Group 1 race | |
Location | Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1933 (as Doomben Newmarket Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | TAB (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
Weight | Weight for Age |
Purse | A$1,000,000 (2022) |
The Doomben 10,000 is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred Weight for Age horse race, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prize money is A$1,000,000. The race is considered one of the premier sprint races in Queensland racing.
The race was changed to the Doomben 10,000 after the £10,000 prize money on offer, which at the time was the richest sprint in Australia.
Notable sprinters to win the race are Chief De Beers (1995, 1998), Falvelon (2001-02), Prince Trialia in 1990–91, and Black Onyx in 1969–70. [1] Included in the list are former greats Bernborough in 1946 and Manikato in 1979. [1]
In July 1951, then apprentice Aboriginal jockey Merv Maynard (whose career spanned nearly five decades, in which he rode over 1,500 winners [2] ) was heading for a win on Waratah King when the horse came down, and he was thrown. Coniston went on to win the race. [3] [4]
Recently,[ when? ] champion sprinters Apache Cat and Takeover Target captured this race. [1] Sea Siren was the first three-year-old filly to win the race in 2012. [1]
Jockey George Moore won the race five times: [5]
Trainer T J Smith won the race six times: [5]
The race record for the 1350 metre distance was set by Falvelon in 2001 with a time of 1:17.21 and Tipperary Star in 1963 in 1:17+1⁄5. [5]
‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
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This article replaces the original Volume 15 ADB biography, authored by Heather Goodall.