Ajax Stakes
The Ajax Stakes is a Sydney Turf Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney in March. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.
The race is named for the outstanding Hall of Fame horse and 1938 Cox Plate winner Ajax II.
Race history
- Up to 2005 the race was a Group 3 race.
- From 2006 is a Group 2 race.
The winners
- 2011 Cats Pyjamas [1]
- 2010 Brilliant Light [2]
- 2009 Solo Flyer [3]
- 2008 All Silent
- 2007 High Cee
- 2006 Malcolm
- 2005 River To The Sea
- 2004 True Glo
- 2003 Grand Armee
- 2002 Mowerman
- 2001 Galiano
- 2000 Normal Practice
- 1999 Confiscate
- 1998 Confiscate
- 1997 Catalan Opening
- 1996 Catalan Opening
- 1995 Protara's Bay
- 1994 Poetic King
- 1993 Soho Square
- 1992 Alderson
- 1991 From The Planet
- 1990 Windsor's Pal
- 1989 Jondolar
- 1988 Imprimatur
- 1987 Mac's Treasure
- 1986 Sea Pictures
- 1985 Royal Troubador
See also
References