Sponsor SKy Racing (2016) Track Right-handed Purse 125,000 AUD (2016) | Surface Turf Distance 1,350 m | |
Location Doomben Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia Inaugurated 1984 (as Courier Mail 2YO Stakes) Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing | ||
The Fred Best Classic is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1350 metres, held annually at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Prizemoney is A$125,000.
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Race history
The race is named in honour of former top trainer Fred Best (died 1983), who dominated Brisbane racing for 20 years into the 1970s.
The race has its beginnings from the sponsor, Brisbane's newspaper The Courier-Mail, which sponsored a two-year-old race in 1984. The race was not sponsored again by the newspaper until 1987, when the race was run for three-year-olds. The race has seen many name changes.
Trainer Peter Snowden holds the record with three wins in this race (2008, 2010, 2012).
The race record is held by 2007 winner Gold Edition, who ran the 1,350 metres in 1.17.52.