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Ethereal Stakes

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Distance
  
2,000 metres

Track
  
Left-handed

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Sponsor
  
New Zealand Bloodstock (2016)

The Ethereal Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies, at Set Weights with penalties, over a distance of 2,000 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in October. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

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Race history

The race is named after the champion mare Ethereal who won the 2001 Caulfield Cup–Melbourne Cup double.

Race name

  • 2000–2001 - Foster's Light Ice Handicap
  • 2002 - Carlton Draught Handicap
  • 2003–2006 - Skyy Blue Plate
  • 2007 - Fat Quaddies Cup
  • 2008 - Perri Cutten Plate
  • 2009 - Sportingbet Plate
  • 2010 - Sportingbet Stakes
  • 2011 onwards - Ethereal Stakes
  • Race grade

  • prior 2011 - Handicap
  • 2011–2014 - Listed Race
  • 2015 onwards - Group 3 race
  • References

    Ethereal Stakes Wikipedia