Aurie's Star Handicap

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Aurie's Star Handicap
Group 3 race
Location Flemington Racecourse
Inaugurated1996
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor World Horse Racing (2021)
Race information
Distance1,200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
Qualification Maidens ineligible
WeightHandicap
Purse $200,000 (2021)

The Aurie's Star Handicap is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres, held annually at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in August. [1] The total prize money is A$200,000.

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History

The event is the first Group race in the new racing calendar in Victoria.

The race is named in honour of Auries's Star, a gelding who won 28 of his 89 starts, including the 1937 Newmarket Handicap, the 1937 and 1939 Oakleigh Plate as well as the 1940 Goodwood Handicap. [2]

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Venue

Winners

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