Records
Speed record: (since 1997 at current distance of 11/ miles)
- 1:42.41 - Burning Roma (2001)
- Previously the race has been contested at 1⅛ miles. On June 18, 1960, Victoria Park won the race in a track record time of 1:47.40 for 1⅛ miles. As at 2008, that record remains intact.
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