Parish Hall

After chasing the leaders he produced a strong late run to overtake the Aidan O'Brien-trained favourite Raphael Santi fifty yards from the finish and won by three quarters of a length.

[5] After a three-month break Parish Hall was stepped up in class for the Group Three Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown on 21 July and finished second to the filly Remember Alexander.

In the Group Two Futurity Stakes over seven furlongs at the same track on 20 August he stayed on in the closing stages without looking likely to win and finished second, one and three quarter lengths behind the winner Dragon Pulse.

On his final run of the year, Parish Hall was sent to England for the Group One Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlong at Newmarket Racecourse and started the 20/1 eighth choice in a nine-runner field.

On 7 April Parish Hall made his first appearance for eighteen months in the Listed Alleged Stakes over ten furlongs at the Curragh and started the 11/8 favourite against five opponents.

After a four-month absence Parish Hall returned in the Irish Champion Stakes on 7 September in which he started a 33/1 outsider and finished fourth behind The Fugue, Al Kazeem and Trading Leather.

In October the colt was dropped in class for the Group Three Diamond Stakes on the Polytrack surface at Dundalk Racecourse and started second favourite behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained Alfonso de Sousa.

In the Meld Stakes over ten furlongs at the Curragh on 20 July Parish Hall started the 11/8 favourite against three opponents including the Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial winner Afternoon Sunlight.

Parish Hall ended his season with an appearance at Sha Tin Racecourse in December, making little impact as he finished eleventh to Flintshire in the Hong Kong Vase.

On his six-year-old debut Parish Hall started odds-on favourite for a minor event at Dundalk on 6 March but was beaten a head by the gelding Shalaman.

"[15] In May Parish Hall was placed for the third successive year in the Mooresbridge Stakes as he finished second to Fascinating Rock and then came home fifth of the six runners behind Al Kazeem in the Group One Tattersalls Gold Cup.

On 7 June Parish Hall started odds-on favourite for the Listed Silver Stakes at the Curragh but was beaten a neck by the Dermot Weld-trained three-year-old Postulation.

In the 2011 European Thoroughbred Rankings, Parish Hall was given a rating of 117, making him the equal-third best juvenile of the year, two pounds behind the top-rated pair Camelot and Dabirsim.