Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap

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Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap
Group 3 race
Location Flemington Racecourse
Inaugurated2001 (Listed)
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Furphy (2022)
Race information
Distance1,400 metres
SurfaceTurf
Qualification Maidens ineligible
WeightOpen handicap
Purse $200,000 (2022)

The Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, over a distance of 1400 metres held annually at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival in March. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$160,000.

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History

The registered race is named after Shaftesbury Avenue, who won the 1991 VRC Newmarket Handicap and 1991 Lightning Stakes. [2]

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Winners

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