Sponsor Bundaberg Rum (2016) Surface Turf | Distance 1,400 metres | |
Inaugurated 1992 (as Crown Lager Fillies and Mares Quality Handicap) Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing | ||
The Dane Ripper Stakes is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held, under quality handicap conditions, for fillies and mares, over a distance of 1350 metres held at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Prizemoney is A$200,000.
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Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event is transferred to Doomben Racecourse and run over a slightly shorter distance.
Race history
The race was inaugurated as a supporting race (Race 7) on the Stradbroke Handicap racecard on 6 June 1992. Recently the race has been scheduled on Queensland Oaks day. but was moved on 2013 to Stradbroke Handicap day. The race was upgraded to a Listed race in 2003.
Winners of the Dane Ripper Stakes–Winter Stakes double are Blushing Bijou (1992) and Tripping (1996).