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Silver Slipper Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1963

Sponsor
  
TAB (2017)

Track
  
Right-handed

Purse
  
250,000 AUD (2017)

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - flat

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,100 m

Location
  
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

The Silver Slipper Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. The race is regarded as a traditional lead up race for the Golden Slipper Stakes. Total prizemoney is A$250,000.

Contents

G2 silver slipper stakes she will reign


Race history

The following thoroughbreds captured the Silver Slipper – Golden Slipper double:
Eskimo Prince (1964), Baguette (1970), Luskin Star (1977), Pierro (2012), Mossfun (2014)

Race distance

  • 1963–1969 - 4 furlongs (~800 metres)
  • 1970 held - 5 furlongs (~1000 metres)
  • 1971–1972 - 4 furlongs (~800 metres)
  • 1973–1983 - 900 meters
  • 1984 onwards held over 1100 metres.
  • Race grade

  • 1963–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979 onwards - Group 2
  • Race venue

  • 1991 - Canterbury Park Racecourse
  • References

    Silver Slipper Stakes Wikipedia