The Caulfield Yalumba Stakes is a Group 1 weight-for-age race over 2000 metres steeped in history. The race is held in October each year at Caulfield during the Spring Racing Carnival.
Race Type: Group 1 WFA 3YO & up
Distance: 2000m
Track: Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria
The Caulfield Stakes was first run over 9 furlongs on Melbourne Cup Day in 1886 when it was won by a horse called Isonomy. It was transferred to Guineas Day in 1887, and in 1887 and 1888 it was ran over 10 furlongs. In 1889 it returned to the 9 furlong distance which was run until 1967. In 1968 the distance was made 2000 metres, and in 1979 it was made a Group 1 race.
The WFA race is for three-year-olds and up and carries prizemoney of $400,000. Previously the race was known as the Caulfield Stakes but since 1997 it has been referred to as the Yalumba Stakes. The last three-year-old to win was Mighty Kingdom in 1979, and no three-year-old filly has ever won the race.
Champions are scattered all through the list of past winners, and there are many horses that have won both the Yalumba Stakes and the Cox Plate, which is the most prestigious weight-for-age race in Australia. The list of Yalumba and Cox Plate winners includes Northerly (2001), Might and Power (1998), Almaarad (1989), Bonecrusher (1986), Kingston Town (1981 & 1982), Family of Man (1977), Gunsynd (1972), Rising Fast (1954), Amana (1943), Tranquil Star (1942), Ajax (1938) and Young Idea (1936).
Tranquil Star is the only mare to complete this double, while Rising Fast in 1954 also won the Melbourne Cup, Turnbull Stakes, Mackinnon Stakes and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in an unparalleled spring campaign.
Past winners of the Yalumba Stakes:
| 2009 – WHOBEGOTYOU (D. Oliver) 2008 – DOURO VALLEY (J. Winks) 2007 – MALDIVIAN (Michael Rodd) 2006 – CASUAL PASS (Nash Rawiller) 2005 – EL SEGUNDO (Darren Gauci) 2004 – MUMMIFY (Danny Nikolic) 2003 – LONHRO (Darren Beadman) 2002 – LONHRO (Darren Beadman) 2001 – NORTHERLY (Damien Oliver) 2000 – SKY HEIGHTS (Glen Boss) 1999 – NORTHERN DRAKE (G Cooksley) 1998 – MIGHT AND POWER (Jim Cassidy) 1997 – FILANTE (NZ) (Jim Cassidy) 1996 – JUGGLER (Steven King) 1995 – DANEWIN (Damien Oliver) 1994 – ROUGH HABIT (Jim Casssidy) |
1994 – ROUGH HABIT (Jim Casssidy) 1993 – NATURALISM (Damien Oliver) 1992 – CASTLETOWN (Noel Harris) 1991 – SHAFTESBURY AVENUE (D Gauci) 1990 – SYDESTON (Mick Dittman) 1989 – ALMAARAD (Michael Clarke) 1988 – SKY CHASE (John Marshall) 1987 – DROUGHT (Greg Hall) 1986 – BONECRUSHER (Gary Stewart) 1985 – TRISTARC (Wayne Treloar) 1984 – ALIBHAI (Mick Dittman) 1983 – MR MCGINTY (R D Vance) 1982 – KINGSTON TOWN (Peter Cook) 1981 – KINGSTON TOWN (M Johnston) 1980 – HYPERNO (Harry White) |
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