Ethereal Stakes
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ClassGroup 3
LocationCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
SponsorSchweppes (2023)
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | Schweppes (2023) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three year old fillies |
| Weight | Set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $200,000 (2023) |
The Ethereal Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies, at Set Weights with penalties, over a distance of 2,000 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in October.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.
Name
The race is named after the champion mare Ethereal, who won the 2001 Caulfield Cup–Melbourne Cup double.
- 2000–2001 - Foster's Light Ice Handicap
- 2002 - Carlton Draught Handicap
- 2003–2006 - Skyy Blue Plate
- 2007 - Fat Quaddies Cup
- 2008 - Perri Cutten Plate
- 2009 - Sportingbet Plate
- 2010 - Sportingbet Stakes
- 2011 onwards - Ethereal Stakes
Grade
- prior 2011 - Handicap
- 2011–2014 - Listed Race
- 2015 onwards - Group 3 race
