Group 2 race | |
Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney |
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Inaugurated | 1985 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Canadian Club (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,500 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Fillies and mares three years old and older |
Weight | Set weights with penalties |
Purse | $300,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Exempt from ballot in Queen of the Turf Stakes |
The Emancipation Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for fillies and mares aged three years old and older, over a distance of 1500 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$300,000.
The race is named in honour of the former champion mare Emancipation. [1]
The inaugural running of the race was as the third race on Easter Monday AJC Autumn Carnival racecard in 1985 with Aspirations winning. [2]
The record time for the race was set by Fantasia in 2006 in a time of 1:34.52. [3]
Jockey Shane Dye has ridden the most winners with six. [3]