Group 3 race | |
Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1994 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Furphy (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Mares, four-year-old and older |
Weight | Set weights with penalties |
Purse | $200,000 (2022) |
The Angst Stakes, registered as the Angst Quality Handicap, is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-old mares and up, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in October. [1] The prize money for the event is A$200,000.
The race is named in honour of the 3 year old, grey filly named Angst. The winner of 7 races from 10 starts in 1993, including the Silver Shadow Stakes, Furious Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes and the Flight Stakes. The filly died the same year when undergoing a procedure to remove polyps from her larynx. [2]
† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza [23]