Inaugurated 1945 Distance 1,600 metres Track Right-handed | Race type Thoroughbred - flat Surface Turf | |
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Location Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | ||
The Colgate Optic White Stakes, registered as the George Main Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$500,000.
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History
The race is named after George Main, a former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club. George Main lived with his wife Mary on Retreat, a grazing property west of Cootamundra on the southwest slopes of New South Wales. He bred racehorses and ran sheep.
The winner of the George Main is exempt from a ballot on the Epsom Handicap, and horses who run well head for the Epsom.
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