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Flight Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1947

Sponsor
  
Sydney Airport (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - flat

Distance
  
1,600 metres

Location
  
Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia

The Flight Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, at Set Weights, run over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. Total prize money for the race is A$500,000.

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Race History

The race is named for champion Australian Hall of Fame mare Flight, the winner of the W S Cox Plate in 1945 and 1946. The race is part of the Epsom Handicap racecard.

Race grade

  • 1947–1978 - Principle Race
  • 1979–1984 - Group 2
  • 1985 onwards - Group 1

    • Race distance

  • 1947–1971 - 1 mile (~1600 metres)
  • 1972 onwards - 1600 metres

    • Race venue

  • 1947–1982 - Randwick Racecourse
  • 1983 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
  • 1984–2000 - Randwick Racecourse
  • 2001 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
  • 2012 onwards - Randwick Racecourse

    • References

    Flight Stakes Wikipedia
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