QTC Grand Prix Stakes
| Group 3 race | |
| Location |
Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1971 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | Mullins Lawyers (2017) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Set weights with penalties |
| Purse | A$150,000 (2017) |
The Grand Prix Stakes is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under set weights with penalties conditions, for horses aged three years old, over a distance of 2200 metres held at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$150,000.
The race is considered by many to be the major prep leadup up event for the Group 1 Queensland Derby.
When the race was held at Eagle Farm it was held in late May or early June. Since 2010 in has been moved to earlier in the BRC Winter Carnival. The race has lost some of its prestige since it was downgraded in 2006 and stakemoney is far less than the $300,000 in 2001.
The following horses have completed the Grand Prix Stakes–Queensland Derby double:
Lefroy (1978), Double Century (1979), Kingston Town (1980), Mr. Cromwell (1981), Our Planet (1982), Librici (1984), Handy Proverb (1986), Hidden Rhythm (1989), Dorset Downs (1991), Air Seattle (1993), Half Hennessy (2003), Ice Chariot (2006) and Brambles (2012)
The race has had several changes in distance.
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