Ajax Stakes

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Ajax Stakes
Group 2 race
Ajax 1939 AJC All-Aged Plate Randwick Racecourse Jockey Harold Badger Trainer Frank Musgrave.jpg
Location Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Inaugurated1974
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Sponsor Hyland Race Colours (2023)
Race information
Distance1,500 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightQuality handicap
Purse A$250,000 (2023)

The Ajax Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$250,000.

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History

Ajax, and Maurice McCarten Rosehill 1937. Ajax McCarten up at Rosehill, 18 September 1937.jpg
Ajax, and Maurice McCarten Rosehill 1937.
Ajax, and Harold Badger Randwick 1938. Ajax Jockey Harold Badger Randwick Racecourse Autumn meeting 20 April 1938.jpg
Ajax, and Harold Badger Randwick 1938.

Name

The race is named for the outstanding Hall of Fame horse and 1938 Cox Plate winner Ajax. [1]

Distance

Grade



Winners

See also

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