Flight Stakes
Horse race
The Flight Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, at Set Weights, run over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. Total prize money for the race is A$750,000.
01History
The race is named for champion Australian Hall of Fame mare Flight, the winner of the W. S. Cox Plate in 1945 and 1946. The race is part of the Epsom Handicap racecard.
Grade
- 1947, 1978 - Principal Race
- 1979, 1984 - Group 2
- 1985 onwards - Group 1
Distance
- 1947, 1971 - 1 mile (~1600 metres)
- 1972 onwards - 1600 metres
Venue
- 1947, 1982 - Randwick Racecourse
- 1983 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 1984, 2000 - Randwick Racecourse
- 2001 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 2012 onwards - Randwick Racecourse
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Flight 1946 VRC LKS Mackinnon Stakes Flemington Racecourse Jockey Jack O'Sullivan Trainer Frank Nowland.jpg by Simon Studios - Melbourne, Public domain
- Flight 1944 AJC Australia Day Handicap Randwick Racecourse Jockey Jack Thompson Trainer Frank Nowland.jpg by Frederick George - Sydney, Public domain
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