The TJ Smith Stakes is a Group 1 weight-for-age race held each year in April at Randwick racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $1,000,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 TJ Smith Stakes was won by Black Caviar from Hay List with Tripe Honour third.
The TJ Smith Stakes is a good quality weight-for-age race over the sprint distance of 1200m and tends to attract the best sprinters going around at this time of year. It has grown to become a race for good horses and is named after the legendary trainer Tommy Smith.
The level weight conditions favour the best horses in the race and more often than not, with any luck in running, the best horses will figure in the finish due to the weight advantage. The Gr2 Canterbury Stakes and Gr1 George Ryder Stakes are typical lead up races.
In recent times Bentley Biscuit (2007) and Shamekha (2005) went on to win the Gr1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) on the final day of the Randwick carnival after scoring in this event.
Melito (2010) ran second in the Gr1 Stradbroke Handicap during the Brisbane winter carnival before winning the Gr1 Winter Stakes for fillies & mares on the final day of the carnival at Eagle Farm.
Black Caviar (2011) won the Gr1 William Reid Stakes over 1200m at Moonee Valley in Melbourne before scoring an outstanding win in this event and recent TJ Smith Stakes winners have been Melito (2010) and Takeover Target (2009).
2011 TJ Smith Stakes result
1. $1.14 Black Caviar 56.5 L Nolen
2. $21.00 Hay List 58.5 G Schofield
3. $151.00 Triple Honour 58.5 J Cassidy
Then followed:
4. $101.00 Alverta 56.5 J Bowman
5. $51.00 Hinchinbrook 56.5 B Rawiller
6. $71.00 Response 56.5 D Dunn
7. $21.00 Crystal Lily 54.5 S Baster
8. $101.00 All Silent 58.5 B Avdulla
9. $21.00 Shoot Out 58.5 C Brown
10. $81.00 Shellscrape 58.5 N Rawiller
11. $71.00 Demerit 58.5 K Mc Evoy
Margins: 2 3/4 len, 5 len Time: 1:08.71
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