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A grand mare features in the Race History of the Triscay Stakes run at Randwick on Saturday.

Hot Danish rarely ran poorly and she won it in 2008. The 2019 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday shapes as a corker.

2019 TRISCAY STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Triscay Stakes is a Group 3 race for Four Year Old mares and up and is conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Randwick.

The Triscay Stakes was first run in 1995 and was won by Light Up The World.

The Triscay Stakes is run over 1200m under Quality handicap conditions.

It is worth $160,000 in 2019. Since it began it was a Listed race until upgrade in 2014.

The race is named after elite filly/mare Triscay who won many big races including an AJC Oaks, Queensland Oaks and Australian Guineas.

Even though only just over 20 years old, all four Sydney courses have conducted the race with the vast majority at Rosehill.

Notable winners of the Triscay Stakes include Light Up The World (1995), Shindig (1997), Victory Vein (2004), Doubting (2007), Hot Danish (2008), Madame Pedrille (2009), Dystopia (2012) and Sultry Feeling (2016).

The 2018 Triscay Stakes was won by Faraway Town from Zestful and Raiment.