Group 2 race | |
Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1979 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | Catanach's Jewellers (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old colts and geldings |
Weight | Set weights 55+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$300,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes |
The Skyline Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for colts and geldings aged two years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1,200 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in late February or early March.
The winner of this race receives automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes [1] and the race is considered an important prep test due to the same distance as the Golden Slipper Stakes. [1]
The race is named in honour of Skyline, winner of the 1958 Golden Slipper Stakes [2] and 1958 AJC Australian Derby. [3]
The following thoroughbreds have completed the Skyline – Golden Slipper double:
Sir Dapper (1983), Star Watch (1988), Guineas (1997), Prowl (1998) and Dance Hero (2004)
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