Chatham Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Chatham Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
open handicap horse race, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse
in Melbourne
in October/November. Total prize money for the race is A$251,500.
The race is named for the Chatham
, Australian Racing Hall of Fame
inductee and 1930s dual Cox Plate
winner.
Victoria Racing Club
The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual “race that stops a nation”, the Melbourne Cup, which was first contested in 1861.From its...
Group 3
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
open handicap horse race, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse
Flemington Racecourse
Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in October/November. Total prize money for the race is A$251,500.
The race is named for the Chatham
Chatham (horse)
Chatham was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred by Percy Miller at the Kia Ora Stud near Scone in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...
, Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....
inductee and 1930s dual Cox Plate
Cox Plate
The W.S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne every October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club to honour W.S. Cox, the club's founder. For three-year-olds and over, the race is considered to be the Weight for Age championship of Australasia...
winner.
Race history
- 1997 the race distance was 1417 metres.
- Previous names for this race include The Hong Kong Jockey Club Plate, The AAMI International and The Yallambee Stud Stakes.
The winners
- 2011 Woorim
- 2010 Poor Judge
- 2009 Centennial Park
- 2008 All Silent
- 2007 Count To Zero
- 2006 Malcolm
- 2005 Rockford Bay
- 2004 Great Is Great
- 2003 Scenic Park
- 2002 To Be Fair
- 2001 Scenic Park
- 2000 Matter Of Honour
- 1999 Black Bean
- 1998 Bezeal Bay
- 1997 Confiscate
- 1996 Headstrong
- 1995 Final Temp
- 1994 New Smyrna
- 1993 Cocky Beau
- 1992 Let's Hurry
- 1991 Blue Boss
- 1990 Power Of Destiny
- 1989 Swiftsynd
- 1988 Bowie
- 1987 Targlish
- 1986 Avannotto