Star Kingdom Stakes
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The Star Kingdom Stakes is a Sydney Turf Club
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney
in April. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
The race is named for Star Kingdom
, the five times Leading sire in Australia
.
Sydney Turf Club
The Sydney Turf Club was founded in 1943 and is the youngest of Australia's Principal Race Clubs. It was formed following an Act passed by the New South Wales parliament called the Sydney Turf Club Act...
Group 3
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...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred
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...
quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in April. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
The race is named for Star Kingdom
Star Kingdom
Star Kingdom was a Thoroughbred race horse bred in Ireland in 1946. Exported to Australia he was an outstanding sire, being the leading sire for five seasons, the leading sire of two-year-olds seven times as well as heading the broodmare sires' list three times.Foaled on 30 April 1946, Star...
, the five times Leading sire in Australia
Leading sire in Australia
The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in Australia for each season since 1883–84. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season.----- References :* -See also:...
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The winners
- 2011 Swift Alliance
- 2010 Swift Alliance
- 2009 The Jackal
- 2008 Hoystar
- 2007 Posadas
- 2006 Mustard
- 2005 Red Oog
- 2004 Taikun
- 2003 Bradshaw
- 2002 Bradshaw
- 2001 Camena
- 2000 King Of Acapulco
- 1999 Return To Go
- 1998 Hockney
- 1997 Citi Success
- 1996 Moss Rocket
- 1995 Legal Agent
- 1994 Jetball
- 1993 Friend's Venture
- 1992 Friend's Venture
- 1991 Kessem
- 1990 Investor
- 1989 Magic Gleam
- 1988 Lunch On Sunday
- 1987 Targlish
- 1986 At Sea
- 1985 Gunyatti