Group 3 race | |
Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Sydney, New South Wales |
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Inaugurated | 1980 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Sponsor | James Squire (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four years old and older |
Weight | Quality handicap |
Purse | $250,000 (2024) |
The Neville Sellwood Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged four years old and older, over a distance of 2000 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$250,000.
The race is named after jockey Neville Sellwood (1922−1962), who rode champions Tulloch and Todman, first Golden Slipper Stakes winner.[2] Sellwood was also victorious in the USA and in 1962 achieved what was perhaps his greatest success, victory on Larkspur in The Derby.[2] Sellwood died after a fall in 1962 at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse, near Paris, France.[2]