Schweppes Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Schweppes Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club
Group 2
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age
conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held at Moonee Valley Racecourse
in Melbourne
on WS Cox Plate day. Prizemoney in 2011 was A$300,000 and $5,000 trophy.
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 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
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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 and over under Weight for age
Weight for Age
Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...
conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held 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...
on WS Cox Plate day. Prizemoney in 2011 was A$300,000 and $5,000 trophy.
Name
- 1976 - 1995 the race was known as the ‘A.J. Moir Stakes'
- 1996 - 2002 the race was known as the ‘Schweppes Stakes’
- 2003 - 2006 the race was known as the ‘Schweppervescence Stakes’
- 1996 onwards the race has been called the ‘Schweppes Stakes’.
The winners
- 2011 - Black CaviarBlack Caviar (horse)Black Caviar is an undefeated Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, considered to be the best sprinter in the world, having been named WTRR World Champion Sprinter in 2010. On 31 March 2011 Black Caviar was rated one of the top Thoroughbred racehorses in the world for the first quarter of 2011 by...
- 2010 - Black CaviarBlack Caviar (horse)Black Caviar is an undefeated Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, considered to be the best sprinter in the world, having been named WTRR World Champion Sprinter in 2010. On 31 March 2011 Black Caviar was rated one of the top Thoroughbred racehorses in the world for the first quarter of 2011 by...
- 2009 - Apache CatApache CatApache Cat is a popular Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who had 43 starts for 19 wins and was placed on another 11 occasions from for just under $4.6 million in prizemoney....
- 2008 - Lucky Secret
- 2007 - Miss AndrettiMiss AndrettiMiss Andretti was the 2007 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and is the only Thoroughbred in racing history to simultaneously hold a total of five track records in Australia and England.-Breeding:...
- 2006 - California Dane
- 2005 - Virage De Fortune
- 2004 - Bomber Bill
- 2003 - Our Egyptian Raine
- 2002 - Spinning Hill
- 2001 - Mistegic
- 2000 - Falvelon
- 1999 - Magic Music
- 1998 - Show No Emotion
- 1997 - Al Mansour
- 1996 - Spartacus
- 1995 - Quality Gold
- 1994 - Sequalo
- 1993 - Sports Works
- 1992 - SchillaciSchillaci (horse)Schillaci was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was an eight-time Group One winner. He was by Salieri out of Biscarina . A huge grey gelding, Schillaci was a $70,000 purchase at the 1990 yearling sales, and was named after Salvatore Schillaci, who was the leading goal scorer at the 1990...
- 1991 - With Me
- 1990 - With Me
- 1989 - Good Old Ted / Clay Hero (dead heat)
- 1988 - Scarlet Bisque
- 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 - Special
- 1985 - Aquilone
- 1984 - Foystaan
- 1983 - Bold Jet
- 1982 - ManikatoManikatoManikato was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He established new track records in three races and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame...
- 1981 - Bold Prospect
- 1980 - Victoria Peak
- 1979 - The Judge / Grey Sapphire (dead heat)
- 1978 - The Judge
- 1977 - Tetranate
- 1976 - Scamanda