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The Grand Prix Stakes run at Eagle Farm on Saturday used to be run right before the Derby.

Will we see a different type of winner in the 2020 Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday?

2020 Grand Prix Stakes: Nominations

2020 GRAND PRIX STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Grand Prix Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club at Eagle Farm as part of the Queensland Summer racing carnival.

The Grand Prix Stakes is run over 2200m under set weights and was introduced in 1971 as a major lead-up to the G1 Queensland Derby. It has been moved to December from 2019.

The Grand Prix Stakes was run at Eagle Farm from 1971 until 2009. From 2010 it was held at Doomben but is back to Eagle Farm.

The distance has varied many times, fluctuating from 2020m up to 2400m.

The Grand Prix Stakes was a Group 2 race from 1979 until 2005 and has been Group 3 since 2006.

All three placegetters from 2018 were raced in Asia after the Winter carnival.

The following horses have completed the Grand Prix Stakes–Queensland Derby double: Lefroy (1978), Double Century (1979), Kingston Town (1980), Mr. Cromwell (1981), Our Planet (1982), Librici (1984), Handy Proverb (1986), Hidden Rhythm (1989), Dorset Downs (1991), Air Seattle (1993), Half Hennessy (2003), Ice Chariot (2006), Brambles (2012) and Hawkspur (2013).

Other notable winners of the Grand Prix Stakes include Mode, Latin Knight, Asgard, Balmerino, Surround, Our Sophia, Stargazer, Distinctly Secret, Reenact and Vilanova.

The 2020 Grand Prix Stakes was run for prizemoney of $250,000 as a final of the 3yo Eagle Way Stayers Series.

The December running of the 2019 Grand Prix Stakes was won by Chains Of Honour from Mission Phoenix and Mosshiki.