Chatham Stakes

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Chatham Stakes
Group 3 race
Jockey riding race horse Chatham at the races with the crowd in background, New South Wales, 18 September 1933..jpg
Location Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1978
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Paramount+ (2021)
Race information
Distance1,400 metres
SurfaceTurf
WeightOpen handicap
Purse $200,000 (2021)

The Chatham Stakes is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race raced as the Paramount+ Chatham Stakes, over a distance of 1400 metres held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia during the VRC Spring Racing Carnival. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$200,000 and $1,500 trophy.

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History

The registered race is named after Australian Racing Hall of Fame and 1930s dual Cox Plate winner, Chatham.

The race has been run on the last day of the Flemington Carnival, Mackinnon Stakes day since 2018. Prior to 1997 the race was scheduled on Melbourne Cup Day. The race was then run on the first day of the Spring Carnival, Victoria Derby day between 1998 and 2015, before moving to Oaks Day between 2016 and 2017.

Name

Melbourne Cup Day
Victoria Derby Day
VRC Oaks Day
LKS Mackinnon Stakes Day

Grade

Distance

Winners

See also

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