The AJC Metropolitan is an AJC

Australian Jockey Club

The Australian Jockey Club was founded in January 1842. It morphed from the former Australian Racing Committee set up in May 1840 to set the standards for racing in the colony...

 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

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 held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2,400 metres (one mile and a half). It is one of the main races in the Sydney Spring Carnival held in early October 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...

, along with the Epsom Handicap

Epsom Handicap

The Epsom Handicap is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held over 1,600 metres at Randwick Racecourse. It is one of the major races of the Sydney Spring Carnival. Many great milers have won the race, including Chatham, Gunsynd, and Super Impose, who was also a dual winner of the...

 over 1,600 metres. Many great household names have won this race, but none have won the treble of The Metropolitan, Caulfield Cup

Caulfield Cup

The Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races and the richest of its type in the world is held annually by the Melbourne Racing Club. The race is a handicap like the Melbourne Cup, which means that horses that compete in the Caulfield Cup are capable of running on the...

 and 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...

. The total prize money for this race is A$400,000

Past winners

2011 The Verminator 2010 Herculian Prince 2009 Speed Gifted 2008 Newport 2007 no race due to Equine Influenza 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak An outbreak of equine influenza in Australia was confirmed by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries on 24 August 2007 in Sydney. Also known as "horse flu" and "A1 influenza", the rapid outbreak was of the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8... 2006 Tawqeet 2005 Railings Railings Railings is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who is notable for winning the 2005 Caulfield Cup when trained by John Hawkes. Other notable wins include the Metropolitan Handicap and he has been placed in races such as the BMW Classic... 2004 County Tyrone 2003 Bedouin 2002 Victory Smile 2001 Dress Circle 2000 Coco Cobanna 1999 Vita Man 1998 In Joyment 1997 Heart Ruler 1996 Hula Flight 1995 Electronic 1994 Glastonbury 1993 Zamination 1992 Te Akau Nick 1991 Lord Revenir 1990 Donegal Mist 1989 Hunter 1988 Natski 1987 Balciano 1986 Born To Be Queen 1985 Spritely Native 1984 Hayai 1983 Hayai

1982 Nicholas John 1981 Belmura Lad 1980 Brindisi 1979 Earthquake McGoon 1978 Ming Dynasty 1977 Sir Serene 1976 Battle Heights 1975 Bon Teint 1974 Passetreul 1973 Analie 1972 Altai Khan 1971 Oncidon 1970 Tails 1969 Tails 1968 Wiedersehen 1967 General Command 1966 Duo 1965 Striking Force 1964 Piper's Son 1963 Galerus 1962 The Dip 1961 Waipari 1960 Red Wind 1959 Macdougal 1958 Monte Carlo 1957 Straight Draw 1956 Redcraze Redcraze Redcraze was a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who raced both in Australia and New Zealand, winning major races in both countries.... 1955 Beaupa

1954 Commodore 1953 Carioca 1952 Dalray 1951 Delta 1950 Conductor 1949 Count Cyrano 1948 Buonarroti Boy 1947 Murray Stream 1946 Cordale 1945 Murray Stream 1944 Nightbeam 1943 Main Topic 1942 Grand Fils 1941 Dashing Cavalier 1940 Beau Vite 1939 Feminist 1938 Royal Chief 1937 Sir Regent 1936 Young Crusader 1935 Oro 1934 Waikare 1933 Regal Son 1932 Denis Boy 1931 Strength 1930 Cragford 1918 Kennaquhair Kennaquhair (horse) Kennaquhair was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Sydney Cup , and the AJC Metropolitan Handicap as well as finishing second in the 1918 Melbourne Cup.-Pedigree:... 1906 Solution (NZ) 1867 Tim Whiffler