Sandown Classic

Sandown Classic

The Sandown Classic is a highly anticipated Group 2 race for thoroughbreds, held at Victoria’s Sandown Hillside track in mid November as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The Group 2 Sandown Classic is staying race run over 2400m with a field limit of 16 runners.
Conducted under weight-for-age conditions, the Sandown Classic is worth a lucrative $350,000 in prize money and is one of four Group status races at the meeting.
Other highlight events on the day include the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) and the Group 3 Eclipse Stakes (1800m).

Sandown Classic History

The Sandown Classic was first run in 1888 over a distance of 2200m and Mara was the inaugural winner.
Originally registered as the Williamstown Cup, from 1964 – 1998 the race was known as the Sandown Cup before it became the Sandown Classic in 1999.

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Sandown Classic Betting

The Sandown Classic is held at the very end of the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and because of this punters can look at the form of runners in the earlier feature races run under similar conditions.
Good lead-up races horses may come via include the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m) on Cox Plate Day and the Group 3 Queen’s Cup (2500m) at Flemington on Emirates Stakes Day during the Flemington four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The Queen’s Cup especially has been a decent indicator for punters betting on the Sandown Classic with many of the Queen’s Cup winners in recent years continuing on to place in the Sandown Classic.
The best Sandown Classic betting tip is to avoid the TAB and place your wagers online at a better price through a trusted bookie such as SportsBet or IASbet.

Sandown Classic Winners

A number of handy runners have claimed Sandown Classic victory through history including Arwon (1980), Sydeston (1989), Stylish Century (1991) and Zipping who has won the past three Sandown Classics in a row (2007,2008, 2009).
Below is a list of the most recent Sandown Classic winners and placegetters.