Inaugurated 2005 (Listed) Sponsor Cape Grim Beef (2016) Surface Turf | Race type Thoroughbred Distance 1,200 metres | |
Location Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | ||
The Northwood Plume Stakes, raced as the Cape Grim Beef Steaks in 2015 is a registered Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for mares four years old and older, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in October. Prizemoney is A$150,000.
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Race history
The registered race is named after Northwood Plume, who won the 1994 The Thousand Guineas–VRC Oaks double and was named Champion three-year-old filly that season. The race is held on the first day of the MRC Spring Carnival.
Since 2010, if the winner of the event has previously won one of the two heats (W W Cockram Stakes or How Now Stakes), then the connections will win a $50,000 bonus from William Hill.
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Northwood Plume Stakes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA