AJC Challenge Stakes
Encyclopedia
The AJC Challenge Stakes is a Group 2
Australian Thoroughbred
horse race at weight for age
run over a distance of 1000 metres at Warwick Farm Racecourse
, Sydney
in March. Total prize money for the race is A$175,000.
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australian Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race at weight for age
Weight for Age
Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...
run over a distance of 1000 metres at Warwick Farm Racecourse
Warwick Farm Racecourse
Warwick Farm Racecourse is a racecourse at Warwick Farm a south-west suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is used as a racecourse for Thoroughbred horse racing.- Races :...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in March. Total prize money for the race is A$175,000.
Race history
- First run in 1906
- Prior to 1994 the distance was 6 furlongs.
- Before 2003 the race was run in January.
Past winners
- 2011 Hay List
- 2010 De Lightning Ridge
- 2009 Olonana
- 2008 Hurried Choice
- 2007 Spark Of Life
- 2006 Snitzel
- 2005 Impaler
- 2004 Star Of Florida
- 2003 Star Of Florida
- 2002 Bomber Bill
- 2001 Pimpala Prince
- 2000 Easy Rocking
- 1999 Ab Initio
- 1998 Cangronde
- 1997 Cangronde
- 1996 Light Up The World
- 1995 Moss Rocket
- 1994 Classic Magic
- 1993 Spanish Mix
- 1992 All Archie
- 1991 Lightning Bend
- 1990 Show County
- 1989 Groucho
- 1988 Snippets
- 1987 At Sea
- 1986 At Sea
- 1985 At Sea
- 1984 Razor Sharp
- 1983 Razor Sharp
- 1982 Razor Sharp
- 1981 Steel Blade
- 1980 Acamer
- 1979 Christole
- 1978 Monreale
- 1977 Crimson Cloud
- 1976 River Ridge
- 1975 Zephyr Bay
- 1974 War Island
- 1973 Bounty
- 1972 Playbill
- 1971 Farlara
- 1970 Constant Rhythm / Biarritz Star
- 1969 Gay Gauntlet
- 1968 Dawn Boy
- 1967 Gay Gauntlet
- 1966 Tar Girl