The Myer Classic is a Victoria Racing Club

Victoria Racing Club

The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual “race that stops a nation”, the Melbourne Cup, which was first contested in 1861.From its...

 Group 1

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...

 Australia

Australia

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n 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 held under 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...

 conditions, for fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards, over a distance of 1600 metres. It is held at Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River...

 in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 in October. Total prize money for the race is A$500,000.

Race history

1988 onwards held over 1,600m

1988–1994 was a Listed Race

1995–1996 was a Group 3

1997–2003 was a Group 2

2004 onwards Group 1

1988 the race was known as ‘The Honda Legend’

1989–1992 the race was known as the ‘Honda Legend’

1993 the race was known as the ‘Hong Kong Bank Stakes’

1994–2001 the race was known as the ‘Hardy Brothers Classic’

2002–2004 the race was known as the ‘Nestle Peters Classic’

2005 onwards the race has been called the ‘Myer Classic’.

Winners

• 2011 - Hurtle Myrtle
• 2010 - Sacred Choice
• 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 - Forensics
• 2007 - Divine Madonna
  Divine Madonna
  Divine Madonna was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare. She won four group one races, the 2006 Emirates Stakes, 2007 Queen of the Turf Stakes, 2007 Toorak Handicap and the 2007 Myer Classic. Divine Madonna had 26 race starts and only finished out of the top five runners twice in her career.She...
  
  
• 2006 - Lyrical Bid
• 2005 - Lotteria
• 2004 - Miss Potential

• 2003 - Zanna
• 2002 - Miss Zoe
• 2001 - Market Price
• 2000 - Super Sequel
• 1999 - Noircir
• 1998 - Bonanova
• 1997 - Prairie
• 1996 - Rose of Portland

• 1995 - Aunty Mary
• 1994 - Sedately
• 1993 - Mingling Glances
• 1992 - Excited Angel
• 1991 - Western Chorus
• 1990 - Natural Wonder
• 1989 - Echo Lass
• 1988 - Concordance