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Vinery Stud Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1979

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
2,000 m

Sponsor
  
Vinery Stud (2017)

Track
  
Right-handed

Purse
  
500,000 AUD (2017)

Location
  
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

The Vinery Stud Stakes, registered as the Storm Queen Stakes, is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at set weights run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in March or April. Total prizemoney is A$500,000.

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History

The race was named in honour of Storm Queen, the winner of the 1966 Golden Slipper Stakes. The race is the main lead-up race for the Australian Oaks.

Name

  • 1979–1991: Storm Queen Stakes
  • 1992–2001: Ansett Australia Stakes
  • 2002–2008: Arrowfield Stud Stakes
  • 2009: Vinery Stud Storm Queen Stakes
  • 2010–2013: Vinery Stud Stakes

    • Distance

  • 1979: 1900 metres
  • 1980–present: 2000 meters

    • Grade

  • 1979: Principal race
  • 1980–1992: Group 2
  • 1993–present: - Group 1

    • References

    Vinery Stud Stakes Wikipedia
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