The Coolmore Classic is a Group 1

Group One

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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 for fillies and mares aged three year old and upwards. It is a set weights race, run over a distance of 1500 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is home of the Sydney Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the...

, Sydney

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 in April. Prior to 2008, it was held in March. Prizemoney in 2008 was A$604,900.

Race History

Registered as the T A D Kennedy Stakes, this race has been known as the Winfield Classic, Orlando Wines Classic, Rosemount Wines Classic, Marlboro Classic, NSW Thoroughbred Breeder's Stakes and Fillies & Mares Classic.

In 1984 this race attained Group 1

Group One

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 status, prior to that it was a Group 2

Group 2 (racing)

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The winners

• 2011 - Aloha
• 2010 - Alverta
• 2009 - Typhoon Tracy
  Typhoon Tracy
  Typhoon Tracy is an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racemare who has won six group one races and was crowned Australian Racehorse of the Year for 2009/10.-Breeding:...
  
  
• 2008 - Eskimo Queen
• 2007 - Tuesday Joy
• 2006 - Regal Cheer
• 2005 - Danni Martine
• 2004 - Shamekha
• 2003 - Bollinger
• 2002 - Sunline
  Sunline
  Sunline was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the world's highest earning racemare of her time, competing on 48 occasions for 32 wins, 9 seconds and 3 thirds to earn A$11,351,607. She won races in three different countries, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. She won successive...
  
  
• 2001 - Porto Roca
• 2000 - Sunline
  Sunline
  Sunline was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the world's highest earning racemare of her time, competing on 48 occasions for 32 wins, 9 seconds and 3 thirds to earn A$11,351,607. She won races in three different countries, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. She won successive...
  
  
• 1999 - Camino Rose
• 1998 - Shindig
• 1997 - Assertive Lass

• 1996 - Chlorophyll
• 1995 - Flitter
• 1994 - Kapchat
• 1993 - Skating
• 1992 - Acushla Marie
• 1991 - Quicksilver Cindy
• 1990 - Happy Sailing
• 1989 - Red Express
• 1988 - Strawberry Fair
• 1987 - Bounding Away
• 1986 - Satin Sand
• 1985 - Avon Angel
• 1984 - Emancipation
  Emancipation (horse)
  Emancipation was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. By Bletchingly, Emancipation was a grey, like her dam, Ammo Girl, and her damsire, Gunsynd...
  
  

• 1983 - Hooplahannah
• 1982 - Sheraco
• 1981 - Cordon Rose
• 1980 - Stage Hit
• 1979 - Phar Talk
• 1978 - Princess Talaria
• 1977 - Somerset Pride
• 1976 - Crimson Cloud
• 1975 - Vicenza
• 1974 - Favoured
• 1973 - Miss Personality