H E Tancred Stakes

H E Tancred Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, run over 2,400 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. The prize money for the event is A$1,500,000.

The race is named after Henry Eugene Tancred (1897–1961), a former chairman of the Sydney Turf Club.

This race has had several names in its existence:

• 1963–1976 – H E Tancred Cup
• 1977–1980 – H E Tancred Stakes
• 1980 – Breville Tancred Stakes
• 1981–1986 – Bowater-Scott Tancred Stakes
• 1987 – Bowater Tancred Stakes
• 1988–1989 – Tancred International Stakes
• 1990 – The BMW International
• 1991–1995 – The BMW
• 1996–2001 – Mercedes Classic
• 2002–2017 – The BMW
• 2018 onwards – KIA Tancred Stakes

• 1963 –
  

  1+1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)

• 1964 – 1+1⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
• 1965–1972 – 1+1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
• 1973 onwards – 2400 metres

• 1963–1976 – Quality Handicap
• 1977 onwards – Weight for Age

• 1963–1979 – Principal race
• 1980 onwards – Group 1 race

• 2022 – Newcastle Racecourse

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races

• First three placegetters H E Tancred Stakes (ATC)