Sandown Classic

Winners and Past Results

The Sandown Classic is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 2 Australian horse race held under weight for age conditions for horses aged three years old and upwards. FREE $200 Bet

It is contested over a distance of 2400 metres and is held annually at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne in November.

Prize money for the Sandown Classic is worth $400,000.

The Sandown Classic is held one week after the final day of the Flemington spring carnival and was previously known as the Sandown Cup, but from 1999 has been the Sandown Classic.

Over the years the Classic has changed its distances. Starting out at 2200 metres, the race then went to 2400 metres, to 2600 metres, and then back to 2400 metres. It was also initially called the Williamstown Cup.

On this day there also features the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600 metres for three year olds) and the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500 metres, quality handicap).

Previous winners of the Sandown Classic includes: Zipping (2007 and 2008 and 2009); Gallant Guru (2006); Roman Arch (2005); and Count Ricardo (2004).

2011 Sandown Classic

Americain returned to the winners circle after a luckless run in the Melbourne Cup. The stayer was settled near the back of the small field while the front-runners coasted at a slow pace early on. Coming into the straight, Americain looked to be struggling to fire up but after some prompting from jockey Gerald Mosse he was able to draw level with the leaders at the 200 metres mark and run away with it, to make it look easy in the end. Manighar and Mourayan, who had both been handy throughout, held on for second and third respectively.

2011 Sandown Classic

1. Americain
2. Manighar
3. Mourayan

Then came:

4. Lamasery
5. Saptapadi