Inaugurated 1979 Surface Turf Qualification Two-year-old fillies Sponsor Edgar Britt (2017) | Track Right-handed Distance 1,200 m Purse 200,000 AUD (2017) | |
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The Sweet Embrace Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged two years old, over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in late February or early March.
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The winner of this race receives automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes.
Race history
The race is named in honour of Sweet Embrace, winner of the 1967 Golden Slipper Stakes. Three fillies have captured the Sweet Embrace – Golden Slippers double – Dark Eclipse (1980), Ha Ha (2001) and Crystal Lily (2010)
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