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Kevin Hayes Stakes

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Location
  
Caulfield Racecourse

Distance
  
1,200 metres

Track
  
Left-handed

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Inaugurated
  
1984 (as Catanach's Handicap)

The Kevin Hayes Stakes, registered as the Boronia 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 1200 metres. It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in February. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

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Race history

The race is named after the former Chairman of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, Kevin Hayes.

Race name

  • 1984–1985 - Catanach's Handicap
  • 1986–1988 - Jewel Handicap
  • 1989 - Jewel Stakes
  • 1990–1996 - Laurent Perrier Stakes
  • 1997 - Inglis Prem Yearling Stakes
  • 1998 - Swamp King Sand Park Stakes
  • 1999–2002 - Sandown Park (UK) Stakes
  • 2003 - Sandown Park (UK) Handicap
  • 2004 onwards - Kevin Hayes Stakes

    • Race distance

  • 1984–1988 – 1400 metres
  • 1989–1997 – 1200 metres
  • 1998–1999 – 1100 metres
  • 2000 onwards - 1200 metres

    • Race grade

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

    • Race venue

  • 2006 - Sandown Racecourse

    • References

    Kevin Hayes Stakes Wikipedia
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