The Canterbury Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and upwards at weight for age, over a distance of 1300 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney in the autumn.
Read more about Canterbury Stakes: Race History, The Winners
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“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)