The Chipping Norton Stakes is a Group 1 thoroughbred race held under weight-for-age conditions each autumn in Sydney.  This event was inaugurated in 1925, and has attracted many of the nation’s best horses since this time.  Run over 1600 metres at Warwick Farm Racecourse, the Chipping Norton Stakes is the first major event in Sydney each year.

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The Chipping Norton Stakes has been won by a number of notable horses over the years, including names like Phar Lap and Tie the Knot.  Wallace Mortlake won the first event in 1925, with Phar Lap winning a few years later in 1930.  Other top class gallopers who have won this event include Shoot Out in 2012-13, Lonhro in 2003, Octagonal in 1997, Juggler in 1996, and Super Impose in 1991-92.

Tie the Knot will always be associated with the Chipping Norton Stakes, taking out this event on four consecutive occasions between 1999 to 2002.  Other horses who have managed to win this event more than once include Carbon Copy in 1949-50, Tulloch in 1958 and 1960, Apollo Eleven in 1973 and 1975, Super Impose in 1991-92, and Shoot Out in 2012-13.

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The Chipping Norton Stakes has been through some distance changes over the years, initially run over 1 1/4 miles or roughly 2000 metres between 1925 and 1971.  In 1972 this event became a 2100 metre race, a distance that was shortened to 1600 metres in 1980.  The Chipping Norton Stakes was a Principal Race between 1925 and 1979, graduating to a Group 2 race in 1980 and a Group 1 race in 1986.

The Chipping Norton Stakes is named after the suburb Chipping Norton, located in Liverpool roughly 27 kilometres south-west of Sydney. The Chipping Norton Stakes is usually held together with the Liverpool City Cup as part of the City of Liverpool festivities, although it was run at Randwick Racecourse in 1992, 2001 and 2008.