Group 3 race | |
Location | Broadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1955 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | Horsepower (2023) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,400 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Weight | Quality handicap – Minimum 54 kg |
Purse | A$200,000 (2023) |
The Newcastle Stakes, registered as the Newcastle Newmarket Handicap is a Newcastle Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open quality handicap horse race over a distance of 1,400 metres, held annually at Broadmeadow Racecourse in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000. [1]
† Originally the race was scheduled to be run on the Beaumont Track. [34] Due to the configuration of the racetrack the starting distance of the race was reduced. [35] Race meeting was abandoned due to being unsafe for racing after prolonged rain and the race was rescheduled as the tenth race in the race card on Golden Slipper Stakes Day at Rosehill Racecourse. [36]
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