Coolmore Stud Stakes

Coolmore Stud Stakes
registered as Ascot Vale Stakes
Group 1 race
High Caste, 1939 winner
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Inaugurated1863 (as Ascot Vale Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred
SponsorCoolmore Stud (2022)
Race information
Distance1,200 metres
SurfaceTurf
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightSet weights
Colts & geldings: 57kg
Fillies: 55kg
Purse$2,000,000 (2022)
Comic Court , 1948 winner

The Coolmore Stud Stakes, registered as the Ascot Vale Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over 1200 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia, on Victoria Derby Day.[1] Total prize money is A$2,000,000.[2]

  1. ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Winners and Past Results for the Coolmore Stud Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Prize Money increase for Victoria". justhorseracing.com.au (Aus). 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.