Mudgway Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Group I
horse race = Mudgway Stakes


caption =
location = Hastings Racecourse
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
inaugurated = 1991
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.hawkesbayracing.co.nz Hawke's Bay Racing]
distance = 1400m (7 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds and up
weight = Weight for Age
purse = NZ$250,000
bonuses = The Mudgway Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Hastings Racecourse in Hawke's Bay and is New Zealand's first Group One race of the season. It is run over a distance of 1400m on the first Saturday in September.

The race's timing, weight-for-age conditions and the reliably dry weather of the region at that time of the year combine to ensure that the race sees one of the strongest fields assembled in any race all season as a number of horses heading towards a campaign in Australia choose it as a starting point.

As a result, the winners list for the last few years is extraordinarily strong for a New Zealand race. Included among the winners are champion mare Sunline, the brilliant Xcellent and Australian visitor and subsequent European Group 1 winner Starcraft. Seachange is the only dual winner of the race.

As hard as it is to believe by looking at the winners list, the race was only given Group 2 status until 2003, when Miss Potential took out the first Group 1 running of the race.

The race is often used by Kelt Capital Stakes contenders, with that race being run a month later over 2040m. Along with the 1600m Stoney Bridge Stakes, these races form the Hawkes Bay Triple Crown.

Winners of the Mudgway Stakes

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width="38px" | Year
width="140px" | Winner
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2008
Fritzy Boy
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2007
Seachange
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2006
Seachange
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2005
Xcellent
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2004
Starcraft
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2003
Miss Potential
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2002
Sunline
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2001
Fritz
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2000
Cent Home
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1999
Hero
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1998
Batavian
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1997
Pakaraka Star
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1996
Vialli
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1995
Marconee
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1994
Snap
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1993
Calm Harbour
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1992
Surfers Paradise
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1991
Rough Habit
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1990
Flying Luskin
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1989
Catering King
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1988
Poetic Prince
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1987
Field Dancer
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1986
Catering King
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1985
Shagolvin
-}