Champion Stakes (Irish greyhound race)

Champion Stakes
Feature race
LocationShelbourne Park
Inaugurated1979
SponsorBoyleSports
Race information
Distance550 yards
SurfaceSand
Purse€20,000 (winner)

The Champion Stakes is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Shelbourne Park in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland. [1]

It is a prestigious competition in the Irish racing greyhound racing calendar and was inaugurated in 1979.[2] [3]

  1. ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 351. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
  2. ^ "Feature Events" (PDF). Irish Greyhound Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. ^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 171. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.