COOLMORE LIGHTNING STAKES - G1 |
| Date |
Saturday 18 February 2012 |
| Racecourse |
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
| Distance |
1000 metres / 5 furlongs |
| Maximum
Number of Horses |
20 |
| Surface |
Turf |
| Total Prize Money |
AUD$750,000 |
| Prizemoney Breakdown |
1st $450,000
2nd $135,000
3rd $67,500
4th $33,700
5th $18,750
6th $15,000
7th $15,000
8th $15,000
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| Age and Sex |
No age and sex restrictions (non-winners ineligible to enter) |
| Weights |
Standard Weight-For-Age (no apprentice claims)
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WEIGHTS |
Northern Hemisphere |
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Southern Hemisphere |
kgs |
lbs |
Age & Sex |
kgs |
lbs |
n/a |
n/a |
2yo
C & G |
46 |
101 |
n/a |
n/a |
2yo F |
44 |
97 |
54.0 |
119 |
3yo
C & G |
55.5 |
122 |
52.0 |
115 |
3yo F |
53.5 |
118 |
58.5 |
128.5 |
4yo+
C, H & G |
58.5 |
128.5 |
56.5 |
124 |
4yo+
M |
56.5 |
124 |
NOMINATION DETAILS
| Nomination
Fee |
$330 |
| Nominations Close |
12 noon (Melbourne, Australia time) Monday 13 February 2012 |
| Late Entry Fee |
$24,750 |
| Late Entry Nominations Close |
10am (Melbourne, Australia time) Tuesday 14 February 2012 |
| Declaration |
$8,250 |
| Declarations Close |
10am (Melbourne, Australia time) Wednesday 15 February 2012 |
| Scratching Fee |
$8,250 (in lieu of declaration fee) |
| Scratchings Close |
7.30am (Melbourne, Australia time) Saturday 18 February 2012 |
| Balloting Conditions |
See balloting conditions
below |
CONTACT DETAILS
DESCRIPTION OF RACE
First run in 1955, the Coolmore Lightning Stakes (G1) is run at Flemington Racecourse over 1000 metres (5 furlongs), with horses 2yo & Upwards carrying Standard Weight-For-Age.
The race is conducted on a straight course, of a width of up to 30 metres, and with a field limit of 20 horses.The Flemington straight course, starting from a chute that joins the course proper, is perfectly flat. Riders traditionally took one side of the course or the other, to use the rail to guide their mounts, and sometimes the field would “split”. In recent years, a trend has developed wherein the field races up the middle of the course. The Flemington racing surface was fully renewed after a total track reconstruction in 2007.
The course record for 1000m historically at Flemington is 55.5 sec, set in 1988.
BALLOTING CONDITIONS
LR 21D (1) - Non-Handicap Races
Method of elimination of surplus horses:
FIRST - horses which have not received $30,000 for being placed 1st to 5th
inclusive in any flat race in the 24 months prior to the date of the race, in order of lowest aggregate prizemoney received.
Horses in this category with equal aggregate prizemoney
shall be eliminated by lot.
SECOND - horses which have not received $60,000
for being placed1st to 5th inclusive in any flat race, in order of lowest
aggregate prizemoney received. Horses in this category with equal aggregate
prizemoney shall be eliminated by lot.
THIRD - horses which have not received
$90,000 for being placed 1st to 5th inclusive in any flat race, in order of
lowest
aggregate prizemoney received. Horses in this category with equal aggregate
prizemoney shall be eliminated by lot.
FOURTH - remaining horses in order of
lowest aggregate prizemoney received. Horses in this category with equal aggregate
prizemoney shall be eliminated by lot.
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