Tapp-Craig Race Information
The Tapp-Craig is a 1400 metre set weights plus penalties race for three-year-olds run by the Australian Turf Club in October. It is held at Rosehill as part of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
- Race Type: Feature (not a Group race)
- Distance: 1400 metres
- Conditions: Set weights plus penalties, 3YOs
- Track: Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales
- Prizemoney: $500,000
- Date: Saturday 7 October 2023
Tapp-Craig Race History
See the 2023 Tapp-Craig Preview and results.
See the 2022 Tapp-Craig Preview and results.
This is a new race that was introduced in 2022 to honour two legendary racecallers in Sydney – John Tapp and Ian Craig. It is designed as a lead-up to the Stan Fox Stakes, which will be renamed as the Callander-Presnell, two weeks later. The renaming is to honour racing media personalities Ken Callander and Max Presnell.
Useful Facts
Last filly to win: Makarena (2023)
Fastest time (1400m): 1:22.09 (2023)
Interesting trivia: Fillies have won the first 2 runnings.
Past winners of the Tapp-Craig.
The race was run for the first time in 2022.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2023 | Makarena | Razors | Snapback |
| 2022 | Opal Ridge | Pericles | Dashing Legend |