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Fast sprinters often salute in The Heath 1100 Stakes run at Caulfield on Saturday.

Redzel did just that and we know where his career went. What is in store in the 2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday?

2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes: Nominations

2020 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 four year olds and up 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 was worth $160,000 in stakes in 2020.

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.

Ball Of Muscle defeated a field which include multiple G1 winners in 2018.

Notable winners of the Heath 1100 Stakes include Ball Of Muscle (2018), 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 2019 Heath 1100 Stakes was won by Crystal Dreamer from Gytrash and Ball Of Muscle.