Group 2 race | |
Location |
Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1979 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | TAB (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
Weight | Set weights 55+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$300,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes |
The Sweet Embrace Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged two years old, over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in late February or early March.
The winner of this race receives automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes. [1]
The race is named in honour of Sweet Embrace, winner of the 1967 Golden Slipper Stakes. [2] Fillies that have captured the Sweet Embrace – Golden Slipper double include: Dark Eclipse (1980), Ha Ha (2001), Crystal Lily (2010), Fireburn (2022)
Group 2 race | |
Location |
Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
---|---|
Inaugurated | 1979 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | TAB (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
Weight | Set weights 55+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$300,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes |
The Sweet Embrace Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged two years old, over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in late February or early March.
The winner of this race receives automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes. [1]
The race is named in honour of Sweet Embrace, winner of the 1967 Golden Slipper Stakes. [2] Fillies that have captured the Sweet Embrace – Golden Slipper double include: Dark Eclipse (1980), Ha Ha (2001), Crystal Lily (2010), Fireburn (2022)