Phar Lap Stakes
| Group 2 race | |
Phar Lap with jockey Jim Pike at Flemington Racecourse
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| Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse |
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| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Cellarbrations (2017) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,500 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 56 1⁄2 kg fillies – 54 1⁄2 kg |
| Purse | $200,000 (2017) |
The Phar Lap Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, over a distance of 1500 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prizemoney is A$200,000.
The race is named after probably the most famous horse and a symbol of Australian horse racing, Phar Lap the only horse in history to be the favorite in three successive Melbourne Cups.
† Dead heat
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