Widden Stakes Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Group 3
Horse Race:Widden Stakes
Location:Rosehill Racecourse
Inaugurated:1943
Race Type:Thoroughbred - flat
Distance:1,100 metres
Track:Right-handed
Qualification:Two year old fillies
Weight:Set weights with penalties
Purse:A$160,000 (2022)

The Widden Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-old fillies, held with set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in February.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$160,000.

History

Name

The race is named after Widden Stud, where many of Australia's champion thoroughbreds have stood.[2]

Two fillies have captured the Widden Stakes  - Golden Slipper Stakes double: Overreach (2013) and Mossfun (2014)

Distance

Grade

Venue

Winners

† Run in divisions

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Winners and Past Results for the Widden Stakes . 15 January 2015. Progroup Racing (Australia). 2014.
  2. Web site: History - The Story of Widden. 15 January 2015. Widden Stud. 2014.
  3. Web site: 2022 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 29 January 2022). breednet.com. 29 January 2022.
  4. Web site: 2021 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 30 January 2021). breednet.com. 28 January 2022.
  5. Web site: 2020 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 1 February 2020). breednet.com. 1 February 2020.
  6. Web site: 2019 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 2 February 2019). breednet.com. 2 February 2019.
  7. Web site: 2018 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 3 February 2018). breednet.com. 3 February 2017.
  8. Web site: 2017 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 28 January 2017). breednet.com. 28 January 2017.
  9. Web site: 2016 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 30 January 2016). breednet.com. 30 January 2016.
  10. Web site: 2015 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 31 January 2015). breednet.com. 2 February 2015.
  11. Web site: 2014 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 15 February 2014). breednet.com. 15 January 2015.
  12. Web site: 2013 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 16 February 2013). breednet.com. 15 January 2015.
  13. Web site: 2012 Result  - Tom Cassar Widden Stakes (held 18 February 2012). breednet.com. 15 January 2015.
  14. Web site: 2011 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 12 February 2011). breednet.com. 15 January 2015.
  15. Web site: 2010 Result  - Sharp Widden Stakes (held 13 February 2010). breednet.com. 15 January 2015.
  16. Web site: 2009 Result  - Widden Stakes (held 14 February 2009). breednet.com. 15 January 2015.

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