The Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes is a Group 3 race for two-year-old fillies held each year in March at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne during the Melbourne autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and raced under set weight & penalty conditions with $150,000 in prizemoney on offer. The 2011 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes was won by Triple Asset from Metonymy with Altar third.
Held on the Victoria Racing Club's major race day of the autumn, Super Saturday of Racing at Flemington, the Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes takes place alongside the $1,000,000 Gr1 Australian Cup & $1,000,000 Newmarket Handicap.
The Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes is a race for two-year-old fillies that is run down the Flemington 'Straight Six' 1200m course which is a straight track with no turns involved and suits some horses more than others. Some two-year-olds can find the long straight a bit challenging if it is their first attempt at the course and any 2yo with experience down the straight has a decided advantage.
Fillies may tackle this race after competing in the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield in February and the winner is typically just a handy filly who will most likely go on and be competitive in similar type races against her own age.
Triple Asset (2011) won the Magic Millions 2yo Classic over 1200m at Launceston in Tasmania prior to travelling to Victoria to win this race and recent Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes winners include Shaaheq (2010) and My Emotion (2009).
2011 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes result
1. $12.00 Triple Asset 54.0 M Rodd
2. $4.60 Metonymy 54.0 G Schofield
3. $14.00 Altar 54.0 M Zahra
Then followed:
4. $3.20 Plucky Belle 54.0 L Nolen
5. $17.00 Ervbefel 54.0 C Williams
6. $10.00 Spectrolite 55.5 D Nikolic
7. $21.00 And Rock 54.0 C Symons
8. $51.00 Dinner Date 55.5 S Arnold
9. $41.00 Shadow West 54.0 M Walker
10. $18.00 Flor Do Mar 54.0 D Dunn
11. $81.00 Star Of Coureuse 54.0 J Winks
12. $7.00 Holdontoyahorses 54.0 D Oliver
13. $21.00 Noble Twostep 54.0 C Newitt
