The Age Classic
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The Patinack Farm Classic (formerly known as the Linlithgow Stakes and The Age Classic) is a Victoria Racing Club
Group One
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under weight for age
conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres. Prizemoney is A$750,000.
It is held at Flemington Racecourse
in Melbourne
on the Saturday following the Melbourne Cup
. It was run as a Group One for the first time in 2007, taking over the Group One status of the Salinger Stakes
, a 1200 metre handicap run the previous Saturday.
From 2008, the Patinack Farm Classic has taken over from the Australia Stakes
as an Australian leg of the Global Sprint Challenge
Series. The race is the eight leg of the series, preceded by the Sprinters Stakes
and followed by the Hong Kong International Sprint
.
1887 - 1907 held over 7 furlongs (approx. 1400m)
1908 - 1967 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600m)
1968 - 1971 held over 7 furlongs
1972 - 1991 held over 1400m
1992 onwards held over 1200m.
1868–1978 was a Principal Race
1979 - 2006 Group 2
2007 onwards Group 1
1868 - 1907 the race was known as the ‘Flying Stakes’
1908 - 1996 the race was known as the ‘Linlithgow Stakes’
1997 - 2003 the race was known as the ‘Emirates Classic’
2004 the race was known as the ‘Lexus Classic’
2005 - 2007 the race was known as ‘The Age Classic’
2008 the race has been renamed the 'Patinack Farm Classic'
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 One
Group One
Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...
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...
horse race for horses aged three years old and over, 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, over a distance of 1200 metres. Prizemoney is A$750,000.
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...
on the Saturday following the Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
. It was run as a Group One for the first time in 2007, taking over the Group One status of the Salinger Stakes
Salinger Stakes
The Salinger Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne on VRC Derby Day. The event is an open handicap run over a distance of 1200 metres. Total prize money for the race is A$300,000 and $2,000 trophy...
, a 1200 metre handicap run the previous Saturday.
From 2008, the Patinack Farm Classic has taken over from the Australia Stakes
Australia Stakes
The William Reid Stakes, formerly Australia Stakes, is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne in February. Prizemoney in 2010 was A$500,000....
as an Australian leg of the Global Sprint Challenge
Global Sprint Challenge
The Global Sprint Challenge is a Thoroughbred horse racing series inaugurated in 2005 as a series of six sprint races run across three racing jurisdictions in Australia, England and Japan. In 2006 the series expanded to seven races across four racing jurisdictions with the inclusion of a race in...
Series. The race is the eight leg of the series, preceded by the Sprinters Stakes
Sprinters Stakes
The is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan open to thoroughbreds which are three-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 1,200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, and it takes place annually in late September or early October....
and followed by the Hong Kong International Sprint
Hong Kong Sprint
The Hong Kong Sprint is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,200 metres at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid December....
.
Race History
1868 - 1886 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200m)1887 - 1907 held over 7 furlongs (approx. 1400m)
1908 - 1967 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600m)
1968 - 1971 held over 7 furlongs
1972 - 1991 held over 1400m
1992 onwards held over 1200m.
1868–1978 was a Principal Race
1979 - 2006 Group 2
2007 onwards Group 1
1868 - 1907 the race was known as the ‘Flying Stakes’
1908 - 1996 the race was known as the ‘Linlithgow Stakes’
1997 - 2003 the race was known as the ‘Emirates Classic’
2004 the race was known as the ‘Lexus Classic’
2005 - 2007 the race was known as ‘The Age Classic’
2008 the race has been renamed the 'Patinack Farm Classic'
The winners
- 2011 - Black CaviarBlack 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 - Black CaviarBlack 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...
- 2009 - All Silent
- 2008 - Swick
- 2007 - Miss AndrettiMiss AndrettiMiss Andretti was the 2007 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and is the only Thoroughbred in racing history to simultaneously hold a total of five track records in Australia and England.-Breeding:...
- 2006 - Magnus
- 2005 - Glamour Puss
- 2004 - Fastnet RockFastnet RockFastnet Rock is a small island in the Atlantic Ocean and the most southerly point of Ireland. It lies southwest of Cape Clear Island and from County Cork on the Irish mainland...
- 2003 - Our Egyptian Raine
- 2002 - Choisir
- 2001 - Belle Du Jour
- 2000 - Black Bean
- 1999 - Pharein
- 1998 - Toledo
- 1997 - Al Mansour
- 1996 - Mahogany
- 1995 - You Remember
- 1994 - Sequalo
- 1993 - Gold Brose
- 1992 - Tanjian Prince
- 1991 - Wrap Around
- 1990 - RedelvaRedelvaRedelva was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A chestnut son of Romantic Hope from the mare Delvena, he was foaled in 1983 and was trained throughout his career by Greg Varcoe....
- 1989 - Boardwalk Angel
- 1988 - RedelvaRedelvaRedelva was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A chestnut son of Romantic Hope from the mare Delvena, he was foaled in 1983 and was trained throughout his career by Greg Varcoe....
