Adrian Knox Stakes
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The Adrian Knox Stakes is an AJC
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
quality handicap horse race for three year old fillies, over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse
in Sydney
in September. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
The race is named for Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club, Adrian Knox
, who died in 1932. It is a lead-up race to the AJC Australian Oaks, which is run a week later.
Australian Jockey Club
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Group 3
Group races
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Australia
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n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
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quality handicap horse race for three year old fillies, over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
in Sydney
Sydney
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in September. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
The race is named for Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club, Adrian Knox
Adrian Knox
Sir Adrian Knox KCMG, KC , Australian judge, was the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1919 to 1930.-Education:...
, who died in 1932. It is a lead-up race to the AJC Australian Oaks, which is run a week later.
Race history
- This race was called the Princess Stakes from 1949 until 1958.
The winners
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Leilani (horse) Leilani was a champion Thoroughbred racemare that was bred in New Zealand and raced in Australia. She won six Group One races and a total of 12 black type equivalent races, during her short racing career... |
Light Fingers Light Fingers was a New Zealand bred thoroughbred racehorse who won the Melbourne Cup in 1965.The lightly built chestnut was by the highly successful sire of stayers, Le Filou, from Cuddlesome by Red Mars , by Hyperion... |