Chairman's Stakes (MRC)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Race type Thoroughbred Distance 1,000 metres		Sponsor Ladbrokes (2017) Surface Turf
Location Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia Inaugurated 1990 as VATC Bounding Away Quality

The Chairman's Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, raced under set weights with penalties conditions for two-year-olds, over a distance of 1000 metres run at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in February. Prize money for the race is A$150,000.

Race history

Originally this raced was named after Bounding Away, Australian Horse Of The Year 1985–1986, who won the 1986 Blue Diamond Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double.
One thoroughbred has captured the Chairman's Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double:
Crystal Lily (2010)
Three thoroughbreds have captured the Chairman's Stakes – Blue Diamond Stakes double:
Redoute's Choice (1999), Road To Success (2000), Extreme Choice (2016)

Race name

1990–1998 - Bounding Away Quality

1999–2003 - Veuve Clicquot Stakes

2004 - Jansz Stakes

2005–2007 - Pol Rogers Stakes

2008 - National Jockey Celebration Classic

2009 - Pol Rogers Stakes

2010–2011 - Chairman's Stakes

2012 - Emirate Airline Stakes

2013 onwards - Chairman's Stakes

Race grade

1990–2013 - Listed race

2014 onwards - Group 3

Race distance

1990–1996 – 1000 metres

1997–2002 – 1100 metres

2003–2007 – 1200 metres

2008 – 1000 meters

2009–2010 – 1100 metres

2011 – 1000 meters

2012–2014 – 1100 metres

2015 – 1000 metres

2016 – 1100 metres

2017 - 1000 metres

Race venue

1990–1993 - Caulfield Racecourse

1994 - Sandown Racecourse

1995 - Caulfield Racecourse

1996 - Sandown Racecourse

1997–2010 - Caulfield Racecourse

2011 - Sandown Racecourse

2012–2014 - Caulfield Racecourse

2015 - Sandown Racecourse

2016 onwards - Caulfield Racecourse

References

Chairman's Stakes (MRC) Wikipedia

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