Group 3 race | |
Location | Randwick Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1987 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | Widden (2016) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,100 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old |
Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 56 1⁄2 kg fillies – 54 1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$200,000 (2016) |
The Kindergarten Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1100 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in the autumn during the ATC Championships series.
Race was inaugurated in 1987.
It was held annually in March prior to the Golden Slipper Stakes but in 2012 was moved to April as part of the Australian Derby Day race card at Randwick.
The following thoroughbreds have captured the Kindergarten Stakes – Golden Slippers double:
Star Watch (1988), Bint Marscay (1993), Guineas (1997), Belle Du Jour (2000) and Forensics (2007)
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