Sapphire Stakes (ATC)

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Sapphire Stakes
Group 2 race
Location Randwick Racecourse,
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1998
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor TAB (2022)
Race information
Distance1,200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationFillies and mares, three years old and older
WeightSet weights with penalties
Purse $300,000 (2022)

The Sapphire Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares three years old and older, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres, held annually at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in the autumn during the ATC Championships series. Total prize money for the race is A$300,000. [1]

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History

Grade

Name

In 2010 the race was named as the Lady Sonia McMahon Memorial Stakes [2] in honour of Lady Sonia McMahon, wife of Sir William McMahon, former Prime Minister of Australia who died in April of that year.

Winners

†In 1999 Little Pattie was first past the post, but later disqualified for returning a positive swab. [26]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Sapphire Stakes". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2010 Result – Lady McMahon Mem. Sapphire Stk (held 10 April 2010)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "2023 Result – TAB Sapphire Stakes (held 8 April 2023)". racingpost.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "2022 Result – TAB Sapphire Stakes (held 9 April 2022)". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "2021 Result – TAB Sapphire Stakes (held 17 April 2021)". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "2020 Result – TAB Sapphire Stakes (held 11 April 2020)". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "2019 Result – TAB Sapphire Stakes (held 13 April 2019)". breednet.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "2018 Result – TAB Sapphire Stakes (held 14 April 2018)". breednet.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "2017 Result – Tab Sapphire Stakes (held 8 April 2017)". breednet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "2016 Result – Sensis Sapphire Stakes (held 9 April 2016)". breednet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "2015 Result – Sapphire Stakes (held 11 April 2015)". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "2014 Result – Drummond Golf Sapphire Stakes (held 19 April 2014)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "2013 Result – Belvedere Sapphire Stakes (held 13 April 2013)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "2012 Result – Yellowglen Sapphire Stakes (held 14 April 2012)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "2011 Result – Yellowglen Sapphire Stakes (held 9 April 2011)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "2009 Result – Tabcorp Sapphire Stakes (held 11 April 2009)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "2008 Result – Sapphire Stakes (held 30 April 2008)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "2007 Result – Sapphire Stakes (held 7 April 2007)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "2006 Result – Sapphire Stks (held 15 April 2006)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "2005 Result – Sapphire Stks (held 26 March 2005)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "2004 Result – Sapphire Stks (held 10 April 2004)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "2003 Result – Sapphire Stks (held 19 April 2003)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "2002 Result – Sapphire Stks (held 30 March 2002)". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "2001 Result – Sapphire F-&-M Stakes (held 14 April 2001)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "2000 Result – Sapphire F-&-M Stakes (held 22 April 2000)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  26. 1 2 "1999 Result – Sapphire Stakes (held 17 April 1999)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "1998 Result – Sapphire Stakes (held 25 April 1998)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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