Flight Stakes
| Group 1 race | |
| Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1947 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
| Sponsor | Sydney Airport (2016) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three year old fillies |
| Weight | Set weights – 56 kg |
| Purse | A$500,000 (2016) |
| Bonuses | Winner exemption from a ballot on the Doncaster Mile |
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$500,000.
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.
† Deadheat
‡ Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza
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