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a$200,000 (2024) The Prince Of Wales Stakes is a Perth Racing Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1000 metres at Ascot Racecourse , Perth , Western Australia in early November. [ 1 ]
The following season the race was held on New Year's Day 1889 and in the renewal of the race Hermit won the race while Nimrod finished third. [3] The event continued to be part of the Western Australian Turf Club's Summer Carnival with the race being scheduled on the same day as the Perth Cup. In 2001 the WATC rescheduled the event to late ...
The track holds a number of major race meets each year, with the biggest being a round of the Supercars Championship called the Perth SuperSprint. This is one of the biggest sporting events in Western Australia each year with over 50,000 people attending the 3-day event. The circuit offers patrons drift racing as an occasional spectacle. Some ...
Soon afterwards a site was selected for a permanent course on Hardey's property – this became the Perth Race Course (later Ascot Racecourse). In 1852, the West Australian Turf Club was formed. [2] [3] The inaugural Perth Cup was held in 1887. [4] [5] In 1885 a railway was constructed to the northern side of Swan River opposite the racecourse. [6]
The race was once again moved from the traditional summer Christmas/New Year's Day Carnival forward to the autumn of 2002. [3] † Race was run twice in 1899. Ormuz won on New Year's Day in 1899. [43] The next racing season (1899-1900) the race was held on 30 December 1899. [44] ¤ Not to be confused with the great Carbine from the same era ...
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The Perth Cup is a Perth Racing Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race run under quality handicap conditions over a distance of 2,400 metres (1.5 mi) at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Western Australia in January, usually on New Year's Day. The total prize money is $1,000,000.
The Perth Racecourse Railway Act 1896, an act by the Parliament of Western Australia assented to on 27 October 1896, authorised the construction of the railway line from Bayswater. [9] In 1897 the line was extended across the Swan River, and a new station built on the southern side of the Race Course.