsky Stakes until 2012.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 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 |