Group 3 race | |
Location | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 2005 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Furphy (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,100 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Mares, four-years-old and older |
Weight | Set weights with penalties |
Purse | A$200,000 (2022) |
The Begonia Belle Stakes, raced as Furphy Sprint (2019) is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for mares aged four years old and upwards, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1100 metres, held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in November during the VRC Spring Carnival on Victoria Derby Day. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.
The registered race is named after Begonia Belle, winner of the 1969 Newmarket Handicap. [2] The race was originally raced on the third day of the VRC Spring Carnival, VRC Oaks day but was moved in 2016 to the first day of the carnival.