Shannon Stakes
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The Shannon Stakes is a Sydney Turf Club
Group 2
Australia
n Thoroughbred
quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney
in September. Total prize money for the race is A$175,000.
The race is named for the outstanding Hall of Fame
horse and Hollywood Gold Cup
winner Shannon
.
Sydney Turf Club
The Sydney Turf Club was founded in 1943 and is the youngest of Australia's Principal Race Clubs. It was formed following an Act passed by the New South Wales parliament called the Sydney Turf Club Act...
Group 2
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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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 three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in 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 September. Total prize money for the race is A$175,000.
The race is named for the outstanding Hall of Fame
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....
horse and Hollywood Gold Cup
Hollywood Gold Cup
The Hollywood Gold Cup is an American Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. It was run as a handicap race until 1997 when it was switched to weight-for-age conditions...
winner Shannon
Shannon (horse)
Shannon , named Shannon II in America, was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He created new racecourse records in Australia before he was sold to an American buyer who exported him to California in 1948...
.
The winners
- 2011 King Lionheart
- 2010 Firebolt
- 2009 Drumbeats
- 2008 Musket
- 2007 race not held
- 2006 Stormhill
- 2005 Lotteria
- 2004 Nips
- 2003 Sportsman
- 2002 Gordo
- 2001 On Type
- 2000 Al Mansour
- 1999 Referral
- 1998 Armed For Action
- 1997 Quick Flick
- 1996 Juggler
- 1995 Sprint By
- 1994 Play Or Pay
- 1993 Soho Square
- 1992 Palatin
- 1991 Deposition
- 1990 Go Bush
- 1989 Cole Diesel
- 1988 Never Quit
- 1987 Never Quit
- 1986 Drawn
- 1985 Double Dandy