Adrian Knox Stakes

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Adrian Knox Stakes
Group 3 race
Location Randwick Racecourse,
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1948 (as Princess Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor TAB (2023)
Race information
Distance2,000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree year old fillies
WeightQuality handicap - Minimum 54  kg
Purse $200,000 (2023)
BonusesExempt from a ballot Australian Oaks

The Adrian Knox Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race for three-year-old fillies, over a distance of 2000 metres, held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in April. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000. [1]

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History

The race is named in honour of Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club, Adrian Knox.

The event is a lead-up race to the Australian Oaks with the winner exempt from a ballot. [1] The Australian Oaks was called the Australian Jockey Club Adrian Knox (Oaks) Stakes from 1922 to 1956. [2]

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