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The Champions Sprint, registered as the Victoria Racing Club Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$3,000,000.
Group 1 race | |
Location | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1960 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Darley (since 2019) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | straight |
Qualification | Three years old and older Maidens non eligible |
Weight | Weight for age |
Purse | $3,000,000 (since 2022) |
The race is considered one of the major sprints of the spring racing calendar. Prior to 2006 the race was held on the first day of the VRC Spring Carnival, Victoria Derby day, but was moved the following year to the last day of the carnival. In 2007 the sprint was also changed to weight-for-age conditions.[1]
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