The Flying Five Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds, aged three years or older.
It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September during Irish Champions Weekend.
[citation needed] The race was moved to the Curragh and upgraded to Group 2 level in 2002.
The minimum age of participating horses was raised to three in 2003, and the event reverted to Group 3 status in 2004.
It was previously run in late August or early September but from 2014 it was moved to mid-September and became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture, switching places in the calendar with the Renaissance Stakes.