The Canterbury Stakes is a Group 2

Group races

Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 horse race for horses aged three years old and upwards at weight for age, over a distance of 1300 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is home of the Sydney Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the...

 in Sydney

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Race History

1929 - 1972 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200m)

1973 - 2003 was held over 1200m.

2004 - 2007 was held over 1300m.

2008 was held over 1550m.

2008 onwards held over 1300m

1929 - 1978 was as a Principal race.

1979 onwards Group 2

Group races

Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...

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1929 onwards the race has been called the ‘Canterbury Stakes’

The winners

2011 - More Joyous 2010 - Hot Danish 2009 - All Silent 2008 - Mentality 2007 - Malcolm 2006 - Paratroopers 2005 - Dance Hero 2004 - Yell 2003 - Defier 2002 - Empire 2001 - Shogun Lodge 2000 - Easy Rocking 1999 - Kidman’s Cove 1998 - Quick Flick 1997 - All Our Mob All our mob All Our Mob was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was a four-time Group One winner. He was by What A Guest out of All Sold . All Our Mob, who had always shown plenty of speed but a tendency to wilt over the closing stages, blossomed in the latter half of his four-year-old season, in the... 1996 - Sprint By 1995 - Miss Kariba 1994 - Al Akbar 1993 - Big Dreams 1992 - Alishan 1991 - Show County 1990 - Straussbrook 1989 - At Sea 1988 - At Sea 1987 - Placid Ark Placid Ark Placid Ark was an Australian thoroughbred foaled in Western Australia. His sire Arkenstone was a winning son of the Western Australian champion sire Zvornik and his dam was Northern Queen a mare bred in South Australia by the USA imported stallion Star of the North.Bred at Asprey Stud near... 1986 - Avon Angel 1985 - Chimes Square 1984 - Sir Dapper 1983 - Emancipation Emancipation (horse) Emancipation was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. By Bletchingly, Emancipation was a grey, like her dam, Ammo Girl, and her damsire, Gunsynd... 1982 - Manikato Manikato Manikato was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He established new track records in three races and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame... 1981 - Turf Ruler 1980 - Stage Hit

1979 - Bernard 1978 - race not held 1977 - Romantic Dream 1976 - Hartshill 1975 - Leica Show 1974 - Favoured 1973 - I’m Scarlet 1972 - Playbill 1971 - Baguette Baguette (horse) Baguette was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that was undefeated as a two-year-old and became the first winner of the Two Year Old Triple Crown. His wins included 14 Principal Races and he retired to become a good sire.-Breeding:... 1970 - Broker’s Tip 1969 - Fair Law 1968 - Cabochon 1967 - Prince Max 1966 - Academy Star 1965 - Aureo 1964 - Eskimo Prince 1963 - Kevejon 1962 - Sky High Sky High (horse) Sky High was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Some of his major race victories include the 1960 STC Golden Slipper Stakes, 1960 VRC Derby, 1961 and 1962 VRC Lightning Stakes and the 1961 AJC Epsom Handicap.-Breeding:... 1961 - Sky High Sky High (horse) Sky High was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Some of his major race victories include the 1960 STC Golden Slipper Stakes, 1960 VRC Derby, 1961 and 1962 VRC Lightning Stakes and the 1961 AJC Epsom Handicap.-Breeding:... 1960 - Wanton Lass 1959 - Up and Coming 1958 - race not held 1957 - Prince Jambo 1956 - Starover 1955 - Star Realm 1954 - Iroquois 1953 - Regoli 1952 - Joy Lad 1951 - San Domenico 1950 - San Domenico

1949 - Bernbrook 1948 - Gay Monarch 1947 - Shannon Shannon (horse) Shannon , named Shannon II in America, was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He created new racecourse records in Australia before he was sold to an American buyer who exported him to California in 1948... 1946 - Good Idea 1945 - Sleepy Fox 1944 - Tea Rose 1943 - Kalanga 1942 - Yaralla 1941 - Reading 1940 - Beaulivre 1939 - Beau Vite 1938 - Gold Rod 1937 - The Marne 1936 - Arachne 1935 - Bulldozer 1934 - Lough Neagh 1933 - Chatham Chatham (horse) Chatham was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred by Percy Miller at the Kia Ora Stud near Scone in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.-Pedigree:... 1932 - Holdfast 1931 - Holdfast 1930 - Holdfast 1929 - Amounis Amounis Amounis was a good Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs . Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" , 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One status...