Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap
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ClassGroup 3
LocationRosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred - flat
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
| Sponsor | Schweppes (2022) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three year olds |
| Weight | Quality handicap |
| Purse | A$200,000 (2022) |
The Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race for three-year-olds, over a distance of 1400 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia.[1] Total prizemoney for the race is A$200,000.
Name
The race is named in honour of Ming Dynasty who won the Caulfield Cup and Australian Cup twice as well as the Chelmsford Stakes.[2]
- 1986–1992 - D. Drainsfield Quality Handicap
- 1993 - Laing & Simmons Quality Handicap
- 1994 - Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap
Grade
- 1986–2012 - Listed Race
- 2000–2004 - Group 3
- 2005–2012 - Listed Race
- 2013 onwards - Group 3
Venue
- 1986–1999 - Randwick
- 2000 - Rosehill
- 2001–2003 - Randwick
- 2004 - Warwick Farm
- 2005–2010 - Randwick
- 2011–2012 - Warwick Farm
- 2013–2016 - Randwick
- 2017–2020 - Rosehill
- 2021 - Kembla Grange Racecourse
- 2022 - Rosehill
Distance
- 1986–1994 – 1600 metres
- 1995–1999 – 1400 metres
- 2000 - 1350 metres
- 2001 onwards - 1400 metres