Patinack Farm Classic
The Patinack Farm Classic (formerly known as the Linlithgow Stakes and The Age Classic) is a Victoria Racing Club Group One Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres. Prizemoney is A$750,000.
It is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on the Saturday following the Melbourne Cup. It was run as a Group One for the first time in 2007, taking over the Group One status of the Salinger Stakes, a 1200 metre handicap run the previous Saturday.
From 2008, the Patinack Farm Classic has taken over from the Australia Stakes as an Australian leg of the Global Sprint Challenge Series. The race is the eight leg of the series, preceded by the Sprinters Stakes and followed by the Hong Kong International Sprint.
[edit] Race History
1868 - 1886 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200m)
1887 - 1907 held over 7 furlongs (approx. 1400m)
1908 - 1967 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600m)
1968 - 1971 held over 7 furlongs
1972 - 1991 held over 1400m
1992 onwards held over 1200m.
1868–1978 was a Principal Race
1979 - 2006 Group 2
2007 onwards Group 1
1868 - 1907 the race was known as the ‘Flying Stakes’
1908 - 1996 the race was known as the ‘Linlithgow Stakes’
1997 - 2003 the race was known as the ‘Emirates Classic’
2004 the race was known as the ‘Lexus Classic’
2005 - 2007 the race was known as ‘The Age Classic’
2008 the race has been renamed the 'Patinack Farm Classic'
[edit] The winners
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