Lord Reims Stakes

Updated on Dec 07, 2024

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Inaugurated 1889		Surface Turf
Location Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Sponsor James Boag's Premium (2017) Distance 2600 metres (~ 1 ⁄8 miles)

The Lord Reims Stakes is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 2600 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia in March. Total prizemoney is A$120,000.

Race history

The race was renamed in 2010 to Lord Reims Stakes after Lord Reims who won this race in 1988 and 1989 and also winning the Adelaide Cup three consecutive times between 1987–1989. The event is a traditional lead-up race to the Adelaide Cup.

Race distance

1889–1971 - 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (~2400 metres)

1973–1979 – 2400 metres

1980–1981 – 2600 metres

1982–1985 – 2450 metres

1986–1997 – 2400 metres

1998–2003 – 2500 metres

2004 onwards - 2600 metres

Race grade

1889–1979 - Principal Race

1980 onwards - Group 3

Race name

1889–1979 - West End Draught Stakes

1980–1984 - West End Stakes

1985–1991 - West End Export Stakes

1992 - West End Super Stakes

1993–1994 - Eagle Blue Stakes

1995–2000 - West End Draught Stakes

2001–2008 - Carlton Draught Stakes

2009 - Tooheys New Stakes

2010 onwards - Lord Reims Stakes

Doubles Win

The following thoroughbreds have won the Cups Double: Lord Reims Stakes (West End Draught Stakes) – Adelaide Cup in the same year.

Vakeel (1893), Port Admiral (1894), Warpaint (1896), Stralia (1925), Altimeter (1928), Parallana (1929), Far Away Places (1961), Fulmen (1967), Phar Ace (1974), Yashmak (1980), Moss Kingdom (1984), Lord Reims (1988, 1989), Water Boatman (1990), Ideal Centreman (1991), French Resort (1996), Cronus (1997) and Apache King (2001)

References

Lord Reims Stakes Wikipedia

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