As a damaging storm brimming with hail and heavy rainfall made its way towards Flemington Racecourse, the Super Saturday of Racing managed to run six of the scheduled races including the $400, 000 Group 2 Tabcorp Kewney Stakes (1400m) where…
A brilliant ten-filly final field is set to contest the $400, 000 Group 2 Tabcorp Kewney Stakes (1400m) this weekend on Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing.
Bart Cummings’ in-form Shamardal filly Faint Perfume is making a return to racing following a…
This Saturday, March 6, the $400, 000 Group 2 Kewney Stakes will take place as part of the elite line-up of feature races held on Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing.
The three headline events at the meeting are $1 million Group…
Held on Flemington’s famous Super Saturday of Racing in early March each year, the Kewney Stakes is a quality Group 2 thoroughbred race worth a lucrative $400 000.
It takes place as one of seven black type races held at the meeting, which is highlighted by the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap, Group 1 Australian Cup and the Group 1 Australian Guineas.
The Kewney Stakes is a middle-distance sprint held over 1400m and is open to three-year-old fillies. Run under set weight conditions it is often the final race the runners will compete in during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.
Lead-Up Races
There is a great range of earlier races held in Melbourne that serve as excellent preparatory runs for fillies keen on Kewney Stakes success.
Races to watch leading up to the Kewney Stakes include the Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m), Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) on Blue Diamond Stakes Day and the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) in January.
Kewney Stakes History
The esteemed Kewney Stakes has been run since 1952 and Great Field was the inaugural winner. Since then many impressive fillies have claimed victory in the event including Zarita (2008), Sunline (1999), Rose Of Danehill (1998) and Mannerism (1991).
Originally the Kewney Stakes was run over 10 furlongs, then from 1973 – 1984 the distance was set at 2000m, in 1985 the length was shortened to 1600m distance and remained the same until 2010 where the distance is now 1400m.
The Kewney Stakes gained its Group 2 status in 1980.
