The Irish Champions Festival is the biggest weekend of the Flat season in Ireland as we’re treated to two full days of top-quality racing.

Sunday is all about the Curragh with the final Classic of the season, the Irish St Leger taking centre stage. It provides a €342,000 prize to the winner, but the 14-furlong route to get there is as tough as they come.

There are four Group 1 contests in total on the second day of action including the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes for juveniles.

We’ve got the best free horse racing tips on Paddy Power News courtesy of our stable of leading pundits including Ruby Walsh, Jason Weaver and Matt Chapman, but to give you a further steer, we’ve rounded up the key Curragh stats from this calendar year and wrapped them up in one handy place below.

Curragh Top Jockeys

Ryan Moore

Wins/Runs: 27/72
Strike Rate: 38 per cent

Colin Keane

Wins/Runs: 16/84
Strike Rate: 19 per cent

W J Lee

Wins/Runs: 8/55
Strike Rate: 15 per cent

Chris Hayes

Wins/Runs: 7/69
Strike Rate: 10 per cent

Wayne Lordan

Wins/Runs: 6/61
Strike Rate: 10 per cent

Curragh Top Trainers

A P O’Brien

Wins/Runs: 29/110
Strike Rate: 26 per cent

G M Lyons

Wins/Runs: 9/39
Strike Rate: 23 per cent

Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Wins/Runs: 8/111
Strike Rate: 7 per cent

J P Murtagh

Wins/Runs: 6/62
Strike Rate: 10 per cent

Mrs John Harrington

Wins/Runs: 5/75
Strike Rate: 7 per cent

Curragh Top Horses

White Birch (John Joseph Murphy)

Wins/Runs: 3/3
Strike Rate: 100 per cent

Henri Matisse (A P O’Brien)

Wins/Runs: 3/3
Strike Rate: 100 per cent

Jan Brueghel (A P O’Brien)

Wins/Runs: 2/2
Strike Rate: 100 per cent

Babouche (G M Lyons)

Wins/Runs: 2-2
Strike Rate: 100 per cent

Apricot Ice (G M Lyons)

Wins/Runs: 2/2
Strike Rate: 100 per cent

How Do Favourites Perform At Curragh

Non Handicap

2-Y-O

Wins/Runs: 87/217
Strike Rate: 40 per cent
£1 Stake: -20.71

3-Y-O

Wins/Runs: 66/165
Strike Rate: 40 per cent
£1 Stake: -7.24

4-Y-O+

Wins/Runs: 39/104
Strike Rate: 38 per cent
£1 Stake: -17.6

TOTAL

Wins/Runs: 192/486
Strike Rate: 10 per cent
£1 Stake: -45.55

Handicap

2-Y-O

Wins/Runs: 3/24
Strike Rate: 13 per cent
£1 Stake: -13.5

3-Y-O

Wins/Runs: 18/86
Strike Rate: 21 per cent
£1 Stake: -8.71

4-Y-O+

Wins/Runs: 47/219
Strike Rate: 21 per cent
£1 Stake: -26.68

TOTAL

Wins/Runs: 68/329
Strike Rate: 21 per cent
£1 Stake: -48.89

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