The Winning Edge Presentations Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club

Melbourne Racing Club

The Melbourne Racing Club is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the Club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race...

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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...

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Australia

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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 held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2400 m. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs...

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Melbourne

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. It is an important lead-up to the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

For a majority of its long history the race has been known as the ‘Herbert Power Handicap’.

Distance

1898 - 1899 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600m)

1900 - 1919 held over 11 furlongs (approx. 2200m)

1920 - 1971 held over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400m)

1972 onwards held over 2400 m.

Class

1898 – 1978 was a Principal Race

1979 – 1980 was a Group 3

1981 onwards Group 2.

Name

1898 - 1919 the race was known as the ‘Eclipse (11f) Stakes’

1920 - 1992 the race was known as the ‘Herbert Power Handicap’

1993 - 1996 the race was known as the ‘Quick-Eze Stakes’

1997 the race was known as the ‘Perrier Mineral Water Stakes’

1998 - 1999 the race was known as the ‘Perrier Stakes’

2000, 2009-onwards the race was known as the ‘Herbert Power Stakes’

2001-08 the race was called the ‘Winning Edge Presentations Stakes’.

Doubles wins

Rogan Josh (1999), Arwon (1978), Van Der Hum (1976), Gala Supreme (1973), Sirius (1944) and Posiedon (1906) have all completed the Herbert Power Stakes / Melbourne Cup double in the same year.

Posiedon also won the Caulfield Cup (1906) after his Herbert Power win.

The winners

• 2011 - Shewan
• 2010 - Linton
• 2009 - Alcopop
• 2008 - Dolphin Jo
• 2007 - Master O'Reilly
  Master O'Reilly
  Master O'Reilly is a New Zealand bred race horse trained by Judy Mawer. He was the 2007 winner of the Caulfield Cup when ridden by Vlad Duric....
  
  
• 2006 - Growl
• 2005 - Leica Falcon
• 2004 - Rizon
• 2003 - Yakama
• 2002 - The Secondmortgage
• 2001 - Freemason
• 2000 - Majestic Avenue
• 1999 - Rogan Josh
  Rogan Josh (horse)
  Rogan Josh is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the 1999 Melbourne Cup when ridden by John Marshall for the trainer Bart Cummings.Rogan Josh was purchased for $13,000 by owner Wendy Green and began his racing career in Western Australia...
  
  
• 1998 - Magneto
• 1997 - Bonsai Pipeline
• 1996 - The Bandette
• 1995 - Unsolved
• 1994 - Solo Show
• 1993 - Great Vintage
• 1992 - Aquidity
• 1991 - Princess Pushy
• 1990 - Just A Dancer
• 1989 - Nayrizi
• 1988 - Congressman
• 1987 - Cossack Warrior
• 1986 - Pharostan
• 1985 - Fil De Roi
• 1984 - Colonial Flag
• 1983 - Nostradamus
• 1982 - Carringbush
• 1981 - Flashing Light
• 1980 - Mr.Independent
• 1979 - Pigalle
• 1978 - Arwon
  Arwon
  Arwon was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, by Aritzo from Fair Flash, who won the 1978 Melbourne Cup at 5 years of age....
  
  
• 1977 - Impeller
• 1976 - Van der Hum
  Van der Hum
  Van der Hum was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the 1976 Melbourne Cup when ridden by Bob Skelton.He was sired by the versatile stayer and sire of the winners of over $2m, Hermes , his dam Tip O'Dawn was by the good sire Count Rendered .Van Der Hum was a wet track specialist, and on...
  
  
• 1975 - Suleiman
• 1974 - Big Angel
• 1973 - Gala Supreme
• 1972 - Scotch And Dry

• 1971 - Spectre
• 1970 - Beer Street
• 1969 - Alsop
• 1968 - Impetus
• 1967 - Padtheway
• 1966 - Gala Crest
• 1965 - Captain Blue
• 1964 - Sybeau
• 1963 - Straight Irish
• 1962 - Silver Pelt
• 1961 - Nilarco
• 1960 - Optic Prince
• 1959 - Mac
• 1958 - King Nero
• 1957 - Pandie Sun
• 1956 - Fighting Force
• 1955 - Rising Fast
  Rising Fast
  Rising Fast was an outstanding New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1954 he became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate races in the same season - the Spring Grand Slam - and since that time no Melbourne Cup winner has performed such a feat...
  
  
• 1954 - Wodalla
• 1953 - My Hero
• 1952 - Durham
• 1951 - Durham
• 1950 - Dashing Beau
• 1949 - Dashing Beau
• 1948 - Howe
• 1947 - Riot
• 1946 - Sir Actor
• 1945 - Logical
• 1944 - Claudette
• 1943 - Mac Rob
• 1942 - Colonus
• 1941 - Historian
• 1940 - Rex Felt
• 1939 - Respirator
• 1938 - Marauder
• 1937 - International
• 1936 - Desert Chief
• 1935 - Red Ray

• 1934 - Broad Arrow
• 1933 - Segati
• 1932 - Scalpel
• 1931 - Shadow King
• 1930 - Second Wind
• 1929 - Taisho
• 1928 - Strephon
• 1927 - Royal Charter
• 1926 - The Banker
• 1925 - Royal Charter
• 1924 - Easingwold
• 1923 - Easingwold
• 1922 - Purser
• 1921 - Eurythmic
  Eurythmic (horse)
  Eurythmic was a versatile Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who had the ability to produce a brilliant finishing run in staying races and he also won important sprint races, too. At four he won 12 of his 13 starts including the Caulfield Cup and Sydney Cup. When Eurythmic finished racing he...
  
  
• 1920 - Tangalooma
• 1919 - Eusebius
• 1918 - Outlook
• 1917 - Pah King
• 1916 - Cyklon
• 1915 - Burrabadeen
• 1914 - Anna Carlovna
• 1913 - Anna Carlovna
• 1912 - Lady Medallist
• 1911 - Comedy King
• 1910 - Master Soult
• 1909 - Alawa
• 1908 - Alawa
• 1907 - Poseidon
  Poseidon (horse)
  Poseidon was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 19 races over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles...
  
  
• 1906 - Poseidon
  Poseidon (horse)
  Poseidon was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 19 races over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles...
  
  
• 1905 - Marvel Loch
• 1904 - Nuncio
• 1903 - Wakeful
• 1902 - Wakeful
• 1901 - Bonnie Chiel
• 1900 - Kinglike
• 1899 - Australian Star
• 1898 - Cocos