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Doncaster Prelude

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Inaugurated
  
1985

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,500 metres

Location
  
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Sydney, New South Wales

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Sponsor
  
Hyland Race Colours (2016)

The Doncaster Prelude, registered as Royal Parma Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 1500 metres, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney in March or April. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

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Race history

The registered race is named after champion two-year-old Royal Parma, winner of the Golden Slipper Stakes in 1968.
The race was originally run at Rosehill racecourse on the Golden Slipper Stakes race meeting but after the merging of the two principal race clubs in Sydney the race was moved to a later date and now the race is a prelude to the rich Doncaster Handicap.

Race name

  • 1985–1991 - Royal Parma Stakes
  • 1992 - Caravan Stakes
  • 1993–1997 - Royal Parma Stakes
  • 1998 - Concept Sports Stakes
  • 1999–2004 - Royal Parma Stakes
  • 2005 - Allied Express Stakes
  • 2006–2009 - Royal Parma Stakes
  • 2010 onwards - Doncaster Prelude

    • Race distance

  • 1985–2000 – 1500 metres
  • 2001–2003 – 1400 metres
  • 2004–2005 – 1500 metres
  • 2006 – 1400 metres
  • 2007 – 1500 metres
  • 2008–2009 – 1400 metres
  • 2010–2013 - 1600 metres
  • 2014 - 1500 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1986–2010 - Listed Race
  • 2011 onwards - Group 3

    • Race venue

  • 1985–2009 - Rosehill Racecourse
  • 2010–2013 - Randwick Racecourse
  • 2014 onwards - Rosehill Racecourse

    • References

    Doncaster Prelude Wikipedia
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