Group 3 race | |
Location | Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1982 (as the O'Brien Glass Plate) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Magic Millions (2021) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old |
Weight | Set Weights colts and geldings – 57 kg fillies – 55 kg |
Purse | A$250,000 (2021) |
B J McLachlan Stakes is a registered Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia in late December.[1] Total prizemoney is A$250,000.
The race is named in honour of former horse trainer Bruce McLachlan. McLachlan won 16 Brisbane Metropolitan Training Premierships, and trained over 3000 winners in a forty-year training career.[2]
† Race rescheduled due to equine influenza.[26]