2009 Futurity Trophy

St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) won the 2009 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster on 24 October 2009, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh, at 13/8 favourite, beating Elusive Pimpernel (USA) by 3¾ lengths.

Updated 2009-10-24

Quick answers

Who won the Futurity Trophy in 2009? St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) won the 2009 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster on 24 October 2009, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh, at 13/8 favourite, beating Elusive Pimpernel (USA) by 3¾ lengths.
Who came second in the 2009 Futurity Trophy? Elusive Pimpernel (USA) (4/1) finished second, and Al Zir (USA) (9/2) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2009 Futurity Trophy? Yes. St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) won as the 13/8 favourite.
What was the winning time of the 2009 Futurity Trophy? St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) won in 1m 39.62s over 1m on Good To Soft going.
How much prize money did the 2009 Futurity Trophy winner get? St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) earned £113,540 for winning the 2009 Futurity Trophy.
How many ran in the 2009 Futurity Trophy? 11 ran in the 2009 Futurity Trophy (average since 1990: 8.5).

St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)Winner

13/8FSP

11 ranRunners

1m 39.62sWinning time

£113,540Prize to winner

St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) (13/8F): wonFavourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	Dr	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 3¾	St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)	13/8F	2	9-0	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	-	9	Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor	-	1m 39.62s	£113,540
2	3¾	Elusive Pimpernel (USA)	4/1	2	9-0	Eddie Ahern	John Dunlop	101	8	Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc	3¾	-	£43,040
3	2½	Al Zir (USA)	9/2	2	9-0	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	112	2	Godolphin	6¼	-	£21,540
4	nk	Dancing David (IRE)	12/1	2	9-0	Martin Dwyer	Brian Meehan	91	5	Catesby W Clay	6½	-	£10,740
5	1¼	Morana (IRE)	18/1	2	9-0	Alan Munro	Peter Chapple-Hyam	107	10	A Black	7¾	-	£5,380
6	nk	Shakespearean (IRE)	14/1	2	9-0	Joe Fanning	Mark Johnston	105	7	Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	8	-	£2,700
7	2	Hanson'D (IRE)	50/1	2	9-0	Neil Callan	Kevin Ryan	85	11	Joseph Ogden J Hanson John Ogden	10	-	-
8	¾	Al Ghazal (USA)	40/1	2	9-0	Ahmed Ajtebi	Saeed bin Suroor	90	4	Godolphin	10¾	-	-
9	½	Musaafer (IRE)	25/1	2	9-0	Richard Hills	Michael Jarvis	95	6	Hamdan Al Maktoum	11¼	-	-
10	2½	Victor Delight (IRE)	11/1	2	9-0	Kieren Fallon	Peter Chapple-Hyam	-	3	Lawrie Inman	13¾	-	-
11	10	Elusive Award (USA)	50/1	2	9-0	Kevin Manning	A Oliver	-	12	Peter Thomas	23¾	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)	2010-05-01	Newmarket	StanJames.com 2000 Guineas Stakes	6th of 19	EvensF
2	Elusive Pimpernel (USA)	2010-04-15	Newmarket	Racing Post breezeupbonus.com Craven Stakes (Colts & Geldings)	Won	10/11F
3	Al Zir (USA)	2010-05-01	Newmarket	StanJames.com 2000 Guineas Stakes	9th of 19	16/1
4	Dancing David (IRE)	2010-04-15	Newmarket	Racing Post breezeupbonus.com Craven Stakes (Colts & Geldings)	2nd of 9	6/1
5	Morana (IRE)	2010-04-15	Newmarket	Racing Post breezeupbonus.com Craven Stakes (Colts & Geldings)	5th of 9	10/1
6	Shakespearean (IRE)	2010-06-04	Epsom Downs	Investec Surrey Stakes	Won	11/4JF
7	Hanson'D (IRE)	2010-03-20	Lingfield (AW)	sportingbet Supports Heros Spring Cup	6th of 13	13/2
8	Al Ghazal (USA)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
9	Musaafer (IRE)	2010-04-10	Lingfield (AW)	Blue Square International Trial Stakes	4th of 5	6/4F
10	Victor Delight (IRE)	2010-04-14	Newmarket	£250000 Tattersalls Timeform 3-Y-O Trophy	Won	9/1
11	Elusive Award (USA)	2010-04-18	Leopardstown	P.W.McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes	7th of 8	11/1

10 of 11 have run since; 3 won next time out.

Futurity Trophy winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2025	Hawk Mountain (IRE)	18/5	Aidan O'Brien
2024	Hotazhell (GB)	11/1	Mrs John Harrington
2023	Ancient Wisdom (FR)	5/4F	Charlie Appleby
2022	Auguste Rodin (IRE)	9/4F	Aidan O'Brien
2021	Luxembourg (IRE)	4/6F	Aidan O'Brien
2020	Mac Swiney (IRE)	12/1	J S Bolger
2019	Kameko (USA)	11/2	Andrew Balding
2018	Magna Grecia (IRE)	2/1F	Aidan O'Brien
2017	Saxon Warrior (JPN)	13/8F	Aidan O'Brien
2016	Rivet Delight (IRE)	11/4	William Haggas
2015	Marcel (IRE)	33/1	Peter Chapple-Hyam
2014	Elm Park (GB)	13/8F	Andrew Balding
2013	Kingston Hill (GB)	7/2F	Roger Varian
2012	Kingsbarns (IRE)	15/8F	Aidan O'Brien
2011	Camelot (GB)	10/11F	Aidan O'Brien
2010	Casamento (IRE)	2/1F	M Halford
2009	St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)	13/8F	Aidan O'Brien
2008	Crowded House (GB)	7/1	Brian Meehan
2007	Ibn Khaldun (USA)	11/4F	Saeed bin Suroor
2006	Authorized (IRE)	25/1	Peter Chapple-Hyam
2005	Palace Episode (USA)	20/1	Kevin Ryan
2004	Motivator (GB)	6/4F	Michael Bell
2003	American Post (GB)	5/6F	Mme Christiane Head
2002	Brian Boru (GB)	11/8F	Aidan O'Brien
2001	High Chaparral (IRE)	9/2	Aidan O'Brien
2000	Dilshaan (GB)	14/1	Sir Michael Stoute
1999	Aristotle (IRE)	10/1	Aidan O'Brien
1998	Commander Collins (IRE)	2/1F	Peter Chapple-Hyam
1997	Saratoga Springs (CAN)	9/2	Aidan O'Brien
1996	Medaaly (GB)	14/1	Saeed bin Suroor
1995	Beauchamp King (GB)	11/4	John Dunlop
1994	Celtic Swing (GB)	EvensF	Lady Herries
1993	King's Theatre (IRE)	9/2	Sir Henry Cecil
1992	Armiger I (GB)	5/4F	Sir Henry Cecil
1991	Seattle Rhyme (USA)	2/1F	David Elsworth
1990	Peter Davies (USA)	2/1JF	Sir Henry Cecil

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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2009 Futurity Trophy

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