Two More Million Dollar Races for Sydney Spring

Breednet - Wednesday December 5

With the Golden Eagle headlining changes to the Sydney spring carnival there are also two more million dollar races added for the two year-olds and three year-olds.

Tassort - winner of the 2018 Golden Gift.The new $1 million Bondi Stakes will be run at Royal Randwick for three-year-olds over a distance of 1600m on 26 October 2019.

The race provides a new spring target for three-year- olds in Sydney and follows on from races such as the Golden Rose and the Flight Stakes.

The Golden Gift, an 1100m race for two-year-olds which was first run by the ATC in 2015, will now be run for $1 million prizemoney on Saturday, 9 November 2019.

This race provides a focal point for two-year old racing in the spring, with the prizemoney on offer enough to ensure that the first and second placegetters will gain a berth in the Golden Slipper.

Interestingly the 2018 renewal of the race, run on November 24 saw just four horses line up but in a field rated highly and produced a new Golden Slipper favourite in Tassort.

With the addition of these new feature races, the highlight of each spring program in Sydney for 2019 is as follows:

7 September 2019

Royal Randwick

Chelmsford Stakes

Weight for Age

14 September 2019

Rosehill Gardens

Run to the Rose

3YOs SW

21 September 2019

Royal Randwick

George Main Stakes

Weight for Age

28 September 2019

Rosehill Gardens

Golden Rose

3YOs SW

5 October 2019

Royal Randwick

Epsom Hcp

Handicap

12 October 2019

Royal Randwick

Spring Champion Stakes

3YOs SW

19 October 2019

Royal Randwick

The TAB Everest

Weight for Age

26 October 2019

Royal Randwick

Bondi Stakes

3YOs SW

2 November 2019

Rosehill Gardens

The Golden Eagle

4YOs SW

9 November 2019

Rosehill Gardens

Golden Gift

2YOs SW



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