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Newcastle Newmarket Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1955

Sponsor
  
Coca-Cola(2017)

Track
  
Right-handed

Purse
  
150,000 AUD (2017)

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - flat

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,400 m

Location
  
Broadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, Australia

The Newcastle Newmarket Handicap is a Newcastle Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open quality handicap horse race over a distance of 1,400 metres, held annually at Broadmeadow Racecourse in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

Contents

Race distance

  • 1955–1972 - 7 furlongs
  • 1973–2015 - 1400 metres
  • 2016 - 1350 metres
  • 2017 - 1400 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1955–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979–1991 - Listed Race
  • 1992 onwards - Group 3

    • Race venue

  • Prior 2016 - Newcastle Broadmeadows Racecourse
  • 2016 - Rosehill Racecourse
  • 2017 - Newcastle Broadmeadows Racecourse

    • References

    Newcastle Newmarket Handicap Wikipedia
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