Group 1 race | |
Location | Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1893 (as The Claret Stakes) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Treasury Brisbane (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old |
Weight | Set Weights Colts and geldings – 57 kg Fillies – 55 kg |
Purse | A$1,000,000 (2022) |
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Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse. [2]
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