Group 3 race | |
Location | Caulfield Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1971 (as Wallace Stakes) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Neds (2023) |
Website | www.melbourneracingclub.net.au |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 57 kg fillies 55 kg |
Purse | $200,000 (2023) |
The Caulfield Classic, raced as the Neds Classic due to sponsorship and registered as the Norman Robinson Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under set weights conditions, for horses three years old, run over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on Caulfield Cup day in October.[1] Prizemoney is A$200,000.