- 1987 - Placid ArkPlacid ArkPlacid Ark was an Australian thoroughbred foaled in Western Australia. His sire Arkenstone was a winning son of the Western Australian champion sire Zvornik and his dam was Northern Queen a mare bred in South Australia by the USA imported stallion Star of the North.Bred at Asprey Stud near...
- 1986 - Campaign King
- 1985 - Rass Flyer
- 1984 - Nouvelle Star
- 1983 - Keepers
- 1982 - Galleon
- 1981 - My Axeman
- 1980 - Prince Ruling
- 1979 - Tolhurst
- 1978 - Always Welcome
- 1977 - Blockbuster
- 1976 - Scamanda
- 1975 - Scamanda
- 1974 - Scamanda
- 1973 - All Shot
- 1972 - All Shot
- 1971 - Maritana
- 1970 - Our Faith
- 1969 - VainVain (horse)Vain was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two...
- 1968 - Regal Rhythm
- 1967 - Foresight
- 1966 - Legal Boy
- 1965 - Star Affair
- 1964 - Star Of Heaven
- 1963 - Wenona Girl
- 1962 - Sky HighSky High (horse)Sky High was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Some of his major race victories include the 1960 STC Golden Slipper Stakes, 1960 VRC Derby, 1961 and 1962 VRC Lightning Stakes and the 1961 AJC Epsom Handicap.-Breeding:...
- 1961 - Anonyme
- 1960 - Cadiz
- 1959 - NoholmeNoholmeNoholme was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1959 Australian Horse of the Year and who took nearly a full second off the race record in winning the prestigious Cox Plate. In 1959 he was Australian Horse of the Year.He was sired by Star Kingdom , the Leading sire in Australia on...
- 1958 - Wiggle
- 1957 - Matrice
- 1956 - Matrice
- 1955 - Somerset Fair
- 1954 - Prince Cortauld
- 1953 - Silver Phantom
- 1952 - Ellerslie
- 1951 - Iron Duke
- 1950 - Ellerslie
- 1949 - Dickens
- 1948 - Phoibos
- 1947 - Columnist
- 1946 - Attley
- 1945 - Royal Gem
- 1944 - Not Held
- 1943 - Not Held
- 1942 - Not Held
- 1941 - High Caste
- 1940 - High Caste
- 1939 - High Caste /Manrico (dead heat)
- 1938 - Ajax
- 1937 - Ajax
- 1936 - Young Idea
- 1935 - Valiant Chief
- 1934 - Closing Time
- 1933 - ChathamChatham (horse)Chatham was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred by Percy Miller at the Kia Ora Stud near Scone in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...
- 1932 - ChathamChatham (horse)Chatham was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred by Percy Miller at the Kia Ora Stud near Scone in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...
- 1931 - ChathamChatham (horse)Chatham was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred by Percy Miller at the Kia Ora Stud near Scone in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...
- 1930 - Phar LapPhar LapPhar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...
- 1929 - AmounisAmounisAmounis was a good Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs . Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" , 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One status...
- 1928 - Gothic
- 1927 - AmounisAmounisAmounis was a good Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs . Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" , 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One status...
- 1926 - AmounisAmounisAmounis was a good Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs . Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" , 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One status...
- 1925 - The Night Patrol
- 1924 - The Night Patrol
- 1923 - Maid Of The Mist
- 1922 - Violoncello
- 1921 - Sir Ibex
- 1920 - Greenstead
- 1919 - Cetigne
- 1918 - Wolaroi
- 1917 - Biplane
- 1916 - Wolaroi
- 1915 - Traquette
- 1914 - Mountain Knight
- 1913 - Andelosia
- 1912 - Mountain Princess
- 1911 - Popinjay
- 1910 - Beverage
- 1909 - Dhobi
- 1908 - Pink ‘Un
- 1907 - Mountain King
- 1906 - Iolaire
- 1905 - Gladsome
- 1904 - Gladsome
- 1903 - F.J.A.
- 1902 - Ibex
- 1901 - Sequence
- 1900 - Maltster
- 1899 - Kenley
- 1898 - The Grafter
- 1897 - Aurum
- 1896 - Hopscotch
- 1895 - Hova
- 1894 - Wallace
- 1893 - Loyalty
- 1892 - Bungebah
- 1891 - Trieste
- 1890 - Megaphone
- 1889 - Carbine
- 1888 - Carbine
- 1887 - Lady Betty
- 1886 - Hortense
- 1885 - Blairgowrie
- 1884 - Newstead
- 1883 - Brown and Rose
- 1882 - Kingsdale
- 1881 - Navigator
- 1880 - Welcome Jack
- 1879 - Remembrance
- 1878 - Sunshine
- 1877 - Bosworth
- 1876 - Savanaka
- 1875 - The Marquis Colt
- 1874 - Redwood
- 1873 - Atalanta
- 1872 - Barbelle
- 1871 - Barbelle
- 1870 - Barbelle
- 1869 - Coeur De Lion
- 1868 - Gulnare