Class | Group 3 |
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Location | Rosehill Racecourse |
Inaugurated | 1943 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,100 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old fillies |
Weight | Set weights with penalties |
Purse | A$160,000 (2022) |
The Widden Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-old fillies, held with set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in February. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$160,000.
The race is named after Widden Stud, where many of Australia's champion thoroughbreds have stood. [2]
Three fillies have captured the Widden Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double: Overreach (2013), Mossfun (2014) Lady of Camelot (2024)
† Run in divisions