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Randwick Racecourse will host this year’s Flight Stakes on Saturday 1st October at 2:45PM. 

The race covers 1600 metres with a prize pool of $750,000 available. The winner will take home $430,000. 

Conditions expected are a soft 7, 20 degrees and partly cloudy.

The top three favourites to win the race include: 

Fireburg- Trained by Gary Portelli. Jockey, Brenton Avdulla 

Zougotcha- Trained by Chris Waller. Jockey, James McDonald. 

She’s Extreme- Trained by Tommy Berry. Jockey, Anthony Cummings. 

Profile on favourite: Fireburg

Fireburn is a three year old Australian bay Filly, based at Warwick Farm. 

$3,897,350 is his total career earnings, due to winning races at group one level and is regarded as an elite racehorse.

Fireburns most significant win came at Rosehill Gardens on the 19th of March 2022. Ridden by Brenton Avdulla, he earned the $5,000,000 in the Longines Golden Slipper.