Caulfield Stakes

Caulfield Stakes

The Caulfield Stakes is one of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival’s top Group 1 features taking place at Caulfield Racecourse in October each year.

Formerly registered as the Yalumba Stakes due to sponsorship, the Caulfield Stakes was inaugurated in 1886 and is held on Caulfield Guineas Day along with the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m).

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Caulfield Guineas Day is a key spring carnival date as it kicks off the three-day Caulfield Carnival which culminates with Caulfield Cup Day.

Caulfield Stakes prize money totals $400,000 and the race is run over 2000 metres under weight-for-age conditions.

The 2012 Caulfield Stakes will take place on Saturday October 8, 2012.

Caulfield Stakes Field

Each year the Caulfield Yalumba Stakes attracts a final field of some of the season’s most promising middle-distance gallopers and progressive stayers.

The Caulfield Stakes final field has a limit of 16 starters and is restricted to horses aged three years and over.

Nominations close a week before the race day, which is also when Australia’s online bookmakers open their Caulfield Stakes betting markets.

Caulfield Stakes Prize Money

Racing Victoria has the Caulfield Stakes prize money currently set at $400,000.

The breakdown of the Caulfield Stakes purse is as follows:

Caulfield Stakes Winner (1^st): $240,000

2^nd: $72,000

3^rd: $36,000

4^th: $18,000

5^th: $10,000

6^th – 8^th: $8,000

Caulfield Stakes Betting Guide

Positioned on a key Melbourne Spring Carnival race meeting and holding elite level status, the Caulfield Stakes is an excellent event to enjoy a bet on at a trusted online bookmaker such as Luxbet.

Horses lining up in the Caulfield Stakes field are often having their final preparatory run before contesting the richest weight-for-age race in Australia, the $3 million Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) which runs at Moonee Valley a fortnight later.

Watching for the better performing gallopers in the Caulfield Stakes results is often a top indicator for Cox Plate betting.

Champion thoroughbreds throughout history to win the Caulfield Yalumba Stakes – Cox Plate double include Rising Fast (1954), Kingston Town (1981 & 1982), Bonecrusher (1986), Might And Power (1998), Northerly (2001) and So You Think (2010).

Other lead-up races to the Caulfield Stakes include the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield, the Group 2 Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley and the Group 2 Memsie Stakes (1400m) in August.

Caulfield Stakes Winners

Many of Australian racings premier thoroughbreds have won the Yalumba Caulfield Stakes.

Notable early winners include Wakeful (1901, 1092), Eurythmic (1920 – 22), Chatham (1933), Ajax (1938), Tranquil Star (1942), Bernborough (1946), Comic Court (1950), Sky High (1961 & 1962), Gunsynd (1972), Rough Habit (1994) and Might And Power (1998).

More recent editions of the Caulfield Stakes have been taken out by Lonhro (2002 and 2003), El Segundo (2005) and Whobegotyou (2009).

Below is a list of the Caulfield Yalumba Stakes winners from 2000 – 2010 along with the winning jockey, trainer and time for each year.