Skyline Stakes

Skyline Stakes
Group 2 race
LocationRandwick Racecourse,
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred - flat
SponsorCatanach's Jewellers (2024)
Race information
Distance1,200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationTwo year old colts and geldings
WeightSet weights 55+12 kg
PurseA$300,000 (2024)
BonusesAutomatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes

The Skyline Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for colts and geldings aged two years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1,200 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in late February or early March.

The winner of this race receives automatic entry to the Golden Slipper Stakes[1] and the race is considered an important prep test due to the same distance as the Golden Slipper Stakes.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Winners and Past Results for the Skyline Stakes". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2013.