![]() Maurice McCarten | |
Class | Group 3 |
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Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse |
Inaugurated | 1993 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | City Tattersalls Club (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,100 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Horses three years old and over |
Weight | Quality handicap |
Purse | $250,000 (2024) |
The Maurice McCarten Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for three years old and older, over a distance of 1100 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$250,000.
The race is named in honour of jockey and racehorse-trainer Maurice Thomas Joseph McCarten (1902–1971). [2]
Prior to 2010 the race was held on the Golden Slipper race card.
† Dead heat
‡ Won on Protest