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Race History of Hot Danish Stakes run at Rosehill on Saturday will change with the date move.

Some good mares won it when races in the Autumn like Hot Danish herself. Will the 2019 Hot Danish Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday show up another good one?

2019 Hot Danish Stakes: Nominations

2019 HOT DANISH STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Hot Danish Stakes is a Group 2 race for fillies and mares conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Rosehill.

It used to be run as the Breeders Classic during the Autumn but will now be in the Spring.

The Breeders Classic was first run in 1996 and was won by Destruct. It has been previously conducted at Randwick, Rosehill and Warwick Farm.

The Hot Danish Stakes will be run over 1400m under Set Weights conditions.

It is now worth $500,000 in 2019 as part of the new Everest carnival.

Even though only short in history, it has gone from a Listed race until 2005, was Group 3 to 2007 then G2 2008 onwards.

There aren't too many winners of the race who had not won a G1 or did not go on to win a G1.

Notable winners of the Breeders Classic include Arletty (1998), Staging (2000), Spinning Hill (2001), Private Steer (2004), Winning Belle (2005), Gallant Tess (2008), Hot Danish (2009), Alverta (2010), More Joyous (2011) Steps In Time (2012/2013), Catkins (2014/2015), Amicus (2016), In Her Time (2017), Prompt Response (2018) and Champagne Cuddles (2019 Feb).

The February running in 2019 of the then Breeders Classic was won by Champagne Cuddles from Cool Passion and Alassio.