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Widden Stakes

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Location
  
Rosehill Racecourse

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - flat

Track
  
Right-handed

Distance
  
1,100 m

Inaugurated
  
1943

Surface
  
Turf

Qualification
  
Two year old fillies

Purse
  
150,000 AUD (2017)

The Widden Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two year old fillies, held with set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in February. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

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Race name

The race is named after Widden Stud where many of Australia's champion thoroughbreds have stood.
Two fillies have captured the Widden Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double:
Overreach (2013) and Mossfun (2014)

Race distance

  • 1943–1972 - 5 furlongs (~1000 metres)
  • 1973–2004 - 1000 metres
  • 2005–2007 - 1100 metres
  • 2008 - 1000 metres
  • 2009 onwards - 1100 metres
  • Race grade

  • 1943–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979–2013 - Listed Race
  • 2014 onwards - Group 3
  • Race venue

  • 1943–2004 - Randwick Racecourse
  • 2005–2007 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
  • 2008–2011 - Randwick Racecourse
  • 2012 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
  • 2013 onwards - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
  • References

    Widden Stakes Wikipedia