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Ken Russell Memorial Classic

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Sponsor
  
Jaguar XJ (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,200 metres

Location
  
Gold Coast Racecourse Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Inaugurated
  
1974 (as Gold Coast 2YO Classic)

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Ken Russell Memorial Classic is a Gold Coast Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1200 metres at Gold Coast Racecourse, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia in late May. Total prizemoney is A$125,000.

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Race history

The race is named in honour of jockey Kenneth Charles Russell (1951–1993) who was killed in a race fall at Sydney's Rosehill Racecourse course in 1993. He was leading rider at the Gold Coast Racecourse four times. His major wins were in the 1989 Doncaster Handicap, 1991 George Ryder Stakes as well as the Queensland Derby, Queensland Oaks, Goodwood Handicap.

Race name

  • 1974–1993 - Gold Coast 2YO Classic Handicap
  • 1994–1995 - Ken Russell 2YO Classic Handicap
  • 1996 - Laurie Bricknell 2YO Classic
  • 1997–1998 - Ken Russell 2YO Classic Handicap
  • 1999 onwards - Ken Russell Memorial Classic

    • Race distance

  • 1974–1999 - 1,400 metres
  • 2000–2005 - 1,300 metres
  • 2006 onwards - 1,200 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1984–2013 - Listed Race
  • 2014 onwards - Group 3

    • Race conditions

  • Prior 1997 - Handicap
  • 1997–2004 - Quality Handicap
  • 2005 onwards - Set weights

    • References

    Ken Russell Memorial Classic Wikipedia
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