Up and Coming Stakes


The Up and Coming Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and geldings, run as a quality handicap over a distance of 1300 metres in Sydney, Australia in August.

History

The race is considered a good start to returning to racing in the new racing calendar for talented three-year-olds gearing up for an Australian spring campaign. It is often won by a classy three-year-old, as evidenced by the honour roll of past winners who went on to become genuine stars on the track and/or stud such as:

Name

The race is named in honour of the 1959 Warwick Stakes and Canterbury Stakes winner Up And Coming. The race is held on the same racecard as the Warwick Stakes.

Distance

  • 1980-1988 – 1200 metres
  • 1989 – 1160 metres
  • 1990-2010 – 1200 metres
  • 2011 onwards - 1300 metres

Grade

  • 1979 - Listed race
  • 1980-1992 - Group 3
  • 1993-2004 - Group 2
  • 2005-2012 - Group 3
  • 2013 - Group 2
  • 2014 onwards - Group 3

Venue

Winners

Winners of the race are as follows.
† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza