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Theo Marks Stakes

Theo Marks Stakes
Group 2 race
Location Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated 1946
Race type Thoroughbred - flat
Sponsor Task Retail (2016)
Race information
Distance 1,300 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Three year old and older
Weight Quality handicap
Purse A$200,000 (2016)
Bonuses Exempt from ballot in the Epsom Handicap

The Theo Marks Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 1300 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prizemoney for the race is A$200,000.

The race is named after Theodore John Marks, architect and chairman of the Rosehill Racing Club (1919-41).

† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza


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