J. J. Atkins


The J. J. Atkins, registered as the T.J. Smith Stakes, is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1600 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney is A$350,000.
Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014-15 racing season the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse.

History

The race was for long considered the premier two-year-old race of the Brisbane Winter Carnival.
It has been renamed several times since its inaugural running as The Claret Stakes.
In 1999 the race name was renamed after legendary trainer T.J. Smith. In 2013 the race was once again renamed to honour Queensland trainer Jim Atkins who won every major staying race in the Brisbane area except a QTC Oaks - a race in which he had seven minor placegetters. He won the Brisbane premiership four times.

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