- Manikato Stakes
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Group 1 race
Manikato StakesLocation Moonee Valley Racecourse
Melbourne, VictoriaInaugurated 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.
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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
- 2011 - Sepoy [1][2]
- 2010 - Hay List [3]
- 2009 - Danleigh [4]
- 2008 - Typhoon Zed [5][6]
- 2007 - Gold Edition [7][8]
- 2006 - Miss Andretti [9]
- 2005 - Spark Of Life [10]
- 2004 - Spark Of Life
- 2003 - Spinning Hill
- 2002 - Spinning Hill
- 2001 - Piavonic
- 2000 - Sunline
- 1999 - Redoute's Choice
- 1998 - Dane Ripper
- 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
See also
References
Categories:- Horse races in Australia
- Group 1 stakes races in Australia
- Open sprint category horse races
- Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- Recurring sporting events established in 1968
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