The Shorts (Horse Race)
Encyclopedia
The Shorts is an AJC
Group 2
Australian Thoroughbred
horse race for three year olds and upwards, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse
in Sydney
in October. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.
Australian Jockey Club
The Australian Jockey Club was founded in January 1842. It morphed from the former Australian Racing Committee set up in May 1840 to set the standards for racing in the colony...
Group 2
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australian Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race for three year olds and upwards, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in October. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.
The winners
- 2011 - Love Conquers All
- 2010 - Hot Danish
- 2009 - Gold Trail
- 2008 - Fritz's Princess
- 2007 - Race Not Run
- 2006 - Bentley Biscuit
- 2005 - Black Ink
- 2004 - Dance the Waves
- 2003 - Lucky Night
- 2002 - Empire
- 2001 - Oamaru Force
- 2000 - Bradshaw
- 1999 - Ab Initio
- 1998 - Mulugwa
- 1997 - Hot As Hell
- 1996 - Madison Point
- 1995 - Moss Rocket
- 1994 - Legal Agent
- 1993 - Chiliad
- 1992 - Classic Magic
- 1991 - Euclase
- 1990 - Rise 'N' Shine
- 1989 - Rigoletto
- 1988 - Potter McQueen