Emancipation Stakes

Emancipation Stakes

The Emancipation Stakes is a Group 2 event run in Australia each year. A quality horse race, the Emancipation Stakes is part of the prestigious Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. The Stakes is also raced at Royal Randwick – one of Australia’s top race tracks.

The race is for fillies and mares run under set weight and penalties conditions. Taking place over a distance of 1600 metres, the Emancipation Stakes is for three year olds and up.

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Worth $150, 000 the Emancipation Stakes is run on Sydney Cup Day, which is the final race meeting of the autumn in Sydney. Other feature races to take place on the day include the Group 1 Sydney Cup, Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Group 1 All Aged Stakes and the Group 1 Champagne Stakes.

Many top females coming off a run in the two most prestigious Fillies & Mares only events at the carnival, the Group 1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1500m) on Golden Slipper Day and the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) in March, will finish off their autumn campaign with a run in the Emancipation Stakes.

History

Aspirations won the inaugural Emancipation Stakes when it was first run in 1985.

Up until 1996, the Emancipation Stakes was a listed race. From 1996 to 1998 the race was a Group 3, and in 1999 it became a Group 2 event.

Prior winners include Amberino (2009), Kosi Bay (2008), Hot Danish (2007), Fantasia (2006) and Perfect Promise (2005).

The Emancipation Stakes is named after a horse called Emancipation. She was not raced as a two year old, but at three she had thirteen starts and won ten of them. She also did extremely well as a four year old by having fifteen starts and winning nine of them. In 1983/84, Emancipation won Australian Horse of the Year.