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Some good milers can come from the Carbine Club Stakes run at Randwick on Saturday?
Fat Al won an Epsom after this. Who takes the 2024 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday?
2024 CARBINE CLUB STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Carbine Club Stakes is Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Royal Randwick.
The Carbine Club Stakes was introduced in 1981 and is run over 1600m for three-year-olds under set weight and penalty conditions.
The race is sponsored by the Carbine Club of NSW, an organisation named in in honour of Carbine, the champion stayer of the late 19th century who won two Sydney Cups and the Melbourne Cup and had had a prolific impact on thoroughbred breeding as a sire in Australia and England.
The Carbine Club Stakes was a Listed Race from 1986 until 2010. Since 2011 it has been Group 3.
The 2024 Carbine Club Stakes was run over 1600m at Randwick on the first day of The Championships for prizemoney of $250,000.
Notable winners of the ATC Carbine Club Stakes include Around The Traps, Bring Home, Rigoletto, New Acquaintance, Golden Sword, Juggler, Noise, Le Zagaletta, Toulouse Lautrec, Belmonte, Road To Rock, Needs Further, Al Dhafra, Fat Al, Toydini, Hi World, He's Our Rokkii and Straight Arron.
The 2023 Carbine Club Stakes was won by The Fortune Teller from Matcha Latte and Wolverine.
