The Ballysax Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbreds.
It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Leopardstown in April.
The 2014 running was held at Navan as the normal Leopardstown fixture was judged to be too early in the season to serve as a trial race for the European classics.
[1] The Ballysax Stakes is currently run in memory of Patrick W. McGrath (died 2001).
The race serves as trial race for various European classics and the most recent winner to go on to a classic victory was Harzand, winner of the Epsom Derby in 2016.