Frederick Clissold Stakes

Frederick Clissold Stakes. Winners and Past Results.

The Frederick Clissold Stakes is a Group 3 Australian Quality Handicap horse race for horses aged 3 years old and upwards.

It is contested over a distance of 1200 metres and it is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in February during the Autumn Carnival.

Prize money for the Frederick Clissold Stakes is worth $125,000.

In regards to lead-up races to watch for the Frederick Clissold Stakes, there are not any races run under the same conditions in the Sydney Carnival as the race takes place so early in the season.

The natural progression after this event is the Group 3 Liverpool City Cup (1300m) in three weeks time at Warwick Farm Racecourse, as it is raced under similar conditions, but rises an extra 100 metres in distance.

The Frederick Clissold Stakes was first run in 1940, making it one of the oldest and most established races of the carnival. It began as a Principal race run over six furlongs and registered under the name the RRC Frederick Clissold Handicap.

It was elevated to a Listed status race in 1980, before reaching its existing Group 3 status in 1989.

The 2010 Southern Cross Stakes was won by Kenny's World from Dreamscape with Geared Up third.

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