Ken Russell Memorial Classic


Ken Russell Memorial Classic is a Gold Coast Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1200 metres at Gold Coast Racecourse, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia in May. Total prizemoney is A$125,000.

History

The race is named in honour of jockey Kenneth Charles Russell, who was killed in a race fall at Sydney's Rosehill Racecourse course in 1993. He was leading rider at the Gold Coast Racecourse four times. His major wins were in the 1989 Doncaster Handicap, 1991 George Ryder Stakes as well as the Queensland Derby, Queensland Oaks, Goodwood Handicap.

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