Emirates Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Emirates Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club
Group 1
Thoroughbred
horserace held as part of the Melbourne Cup
Carnival in early November. The race is over 1600 metres (1 mile) and is held at Flemington Racecourse
. Total prize money is A$1,000,000
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 1
Group One
Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...
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...
horserace held as part of the Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
Carnival in early November. The race is over 1600 metres (1 mile) and is held 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...
. Total prize money is A$1,000,000
Race History
- Prior to 1961 was Cantala Stakes
- 1961–84 George Adams Handicap
- 1985–88 Ampol Stakes
- 1989–92 Honda Stakes
- 1993–95 Nissan Stakes
- 1996–97 Chrysler Stakes
The winners
- 2011 – Albert The Fat
- 2010 – Wall Street
- 2009 – All American
- 2008 – All Silent
- 2007 – Tears I Cry
- 2006 – Divine MadonnaDivine MadonnaDivine Madonna was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare. She won four group one races, the 2006 Emirates Stakes, 2007 Queen of the Turf Stakes, 2007 Toorak Handicap and the 2007 Myer Classic. Divine Madonna had 26 race starts and only finished out of the top five runners twice in her career.She...
- 2005 – Valedictum
- 2004 – Sky Cuddle
- 2003 – Titanic Jack
- 2002 – Scenic Peak
- 2001 – Desert Eagle
- 2000 – Testa Rossa
- 1999 – Bonanova
- 1998 – Bezeal Bay
- 1997 – Catalan Opening
- 1996 – Miss Margaret
- 1995 – Seascay
- 1994 – Seascay
- 1993 – Primacy
- 1992 – Planet Ruler
- 1991 – Pontormo
- 1990 – Shaftesbury AvenueShaftesbury Avenue (horse)Shaftesbury Avenue was a versatile Australian racehorse who won Group One races from 1,000 to 2,000 metres, and was placed in the Japan Cup over 2,400 metres. He was a regular rival of Super Impose, and the head-to-head scoreline read four apiece in their eight clashes: Super Impose won the big...
- 1989 – Better Loosen UpBetter Loosen UpBetter Loosen Up was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japan Cup in 1990 and was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991. He campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts, including eight Group One races...
- 1988 – Our Westminster
- 1987 – Warned
- 1986 – Chanteclair
- 1985 – Dazzling Duke
- 1984 – Riverdale
- 1983 – Honest Promise
- 1982 – Magari
- 1981 – Tower Belle
- 1980 – Silver Bounty
- 1979 – Bit Of A Skite
- 1978 – Family Of Man
- 1977 – Galway Bay
- 1976 – Maybe Mahal
- 1975 – Kiwi Can
- 1974 – Skyjack
- 1973 – Taj Rossi
- 1972 – All Shot
- 1971 – GunsyndGunsyndGunsynd was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won 29 races and A$280,455 in prizemoney. In his seven starts over one mile he was only once defeated, by half-a-head in the Epsom Handicap....
- 1970 – Levian
- 1969 – VainVain (horse)Vain was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two...
- 1968 – Cyron
- 1967 – Heroic Stone
- 1966 – Storm QueenStorm QueenStorm Queen was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A bay daughter of Coronation Boy from the mare Storm Gleam, she was foaled in 1963 and was trained throughout her career by Bart Cummings....
- 1965 – Heroic Stone
- 1964 – Brandy Lad
- 1963 – Wenona Girl
- 1962 – Woambra
- 1961 – Aquanita
- 1960 – Aquanita
- 1959 – Wheat King
- 1958 – Droll Prince
- 1957 – Landy
- 1956 – Matrice
- 1955 – Kosciusko
- 1954 – Prince Cortauld
- 1953 – Rio Janeiro
- 1952 – Phaethon
- 1951 – Kintail
- 1950 – Ellerslie
- 1949 – Comedy Prince
- 1948 – Beau John
- 1947 – Money Moon
- 1946 – St. Fairy
- 1945 – Royal Gem
- 1944 – Gay Revelry
- 1943 – Burberry
- 1942 – Queen Baccha
- 1941 – Burrabil
- 1940 – Gold Salute
- 1939 – Manrico
- 1938 – St. Constant
- 1937 – Mohican
- 1936 – Gay Lover
- 1935 – Hostile
- 1934 – L'elite
- 1933 – Care Free
- 1932 – Denis Boy
- 1931 – Dermid
- 1930 – Mystic Peak
- 1929 – AmounisAmounisAmounis was a good Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs . Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" , 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One status...
- 1928 – Highland
- 1927 – Vaals
- 1926 – AmounisAmounisAmounis was a good Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs . Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" , 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One status...
- 1925 – Waranton
- 1924 – The Night Patrol
- 1923 – Claro
- 1922 – Violoncello
- 1921 – Beeline
- 1920 – Ethiopian
- 1919 – Chal