Gilgai Stakes
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The Gilgai Stakes is a VRC
Group 2
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for three year olds and upwards, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse
in Melbourne
in October. Total prize money for the race is A$251,500.
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 2
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...
horse race for three year olds and upwards, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 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. Total prize money for the race is A$251,500.
The winners
- 2011 Temple Of Boom
- 2010 Hay List
- 2009 All Silent
- 2008 El Cambio
- 2007 Stanzout
- 2006 Fast N Famous
- 2005 Falkirk
- 2004 Recapitalize
- 2003 Bomber Bill
- 2002 Cosmic Strike
- 2001 Belle Du Jour
- 2000 Bomber Bill
- 1999 Black Bean
- 1998 Rebel
- 1997 Rock You
- 1996 Poetic King
- 1995 Racer's Edge
- 1994 HareebaHareebaHareeba was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won six Black Type races including two Group One sprints in the 1990s.He was a bay gelding sired by Al Hareb out of Headford Lass .-Racing career:Hareeba had three starts a two-year-old without success, but returned at three, and, after...
- 1993 Simonstad
- 1992 Storaia
- 1991 Vain Sovereign
- 1990 Joanne
- 1989 Grandiose
- 1988 RedelvaRedelvaRedelva was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A chestnut son of Romantic Hope from the mare Delvena, he was foaled in 1983 and was trained throughout his career by Greg Varcoe....
- 1987 Placid ArkPlacid ArkPlacid Ark was an Australian thoroughbred foaled in Western Australia. His sire Arkenstone was a winning son of the Western Australian champion sire Zvornik and his dam was Northern Queen a mare bred in South Australia by the USA imported stallion Star of the North.Bred at Asprey Stud near...
- 1986 Campaign King
- 1985 Rich Fields Lad
- 1984 Royal Troubador