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Rosehill Guineas

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Inaugurated
  
1910

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
2,000 m

Sponsor
  
Sky Racing (2017)

Track
  
Right-handed

Purse
  
600,000 AUD

Rosehill Guineas

Location
  
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

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The Rosehill Guineas is an Australian Turf Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia annually in March. Total prize money for the race is A$600,000.

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Race history

Many champions have been victorious in this race, including Phar Lap, Ajax, Tulloch, Dulcify, Kingston Town, Octagonal, Naturalism and Tie The Knot.

Race distance

  • 1910–1914 held - 7 furlongs (~1400 metres)
  • 1915–1947 held -  1 1⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
  • 1948–1972 held -  1 1⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
  • 1973 onwards - 2000 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1910–1979 - Principal Race
  • 1980 onwards - Group 1

    • Race records

    Time record:

  • 1:59.99 - Danewin (1995) & Octagonal (1996)

    • References

    Rosehill Guineas Wikipedia
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