The Kevin Heffernan Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred weight for age horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1,300 metres held at Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in mid November.
[1] Prize money for the race is A$200,000.
The race is named after former committeeman of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and Melbourne Racing Club, Kevin Heffernan, who died in 2012.
[2] In 2013 the event was held at Caulfield Racecourse due to construction at Sandown Racecourse.
[3] In 2021 and 2022 the race was run at Caulfield Racecourse.