Red Anchor Stakes
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The Red Anchor Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse
in Melbourne
in October.
Moonee Valley Racing Club
The Moonee Valley Racing Club is located at the Moonee Valley racecourse on McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds . It is one of three racing clubs in the Melbourne metropolitan area; the others are the Victoria Racing Club and the Melbourne Racing Club...
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
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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 horses aged three years old, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse
Moonee Valley Racecourse
Moonee Valley Racecourse is a horse-racing track in Melbourne, Australia which hosts races for Thoroughbreds. Located six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD, it is the home of the Moonee Valley Racing Club...
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.
Race history
- 1985 onwards held over 1200m
- 1985 – 1989 was a Listed Race
- 1990 onwards Group 3
- 1985 - 1989 the race was known as the ‘Red Anchor Stakes’
- 1990 - 2005 the race was known as the ‘C S Hayes Stakes’
- 2006 onwards the race has been called the ‘City Pacific Finance Stakes’.
The winners
- 2011 - Karuta Queen
- 2010 - That's Not It
- 2009 - Avenue
- 2008 - Millbank
- 2007 - Royal Asscher
- 2006 - Corton Charlemagne
- 2005 - Coronga
- 2004 - Oratorio
- 2003 - Youth
- 2002 - Yell
- 2001 - Deprave
- 2000 - Sound The Alarm
- 1999 - Prizefighter
- 1998 - Sedation
- 1997 - Towkay
- 1996 - Spartacus
- 1995 - Captive
- 1994 - Cannibal King
- 1993 - Sequalo
- 1992 - Snow Lord
- 1991 - Hula Grey
- 1990 - Begone
- 1989 - Hot Arch
- 1988 - Clay Hero
- 1987 - Christmas Tree
- 1986 - RubitonRubitonRubiton was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the mid-1980s.He was bred by the Oamaru Stud in Victoria...
- 1985 - Seiger