Manikato Stakes

Manikato Stakes
Group 1 race
Manikato Stakes
Location Moonee Valley Racecourse
Melbourne, Victoria
Inaugurated 1968
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website MVRC official website
Race information
Distance 1200 metres (6 furlongs)
Track Grass, left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds & up
Weight Weight for Age
Purse $353,000

The Manikato Stakes is a MVRC Group One Australian Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne in September. Total prize money for the race is A$510,000.

The race is named after the great race horse Manikato who won this race twice as well as recording 5 consecutive wins in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley from 1979 to 1983.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2009, the winner of the Manikato Stakes automactically qualifies for a berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in the United States.

Contents

Race History

1968 - 1971 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200m)
1972 onwards held over 1200m.

1968 - 1978 run as a Principal race.
1979 - 1988 run as a Group 2 race.
1989 onwards run as a Group 1 race.

1968 - 1983 the race was known as the 'Freeway Stakes'
1984 onwards the race was known as the 'Manikato Stakes'

The winners

  • 1997 - Spartacus
  • 1996 - Poetic King
  • 1995 - You Remember
  • 1994 - Spanish Mix
  • 1993 - Never Undercharge
  • 1992 - King Marauding
  • 1991 - Sonic Express
  • 1990 - Street Ruffian
  • 1989 - Our Westminster
  • 1988 - Rancho Ruler
  • 1987 - Rubiton
  • 1986 - Lockley's Tradition
  • 1985 - Touch Of Genius
  • 1984 - Vite Cheval
  • 1983 - Strawberry Road
  • 1982 - Manikato
  • 1981 - Silver Bounty
  • 1980 - Grey Sapphire
  • 1979 - Manikato
  • 1978 - Vice Regal
  • 1977 - Ease The Squeeze
  • 1976 - Scamanda
  • 1975 - Lord Dudley
  • 1974 - Tauto
  • 1973 - Tauto
  • 1972 - Century
  • 1971 - Dual Choice
  • 1970 - Dual Choice
  • 1969 - Vain
  • 1968 - Winfreux

See also

References

  1. ^ 2011 result
  2. ^ Sepoy's Manikato Stakes win rated his best
  3. ^ 2010 result
  4. ^ 2009 result
  5. ^ 2008 result
  6. ^ Typhoon Zed hangs on in Manikato Stakes
  7. ^ 2007 result
  8. ^ Gold Edition wins Manikato Stakes
  9. ^ 2006 result
  10. ^ 2005 result

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