Missile Stakes
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ClassGroup 2
LocationRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1978
Race typeThoroughbred - flat
| Class | Group 2 |
|---|---|
| Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1978 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
| Sponsor | Darley (2024) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three year olds and older |
| Weight | Set Weights and penalties (2020 onwards), Weight for Age (to 2019 |
| Purse | A$300,000 (2024) |
The Missile Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and older run at Weight for Age over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in August.[1]
Grade
The race was first run in 1978. The event is the first Group race in the new racing calendar in New South Wales.
Outsiders to have won the race include Plus Vite at 100-1 in 1984 and Hard Empire at 70-1 in 2022.
In 2020 the race changed from WFA to Set weights and penalties.
- 1978–1979 - Principal Race
- 1980–2013 - Group 3
- 2014 onwards - Group 2
Venue
- 1978–2011 - Rosehill
- 2012 - Warwick Farm
- 2013 - Randwick
- 2019 - Rosehill
- 2021 - Randwick
- 2022 - Randwick
Distance
- 1978–2009 - 1100 metres
- 2010 onwards - 1200 metres