Kindergarten Stakes

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Kindergarten Stakes
Group 3 race
Location Randwick Racecourse,
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1987
Race type Thoroughbred - flat
Sponsor Widden (2023)
Race information
Distance1,100 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationTwo year old
WeightSet weights
colts and geldings 56+12 kg
fillies 54+12 kg
Purse A$200,000 (2023)

The Kindergarten Stakes, is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1100 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in the autumn during the ATC Championships series. [1]

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History

The race was inaugurated in 1987.

It was held annually in March prior to the Golden Slipper Stakes but in 2012 was moved to April as part of the Australian Derby Day race card at Randwick. [1]

The following thoroughbreds have captured the Kindergarten Stakes Golden Slipper double:
Star Watch (1988), Bint Marscay (1993), Guineas (1997), Belle Du Jour (2000) and Forensics (2007)

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Winners

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See also

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