Sandown Stakes
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The Sandown Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
quality handicap horse race, for horses aged four years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres. It is held at Sandown Racecourse
in Melbourne
in November. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
Melbourne Racing Club
The Melbourne Racing Club is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the Club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race...
Group 3
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...
quality handicap horse race, for horses aged four years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres. It is held at Sandown Racecourse
Sandown Racecourse
Sandown Racecourse is one of the four horse racing venues located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, it is the only metropolitan racecourse built in the 20th century and was opened before a crowd of 52,000, in June 1965.Sandown Racecourse is situated 25...
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 November. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
Past winners
- 2011 Under The Eiffel
- 2010 Larrys Never Late
- 2009 Nine Tales
- 2008 Chasm
- 2007 Gotta Have Heart
- 2006 Swick
- 2005 Titanic Jack
- 2004 Amtrak
- 2003 Chong Tong
- 2002 Salgado
- 2001 Little Dozer
- 2000 Normal Practice
- 1999 Buster Jones
- 1998 Any Rhythm
- 1997 Cut Up Rough
- 1996 Wavertree
- 1995 Mamzelle Pedrille
- 1994 Another Victor
- 1993 Monsieur
- 1992 Minyama
- 1991 Wrap Around
- 1990 Procol Harum
- 1989 Marabous Phantom
- 1988 Rendoo
- 1987 Luther's Luck
- 1986 New Atlantis
- 1985 Jurisdiction
- 1984 Mr Ironclad
- 1983 Vivacite
- 1982 Showmeran
- 1981 Tower Belle