Ten-time Group 1 winning champion Imperatriz will be honoured at The Valley this season with the inaugural running of the Imperatriz Sprint, to be held on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.

Imperatriz Sprint to be run on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day

<p>Ten-time Group 1 winning champion Imperatriz will be honoured at The Valley this season with the inaugural running of the Imperatriz Sprint, to be held on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.</p><p>The existing Open 1000-metre handicap is the race that will be revamped in her name, with prize money increased from $150,000 to $200,000.</p><p>The Te Akau Racing stable star was unbeaten from five starts at The Valley, including four Group 1 wins at the track. She is the current 1000m track record holder, with a time of 56.47 set in the 2023 Charter Keck Cramer Moir Stakes. In 2023 she also became the first horse in history to claim The Valley Sprint Triple Crown, winning all three Group 1 sprints across the year.</p><p>In 2024 she returned to The Valley and defended her crown in the 3 Point Motors William Reid Stakes, joining elite company in Apache Cat and Black Caviar as the modern-day dual winners of the race, while also winning the three Valley Group 1 sprints in the same season.</p><p>Imperatriz retired as the highest-rated sprinting mare in the world and was sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for a record $6.6 million to Yulong Investments.</p><p>Currently in foal to Pierata, Imperatriz has taken to broodmare life as well as she did to her career on track, and as we celebrate 100 years of the William Reid Stakes, it is a fitting week to announce the Imperatriz Sprint on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day in 2025.</p>

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