COOLMORE LIGHTNING STAKES - G1 |
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| Name of Race |
COOLMORE LIGHTNING STAKES (G1) |
| Date of Race |
Saturday 30th January 2010 |
| Racecourse |
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
| Distance |
1200 metres / 6 furlongs |
| Maximum
number of horses permitted to start |
16 |
| Surface |
Turf |
| Total Prizemoney |
AUD$500,000 |
| Prizemoney breakup |
1st $300,000
2nd $90,000
3rd $45,000
4th $22,500
5th $12,500
6th $10,000
7th $10,000
8th $10,000
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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 |
45 |
99 |
n/a |
n/a |
2yo F |
43 |
94.5 |
53 |
116.5 |
3yo
C & G |
55 |
121 |
51 |
112 |
3yo F |
53 |
116.5 |
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 25January 2010 |
| Late Entry Fee |
$16,500 |
Late Entry Nomination
Close |
10am (Melbourne, Australia time) Wednesday 27th January 2010 |
| Declaration |
$4,125 |
| Declaration Close |
9am (Melbourne, Australia time) Thursday 28 January 2010 |
| Scratching Fee |
$4,125 (in lieu of declaration fee) |
| Scratching Close |
7.30am (Melbourne, Australia time) Saturday 30th January 2010 |
| Balloting Conditions |
See balloting conditions
below |
CONTACT DETAILS:
| Name |
Leigh Jordon |
| Title |
General Manager – Racing
Operations |
| Address |
Racing Victoria Limited
400 Epsom Road
Flemington VIC 3031
AUSTRALIA |
| Phone |
+61 (0) 3 9258 4661 |
| Fax |
+61 (0) 3 9258 4695 |
| Mobile |
+61 (0) 411 646 197 |
| Email |
l.jordon@racingvictoria.net
au |
DESCRIPTION OF RACE
First run in 1955, the AUD$500,000 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 16 horses.
The Flemington straight course, starting from a chute that joins the course proper, is perfectly flat. Riders usually take one side of the course or the other, to use the rail to guide their mounts, and sometimes the field “splits”. Recently, a trend has developed wherein the field sometimes races on 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.
All prizemoney amounts are quoted in Australian dollars. Nomination fees are quoted in Australian dollars.
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