Caulfield Stakes

Caulfield Stakes
raced as the Ladbrokes Stakes

Group 1 race
Location	Caulfield Racecourse Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated	1886
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor	Ladbrokes (2016)
Website	www.melbourneracingclub.net.au
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three year olds and older that are not maidens
Weight	Weight for Age
Purse	$600,000 (2016)
Bonuses	Winner exempt from ballot in the Caulfield Cup

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$600,000.^[1]

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

1916 winner – Lavendo

The 2016 edition of the race attracted only three entries, the smallest ever G1 race in Australia with champion mare Winx scaring off potential rivals. ^[3]

Race name

• 1886–1996 - Caulfield Stakes
• 1997–2010 - Yalumba Stakes
• 2011–2015 - Caulfield Stakes
• 2016 - Ladbrokes Stakes

Race distance

• 1886–1887 - 1 ¹⁄₈ miles (~1800 metres)
• 1888 - 1 ¹⁄₄ miles (~2000 metres)
• 1889–1967 - 1 ¹⁄₈ miles (~1800 metres)
• 1968–1971 - 1 ¹⁄₄ 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:^[4]

• 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

• 2016 - Winx ^[5]
• 2015 - Criterion ^[6]
• 2014 - Fawkner ^[7]
• 2013 - Atlantic Jewel ^[8]
• 2012 - Ocean Park ^[9]
• 2011 - Descarado ^[10]
• 2010 - So You Think ^[11]
• 2009 - Whobegotyou ^[12]
• 2008 - Douro Valley ^[13]
• 2007 - Maldivian ^[14]
• 2006 - Casual Pass ^[15]
• 2005 - El Segundo ^[16]
• 2004 - Mummify ^[17]
• 2003 - Lonhro ^[18]
• 2002 - Lonhro ^[19]
• 2001 - Northerly ^[20]
• 2000 - Sky Heights ^[21]
• 1999 - Northern Drake ^[22]
• 1998 - Might And Power ^[23]
• 1997 - Filante ^[24]
• 1996 - Juggler ^[25]
• 1995 - Danewin ^[26]
• 1994 - Rough Habit ^[27]
• 1993 - Naturalism ^[28]
• 1992 - Castletown ^[29]
• 1991 - Shaftesbury Avenue ^[30]
• 1990 - Sydeston ^[31]
• 1989 - Almaarad ^[32]
• 1988 - Sky Chase ^[33]
• 1987 - Drought ^[34]
• 1986 - Bonecrusher ^[35]
• 1985 - Tristarc ^[36]
• 1984 - Alibhai ^[37]
• 1983 - Mr. Mcginty ^[38]
• 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

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races

References

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2. "DETAILS OF 7 EVENTS AT FLEMINGTON". The Argus. Trove - Digitized Newspapers and more. 19 October 1942. p. 9 col. 1–2. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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