The T J Smith Stakes is a 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...

 Australian 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 at 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...

 run over a distance of 1200 metres 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...

, 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 March or April. The TJ Smith is named after trainer Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith (racing)

Thomas John Smith AM MBE also known as Tommy Smith or T. J. Smith was a leading trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Sydney, Australia. He is acknowledged for his record number of Sydney Trainers Premierships and for training many champion racehorses including Tulloch, Gunsynd and Kingston...

. The prizemoney in 2008 was A$500,000.

Race history

This race gained Group 1 status in 2005.

2002 / 2003 was Group 2.

1998 - 2001 was Group 3.

1997 was a Listed Race.

1996 / 1997 known as Endeavour Stakes

The winners

• 2011 - Black Caviar
  Black Caviar (horse)
  Black Caviar is an undefeated Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, considered to be the best sprinter in the world, having been named WTRR World Champion Sprinter in 2010. On 31 March 2011 Black Caviar was rated one of the top Thoroughbred racehorses in the world for the first quarter of 2011 by...
  
  
• 2010 - Melito
• 2009 - Takeover Target
  Takeover Target
  Takeover Target is a much travelled Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who has won top sprinting races in each of the five major cities in Australia as well as the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore....
  
  
• 2008 - Apache Cat
  Apache Cat
  Apache Cat is a popular Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who had 43 starts for 19 wins and was placed on another 11 occasions from for just under $4.6 million in prizemoney....
  
  
• 2007 - Bentley Biscuit
• 2006 - Red Oog
• 2005 - Shamekha
• 2004 - Dilly Dally
• 2003 - Spinning Hill
• 2002 - Phoenix Park
• 2001 - Century Kid
• 2000 - Shy Hero
• 1999 - Ab Initio
• 1998 - La Baraka
• 1997 - Mahogany
  Mahogany (horse)
  Mahogany was an Australian thoroughbred who raced in the mid-1990s. He was aimed at the three-year-old staying events, where he won the Victoria Derby and the Australian Derby. But as an older horse he usually was restricted to sprint races.The notable exception was the 1995 W.S. Cox Plate where...