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W H Stocks Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1973

Sponsor
  
Zoustar (2016)

Track
  
Left-handed

Purse
  
200,000 USD (2015)

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,600 m

Weight
  
Weight for Age

Location
  
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia

The W H Stocks Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for mares aged four years old and over, held under weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres held annually in September at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. The prizemoney is A$200,000.

Contents

Race distance

  • 1973–1992 – 1600 metres
  • 1993 – 1616 metres
  • 1994 onwards - 1600 metres
  • Race grade

  • 1973–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979–1992 - Listed Race
  • 1993–2004 - Group 3
  • 2005 onwards - Group 2
  • Race name

  • 1973–1979 - Dallas Handicap
  • 1980–2006 - W H Stocks Stakes
  • 2007 - Cranes Stakes
  • 2008 onwards - W H Stocks Stakes
  • References

    W H Stocks Stakes Wikipedia