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Coolmore Classic

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Inaugurated
  
1973

Distance
  
1,500 metres

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

Sponsor
  
Coolmore Stud (since 1996)

The Coolmore Classic, registered as the TAD Kennedy Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three years old and upwards under set weights conditions, run over a distance of 1500 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$600,000.

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Race name

The registered name of the race is Thomas Arthur David (TAD) Kennedy Stakes is named after a former horse trainer and Sydney Turf Club committeeman Thomas Kennedy.

The race name has changed many times since its inaugural running in 1973.

The current race name is named after the sponsor of the race – Coolmore Stud.

  • 1973–1974 - Fillies & Mares Classic
  • 1975–1976 - NSW Thoroughbred Breeder's Stakes
  • 1977–1978 - Marlboro Classic
  • 1979–1985 - Rosemount Wines Classic
  • 1986–1988 - Orlando Classic
  • 1989–1991 - Orlando Wines Classic
  • 1992–1995 - Winfield Classic
  • 1996 onwards - Coolmore Classic
  • Race grade

  • 1973–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979–1983 - Group 2
  • 1986 onwards - Group 1
  • Race records

  • Fastest time at 1:27.21 - Shindig (1998)
  • Most wins jockey - Jim Cassidy (4)
  • Satin Sand (1986), Kapchat (1994), Flitter (1995) and Shamekha (2004)
  • Heaviest winners - Emancipation and Sunline at 60 kg.
  • Lightest winners - Crimson Cloud 48 kg.
  • References

    Coolmore Classic Wikipedia