Caulfield Stakes
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| Group 1 race | |
| Location | Caulfield Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1886 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | Ladbrokes (2015) |
| Website | www.melbourneracingclub.net.au |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three year olds and over |
| Weight | Weight for Age |
| Purse | $400,000 (2015) |
The Caulfield Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under weight-for-age conditions, for three-year-olds and upwards, run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. Prizemoney is A$400,000.[1]
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Race history
The race is held annually in October on Caulfield Guineas day, the first day of the MRC Spring Carnival. The conditions of the race in regard to distance and WFA is similar to the WS Cox Plate, held a fortnight after the Caulfield Stakes, and many Cox Plate contenders will use this race as a preparatory race.
During World War II the race was run at Flemington Racecourse.[2]
1930 winner – Amounis
Race name
- 1886–1996 - Caulfield Stakes
- 1997–2010 - Yalumba Stakes
- 2011 onwards - Caulfield Stakes
Race distance
- 1886–1887 - 11⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
- 1888 - 11⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
- 1889–1967 - 11⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
- 1968–1971 - 11⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
- 1972 onwards - 2000 metres
Race grade
- 1886–1978 - Principal Race
- 1979 onwards - Group 1
Double winners
Thoroughbreds that have won the Caulfield Stakes – W S Cox Plate double:[3]
- Tranquil Star (1942), Rising Fast (1954), Kingston Town (1981-2), Bonecrusher (1986), Might and Power (1998), Northerly (2001), So You Think (2010), Ocean Park (2012)
Thoroughbreds that have won the Caulfield Stakes – Caulfield Cup double:
- Eurythmic (1920), High Syce (1929), Amounis (1930), Tranquil Star (1942), Rising Fast (1954), Redcraze (1956), Sometime (1963), How Now (1976), Sydeston (1990)
The winners
- 2015 - Criterion [4]
- 2014 - Fawkner [5]
- 2013 - Atlantic Jewel [6]
- 2012 - Ocean Park [7]
- 2011 - Descarado [8]
- 2010 - So You Think [9]
- 2009 - Whobegotyou [10]
- 2008 - Douro Valley [11]
- 2007 - Maldivian [12]
- 2006 - Casual Pass [13]
- 2005 - El Segundo [14]
- 2004 - Mummify [15]
- 2003 - Lonhro [16]
- 2002 - Lonhro [17]
- 2001 - Northerly [18]
- 2000 - Sky Heights [19]
- 1999 - Northern Drake [20]
- 1998 - Might And Power [21]
- 1997 - Filante [22]
- 1996 - Juggler [23]
- 1995 - Danewin [24]
- 1994 - Rough Habit [25]
- 1993 - Naturalism [26]
- 1992 - Castletown [27]
- 1991 - Shaftesbury Avenue [28]
- 1990 - Sydeston [29]
- 1989 - Almaarad [30]
- 1988 - Sky Chase [31]
- 1987 - Drought [32]
- 1986 - Bonecrusher [33]
- 1985 - Tristarc [34]
- 1984 - Alibhai [35]
- 1983 - Mr. Mcginty [36]
- 1982 - Kingston Town
- 1981 - Kingston Town
- 1980 - Hyperno
- 1979 - Mighty Kingdom
- 1978 - Lloyd Boy
- 1977 - Family Of Man
- 1976 - How Now
- 1975 - † Guest Star / Zambari
- 1974 - Igloo
- 1973 - Glengowan
- 1972 - Gunsynd
- 1971 - Gay Icarus
- 1970 - † Gay Poss / Arctic Symbol
- 1969 - Hamua
- 1968 - Future
- 1967 - Winfreux
- 1966 - Winfreux
- 1965 - Winfreux
- 1964 - Contempler
- 1963 - Sometime
- 1962 - Sky High
- 1961 - Sky High
- 1960 - † Lord / Dhaulagiri
- 1959 - Lord
- 1958 - Lord
- 1957 - Ray Ribbon
- 1956 - Redcraze
- 1955 - Prince Cortauld
- 1954 - Rising Fast
- 1953 - Flying Halo
- 1952 - Peshawar
- 1951 - Grey Boots
- 1950 - Comic Court
- 1949 - Iron Duke
- 1948 - De La Salle
- 1947 - Columnist
- 1946 - Bernborough
- 1945 - Lawrence
- 1944 - Lawrence
- 1943 - Amana
- 1942 - Tranquil Star
- 1941 - Lucrative
- 1940 - High Caste
- 1939 - High Caste
- 1938 - Ajax
- 1937 - Charles Fox
- 1936 - Young Idea
- 1935 - Feldspar
- 1934 - Hall Mark
- 1933 - Chatham
- 1932 - Middle Watch
- 1931 - Cimbrian
- 1930 - Amounis
- 1929 - High Syce
- 1928 - Gothic
- 1927 - Royal Charter
- 1926 - Manfred
- 1925 - Heroic
- 1924 - The Hawk
- 1923 - Maid Of The Mist
- 1922 - Eurythmic
- 1921 - Eurythmic
- 1920 - Eurythmic
- 1919 - Night Watch
- 1918 - Magpie
- 1917 - Lanius
- 1916 - Lavendo
- 1915 - Traquette
- 1914 - Anna Carlovna
- 1913 - Mountain Princess
- 1912 - Royal Scotch
- 1911 - Malt King
- 1910 - Artillerie
- 1909 - Artillerie
- 1908 - Pink 'Un
- 1907 - Ebullition
- 1906 - Solution
- 1905 - Torah
- 1904 - Gladsome
- 1903 - Abundance
- 1902 - Wakeful
- 1901 - Wakeful
- 1900 - Severity
- 1899 - Australian Star
- 1898 - The Chief
- 1897 - Coil
- 1896 - Hopscotch
- 1895 - Atlas
- 1894 - The Harvester
- 1893 - Brockleigh
- 1892 - Camoola
- 1891 - Marvel
- 1890 - The Admiral
- 1889 - Dreadnought
- 1888 - Mentor
- 1887 - Cranbrook
- 1886 - Isonomy
† Deadheat
See also
References
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