Group 3 race | |
Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Sydney, New South Wales |
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Inaugurated | 1985 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Sponsor | ACY Securities (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,500 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three year old and older |
Weight | Quality Handicap – Minimum 54 kg |
Purse | $160,000 (2022) |
Bonuses | Exempt from ballot and penalty in the Doncaster Mile |
The Doncaster Prelude, registered as Royal Parma Stakes, is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 1500 metres, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney. Total prize money for the race is A$160,000.[1]
The registered race is named after champion two-year-old Royal Parma, winner of the Golden Slipper Stakes in 1968.[2] The race was originally run at Rosehill racecourse on the Golden Slipper Stakes race meeting but after the merging of the two principal race clubs in Sydney the race was moved to a later date and now the race is a prelude to the rich Doncaster Handicap.[1]