Group 1 race | |
Location | Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1893 (as The Claret Stakes) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Ladbrokes (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old |
Weight | Set Weights Colts and geldings – 57 kg Fillies – 55 kg |
Purse | A$1,000,000 (2024) |
The J. J. Atkins, registered as the T.J. Smith Stakes, is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1600 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[1] Total prizemoney is A$1,000,000.
Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse.[2]