Maribyrnong Plate

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Maribyrnong Plate
Group 3 race
NUFFIELD 1938 AJC SIRES PRODUCE STAKES HAROLD BADGER.jpg
Nuffield ,1937 winner
Location Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1871
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Darley (2022)
Race information
Distance1,000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightSet weights
Colts and geldings 57 kg.
Fillies 55 kg.
Purse $200,000 (2022)

The Maribyrnong Plate is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds, at set weights, over a distance of 1000 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the Oaks day of the VRC Spring Carnival in November. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.

Contents

Aboukir, 1954 winner Racehorse 'Aboukir' Trainer Frank Dalton's 'Monte Carlo' Stables 37 Darley Road Randwick Sydney N.S.W.jpg
Aboukir, 1954 winner

History

The race is named after the Maribyrnong River, which is in close proximity to the Flemington racetrack. The river has often flooded the racetrack as was the case in 1974 [2] and 2014. [3]

Prior to 1995 as well as 200708 the race was held on the first day of the VRC Spring Carnival, Victoria Derby Day.

Distance

Grade

1954 racebook

Winners

† Dead heat

See also

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Litery reference. Mention made in Rudyard Kipling's The Broken Link Handicap in Plain Tales From The Hills.