B J McLachlan Stakes
Horse race in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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B J McLachlan Stakes is a registered Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia in late December.[1]
ClassGroup 3
LocationDoomben Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated1982 (as the O'Brien Glass Plate)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1982 (as the O'Brien Glass Plate) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | Magic Millions (2024) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Two year old |
| Weight | Set Weights colts and geldings – 57 kg fillies – 55 kg |
| Purse | A$300,000 (2024) |
History
The race is named in honour of former horse trainer Bruce McLachlan. McLachlan won 16 Brisbane Metropolitan Training Premierships, and trained over 3000 winners in a forty-year training career.[2]
Name
- 1982–1986 - O'Brien Glass Plate
- 1987–1993 - Chinatown Stakes
- 1994–1997 - BATC Stakes
- 1998–2008 - Tommy Smith Slipper
- 2009 onwards - B J McLachlan Stakes
Grade
- 1982–2010 - Listed Race
- 2011 onwards - Group 3
Venue
- 1982–2013 - Doomben Racecourse
- 2014–2015 - Gold Coast Racecourse (due to renovations at Eagle Farm the BRC has moved the event)[3]
- 2016 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
- 2017–2018 - Doomben Racecourse
- 2019 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
Winners
Past winers of the race are as follows.[4]
- 2025 - Zip Lock[5]
- 2024 - Icarian Dream
- 2023 - Storm Boy[6]
- 2022 - The Novelist[7]
- 2021 - Coolangatta[8]
- 2020 - Alpine Edge[9]
- 2019 - King's Legacy[10]
- 2018 - Sun City[11]
- 2017 - Meryl[12]
- 2016 - Ours To Keep[13]
- 2015 - Zelady's Night Out[14]
- 2014 - Mishani Honcho[15]
- 2013 - Unencumbered[16]
- 2012 - Missy Longstocking[17]
- 2011 - Driefontein[18]
- 2010 - Military Grace[19]
- 2009 - Military Rose[20]
- 2008 (Dec.) - Paprika[21]
- 2008 †(Mar.) - She's Meaner[22]
- 2006 - Miss Watagan[23]
- 2005 - Master Archie[24]
- 2004 - Snitzel[25]
- 2003 - Oratorio[26]
- 2002 - How Funny[27]
- 2001 - Sunday Joy[28]
- 2000 - Shovoff[29]
- 1999 - race not held
- 1998 - Territorial
- 1997 - Mr. Innocent
- 1996 - Guineas
- 1995 - Sovereign State
- 1994 - Pottinger
- 1994 - Brave Warrior
- 1992 - Gem Of The West
- 1991 - Facile
- 1990 - Unbid Slam
- 1989 - St. Jude
- 1988 - Scomasc
- 1988 - Prince Regent
- 1987 - Wear The Crown
- 1985 - Roro
- 1984 - Lady Lustre
- 1983 - Crawford
- 1982 - Spanian
† Race rescheduled due to equine influenza.[30]