Class | Group 3 |
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Location | Caulfield Racecourse |
Inaugurated | 1971 (as Wallace Stakes) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Neds (2023) |
Website | www.melbourneracingclub.net.au |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 57 kg fillies 55 kg |
Purse | $200,000 (2023) |
The Caulfield Classic, raced as the Neds Classic due to sponsorship and registered as the Norman Robinson Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under set weights conditions, for horses three years old, run over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on Caulfield Cup day in October. [1] Prizemoney is A$200,000.
The race was run as a handicap until 1990, now run under set weight conditions. Originally the race was scheduled on the second day of the VATC Spring carnival. [2] The registered name of the race is named after the former VATC Chairman Norman Robinson who was elected to that position in 1942. [3] The MRC increased the prizemoney in 2014 to A$750,000 with a $250,000 bonus to the winner of the Caulfield Guineas or Thousand Guineas if they are able to win both events. [4] In 2015, the prizemoney was reduced to $500,000. The event is considered a strong preparatory race for the Victoria Derby. [1]
The race has been run over 2000 metres with exceptions of:
Thoroughbreds that have won the Norman Robinson Stakes – Victoria Derby double: