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Horse race
Livamol Classic
Group I race
Location
Hastings Racecourse Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Inaugurated
1955
Race type
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website
Hawke's Bay Racing
Race information
Distance
2040m (10 furlongs)
Surface
Turf
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Three-year-olds and up
Weight
Weight for Age
Purse
NZ$450,000 (2023)
The Livamol Classic is a weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race run at Hastings Racecourse in Hawke's Bay and was at one stage New Zealand's richest horse race. It is run at a distance of 2,040 metres (1.27 mi). The race is run in October. The weather in the Hawke's Bay's means the track conditions are usually excellent.[according to whom?]
The race is the part of the Triple Crown raced at Hastings Racecourse, along with the 1,400-metre (0.87 mi) Tarzino Trophy, which was previously known as the Makfi Challenge Stakes or Mudgway Stakes, and the 1,600-metre (0.99 mi) Arrowfield Stud Plate, which was previously known as the Windsor Park Plate, Stony Bridge Stakes and Horlicks Plate.
Many of New Zealand's best thoroughbred horses have raced in the various Triple Crown events. A number of horses managed to win two of the three races and some were beaten into second in the third leg. On 5 October 2019. Melody Belle was the first horse to win all three of the Hawkes Bay Triple Crown races.
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