• Source: Eskimo Prince Stakes

The Eskimo Prince Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-olds, with set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in February. Total prize money for the race is A$160,000.




History


The race is named after Eskimo Prince, who was the champion two-year-old in 1964, winning the Golden Slipper Stakes and continuing later in the year won the Canterbury Stakes and Rosehill Guineas.The horse was sold and stood at stud in the US and died in 1979 in Oklahoma.
The race was part of the Canterbury Stakes Carnival and was raced at night.
From 2008–2010 the race was sponsored by the Widden Stud. The race was renamed to the Strada Stakes in honour of the winner of this race in 2006 who also stood as a sire at Widden Stud.




= Name

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1984–2000 - Eskimo Prince Quality Handicap
2001–2002 - Eskimo Prince Stakes
2003–2005 - 3com Stakes
2006–2007 - Eskimo Prince Stakes
2008–2010 - Strada Stakes
2011 onwards - Eskimo Prince Stakes




= Distance

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1984–1986 - 1280 metres
1987–1990 - 1200 metres
1991–2007 - 1100 metres
2008 onwards - 1200 metres




= Grade

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1986–2014 - Listed Race
2015 onwards - Group 3




= Venue

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1984–1996 - Canterbury Park Racecourse
1997–1999 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
2000–2005 - Canterbury Park Racecourse
2006–2010 - Randwick Racecourse
2011 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
2012 - Randwick Racecourse
2013 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
2014–2015 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
2016–2017 - Randwick Racecourse
2018–2020 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
2021 onwards – Randwick Racecourse




= Records

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In 2003 Dehero broke the course record for 1100 metres at Canterbury with a time of 1:03.05 which stood for eleven years and was broken in 2014.




Winners






See also


List of Australian Group races
Group races




External links


First three place getters Eskimo Prince (ATC)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Golden Slipper Stakes
• Eskimo Prince Stakes
• Paulele
• List of Australian Group races
• Eclipse Stakes (MRC)
• Sires' Produce Stakes (ATC)
• Silver Slipper Stakes
• Golden Slipper Stakes
• Hill Stakes
• Falls City Stakes
• Canterbury Stakes