Surface: | Turf |
Class: | Group 2 |
Horse Race: | Challenge Stakes |
Location: | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
Inaugurated: | 1906 |
Race Type: | Thoroughbred - flat |
Distance: | 1,000 metres |
Track: | Right-handed |
Qualification: | Horses three years old and older |
Purse: | A$500,000 (2023) |
Sponsor: | Hyland Race Colours (2023) |
The Challenge Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race at weight for age for horses three years old and older, over a distance of 1000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in March.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$500,000.
The race was first run in 1906.[1] Before 2003 the race was run in January or early February.The track and race record was set by Redzel in 2018 in a time of 55.73 seconds.
† Dead heat