Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap
The Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, over a distance of 1400 metres held annually at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival in March. Total prize money for the race is A$160,000.History
The registered race is named after Shaftesbury Avenue, who won the 1991 VRC Newmarket Handicap and 1991 Lightning Stakes.Name
- 2001-2004 - PFD Food Services Stakes
- 2005-2007 - Chubb Stakes
- 2008-2009 - Melbourne Food & Wine Plate
- 2010 - Mrs Mac's Beef Pie Handicap
- 2011 - TAB 50th Birthday Stakes
- 2012 - VIC TAB Guaranteed $2m Quaddie Stakes
- 2013 - TAB Stakes
- 2014-2017 - TAB Rewards Stakes
- 2018 - TAB Multiplier Autumn Handicap
- 2019 onwards - The TAB Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap
Grade
- 2001-2007 - Listed Race
- 2008-2010 - Open Handicap
- 2011-2013 - Listed Race
- 2014 onwards - Group 3
Venue
- The race was run at Caulfield Racecourse in 2007 due to reconstruction of the Flemington racetrack.
Winners
- 2020 - Blazejowski
- 2019 - Violate
- 2018 - Nozomi
- 2017 - He Or She
- 2016 - Red Bomber
- 2015 - Amorino
- 2014 - Mouro
- 2013 - Launay
- 2012 - Rockpecker
- 2011 - Launay
- 2010 - Stillme
- 2009 - Rockpecker
- 2008 - Orange County
- 2007 - Recapitalize
- 2006 - Sojustrememberthis
- 2005 - Youth
- 2004 - Cross Current
- 2003 - Belle Ball
- 2002 - Tears Royal
- 2001 - Sedation
