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Plenty of G1 sprinters line the Race History of the 2018 The Heath 1100 Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

Flamberge was a sprinting warrior. Can someone show off their skills in the 2018 The Heath 1100 Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday?

2018 THE HEATH 1100 STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Heath 1100 Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for open class horses at Caulfield conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club.

The Heath 1100 Stakes is run over 1100m. It was first run in 2002 and was won by Crystal Finale.

The Heath 1100 Stakes went from unlisted handicap to Listed until 2012 then Group 3 after that.

‘The Heath’ is the colloquial name for the Caulfield Racecourse.

Remarkable how many Group 1 standard sprinters have won this for only a Group 3 sprint early in the season.

The Heath 1100 Stakes is worth $150,000 in stakes in 2018.

2003 winner Lovely Jubly is the dam of champion sprinter Chautauqua.

Redzel would go on to win a Doomben 10,000 at the end of the 2016/17 season and then in 2017 took the first running of the Everest.

Notable winners of the Heath 1100 Stakes include Voodoo Lad (2017), Redzel (2016), Bounding (2015), Flamberge (2014), Samaready (2013), Golden Archer (2012), Atomic Force (2011), Bel Mer (2008), Undue (2007), Shadoways (2006) and Lovely Jubly (2003).

The 2017 Heath 1100 Stakes was won by Voodoo Lad from So Si Bon and Crystal Dreamer.