Class | Group 3 |
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Location | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia |
Inaugurated | 1983 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Set weights colts and geldings –57+1⁄2 kg fillies –55+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | $127,250 (2022) |
The Chairman's Stakes is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia, in the Autumn Carnival. [1]
The race is considered a prep lead-up race for the Group 1 South Australian Derby which is usually run a couple of weeks after this race at the same track. [1]
Four horses have won the Chairman's–SA Derby double:
Markham (1997), Mummify (2003), Rebel Raider (2009), Howard Be Thy Name (2016), Leicester (2018)