Group 1 race | |
Location | Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1868 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Ladbrokes (2023) |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,400 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three year old |
Weight | Set Weights colts and geldings – 57 kg fillies – 55 kg |
Purse | A$1,000,000 (2023) |
The Queensland Derby is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at, set weights, run over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prize money is A$1,000,000.
Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season, the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse with a shorter distance of 2200 metres. [2]
The race was first run at the Gayndah Racecourse in 1868, before moving to Eagle Farm in 1871. [3]
‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
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