The Coolmore Classic, registered as the TAD Kennedy Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three years old and upwards under set weights conditions, run over a distance of 1500 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia, in March.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000.
Group 1 race | |
Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1973 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Coolmore Stud (since 1996) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,500 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Qualification | Three years old and over fillies and mares |
Weight | Set weights |
Purse | $1,000,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Exempt from ballot Doncaster Mile and the Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
History
editName
editThe registered name of the race is Thomas Arthur David (TAD) Kennedy Stakes,[2] named after a former horse trainer and Sydney Turf Club committeeman Thomas Kennedy.[3]
The race name has changed many times since its inaugural running in 1973.[4]
The current race name is named after the sponsor of the race – Coolmore Stud.
- 1973–1974 - Fillies & Mares Classic
- 1975–1976 - NSW Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes
- 1977–1978 - Marlboro Classic
- 1979–1985 - Rosemount Wines Classic
- 1986–1988 - Orlando Classic
- 1989–1991 - Orlando Wines Classic
- 1992–1995 - Winfield Classic
- 1996 onwards - Coolmore Classic
Grade
edit- 1973–1978 - Principal Race
- 1979–1983 - Group 2
- 1986 onwards - Group 1
Records
edit- Fastest time at 1:27.21 - Shindig (1998)[4]
- Most wins jockey - Jim Cassidy (4)
- Satin Sand (1986), Kapchat (1994), Flitter (1995) and Shamekha (2004)[4]
Winners
edit- 2024 - Zougotcha[5]
- 2023 - Espiona[6]
- 2022 - Lighthouse[7]
- 2021 - Krone[8]
- 2020 - Con Te Partiro[9]
- 2019 - Dixie Blossoms[10]
- 2018 - Daysee Doom[11]
- 2017 - Heavens Above[12]
- 2016 - Peeping[13]
- 2015 - Plucky Belle[14]
- 2014 - Steps In Time[15]
- 2013 - Appearance[16]
- 2012 - Ofcourseican[17]
- 2011 - Aloha[18]
- 2010 - Alverta[19]
- 2009 - Typhoon Tracy[20]
- 2008 - Eskimo Queen[21]
- 2007 - Tuesday Joy[22]
- 2006 - Regal Cheer[23]
- 2005 - Danni Martine[24]
- 2004 - Shamekha[25]
- 2003 - Bollinger[26]
- 2002 - Sunline[27]
- 2001 - Porto Roca[28]
- 2000 - Sunline[29]
- 1999 - Camino Rose[30]
- 1998 - Shindig[31]
- 1997 - Assertive Lass[32]
- 1996 - Chlorophyll[33]
- 1995 - Flitter[34]
- 1994 - Kapchat[35]
- 1993 - Skating[36]
- 1992 - Acushla Marie[37]
- 1991 - Quicksilver Cindy[38]
- 1990 - Happy Sailing[39]
- 1989 - Red Express[40]
- 1988 - Strawberry Fair[41]
- 1987 - Bounding Away[42]
- 1986 - Satin Sand[43]
- 1985 - Avon Angel[44]
- 1984 - Emancipation[45]
- 1983 - Hooplahannah[46]
- 1982 - Sheraco
- 1981 - Cordon Rose
- 1980 - Stage Hit
- 1979 - Phar Talk
- 1978 - Princess Talaria
- 1977 - Somerset Pride
- 1976 - Crimson Cloud
- 1975 - Vicenza
- 1974 - Favoured
- 1973 - Miss Personality
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Coolmore Classic". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Pressnel, Max (4 March 2005). "How fillies and mares gained equality". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Pressnel, Max (8 August 2010). "Savvy TAD lived by the Kipling doctrine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "The Coolmore Classic". Horseracing Offers (Australia). 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ "2024 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 16 March 2024)". racing post.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "2023 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 11 March 2023)". racing post.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "2022 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 12 March 2022)". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "2021 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 13 March 2021)". breednet.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "2020 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 14 March 2020)". breednet.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "2019 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 16 March 2019)". breednet.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "2018 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 17 March 2018)". breednet.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "2017 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 11 March 2017)". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "2016 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 12 March 2016)". breednet.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "2015 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 14 March 2015)". breednet.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "2014 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 22 March 2014)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2013 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 23 March 2013)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2012 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 24 March 2012)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2011 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 19 March 2011)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2010 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 20 March 2010)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2009 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 21 March 2009)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2008 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 19 April 2008)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2007 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 17 March 2007)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2006 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 25 March 2006)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2005 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 5 March 2005)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2004 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 20 March 2004)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2003 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 29 March 2003)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2002 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 9 March 2002)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2001 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 24 March 2001)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2000 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 1 April 2000)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1999 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 13 March 1999)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1998 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 21 March 1998)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1997 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 8 March 1997)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1996 Result – Coolmore Classic (held 16 March 1996)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1995 Result – Winfield Classic (held 25 March 1995)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1994 Result – Winfield Classic (held 12 March 1994)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1993 Result – Winfield Classic (held 20 March 1993)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1992 Result – Winfield Classic (held 28 March 1992)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1991 Result – Orlando Wines Classic (held 9 March 1991)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1990 Result – Orlando Wines Classic (held 24 March 1990)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1989 Result – Orlando Wines Classic (held 4 March 1989)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1988 Result – Orlando Wines Classic (held 12 March 1988)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1987 Result – Orlando Wines Classic (held 28 March 1987)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1986 Result – Orlando Wines Classic (held 8 March 1986)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1985 Result – Rosemount Wines Classic (held 16 March 1985)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1984 Result – Rosemount Wines Classic (held 31 March 1984)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "1983 Result – Rosemount Wines Classic (held 12 March 1983)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.