Chairman's Stakes (SAJC)
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| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1983 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | PFD Food Services (2024-26) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 57+1⁄2 kg fillies – 55+1⁄2 kg |
| Purse | $150,000 (2026) |
The Chairman's Stakes is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia, in the Autumn Carnival.[1]
Name
The race is considered a prep lead-up race for the Group 1 South Australian Derby which is usually run a couple of weeks after this race at the same track.
Four horses have won the Chairman's–SA Derby double:
Markham (1997), Mummify (2003), Rebel Raider (2009), Howard Be Thy Name (2016), Leicester (2018)
- 1983–1992 - Chairman's Stakes
- 1993–2003 - The Veuve Clicquot Stakes[2]
- 2004–2005 - Yalumba Plate[3]
- 2006–2008 - Chairman's Stakes
- 2009–2010 - Chairman's TAB Stakes[4]
- 2011 - Chairman's Tattsbet Stakes[5]
- 2012 - Chairman's Stakes
- 2013 - Chairman's Veolia Stakes
- 2014 onwards - Chairman's Stakes
Distance
- 1983–1984 - 2000 metres[6]
- 1985 - 1850 metres
- 1986–1989 - 2000 metres
- 1990 - 2003 metres
- 1991–1992 - 2250 metres
- 1993 - 2014 metres
- 1994–2000 - 2000 metres
- 2001 - 2024 metres
- 2002 - 2000 metres
- 2003 - 2025 metres
- 2004 - 2024 metres
- 2005 - 2031 metres
- 2006–2007 - 2020 metres
- 2008–2009 - 2000 metres
- 2010 - 2014 metres
- 2011 - 2020 metres
- 2012–2014 - 2000 metres
- 2015–2016 - 2020 metres
- 2017 - 2030 metres
- 2018, 2020 - 2035 metres
- 2019 - 2032 metres
- 2021 - 2040 metres
- 2022 onwards - 2000 metres
Grade
- 1982–2010 - Listed Race
- 2011 onwards - Group 3
Venue
- 1983–1984 - Victoria Park
- 1985 - Cheltenham Park
- 1986–1990 - Victoria Park
- 1991–1992 - Cheltenham Park[7]
- 1993–2001 - Morphettville
- 2002 - Victoria Park[8]
- 2003 onwards - Morphettville