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Manikato
Manikato (1975–1984) 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. Manikato was the second Australian horse, after Kingston Town, to win $1 million in stakes, and, by today's standards, won 20 races which are currently (2012) classed as Group One (G1) races. He was a tall, heavily topped chestnut gelding by the VRC Newmarket Handicap winner Manihi from Markato by Natural Bid (USA). Markato was the dam of eight named foals, but Manikato was her only stakes-winner. Costing only A$3,500, Manikato had a double cross of Fair Trial in the fourth generation (4m x 4f) and was a descendant of Nearco through his dam. Racing career He was originally trained by Bon Hoysted who died soon after Manikato's 1978 Golden Slipper victory. His brother Bob Hoysted took over his training subsequently. At two years As a two-year-old, Manikato won the Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeway Stakes
The Manikato Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 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, Australia in late October. Total prize money for the race is A$2,000,000 History The race is named after the great race horse Manikato, who won this race twice as well as winning 5 consecutive William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley from 1979 to 1983. In 2009 the event was part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series with the winner of the Manikato Stakes automatically qualifying for a berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in the United States. From 2012, the race date was moved to Cox Plate Carnival Friday night in late October. While the race is a sprinter's race there are 4 winners who have won the prestigious W. S. Cox Plate: * Strawberry Road (1983), Rubiton (1987), Dane Ripper (1997) and Sunline (2000). Distance * 1968–1971 - 6 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reid Stakes
The William Reid Stakes is a horse race of Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 thoroughbred racing at Weight for Age, for three year olds and older, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in the autumn. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. History The race has been won by a few champions including Manikato who won the race five consecutive times from 1979 to 1983. Also noted champions Black Caviar and Miss Andretti won the race before being successful at Royal Ascot. From 2005 to 2007 it was the second leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, preceded by the Lightning Stakes and followed by the King's Stand Stakes. It has now been replaced as an Australian leg of the Global Sprint Challenge series by The Age Classic. Name The William Reid Stakes was named after William Reid, a former committee member of the Moonee Valley Racing Club. Originally from Morayshire, Scotland, William Reid was a Victorian Banker and racehorse owner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurity Stakes (Australia)
The Futurity Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, over a distance of 1400 metres held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, in late February. Total prize money is A$750,000. History From 2006 until 2010 it was the first leg of the Asian Mile Challenge series, and its distance was changed to 1600 metres (1 mile). The race distance was reverted in 2011. Distance *1898–1972 - 7 furlongs (1408.176 metres) *1973–1978 – 1400 metres *1979 – 1800 metres *1989–1995 – 1400 metres *1996 – 1411 metres *1997–2005 – 1400 metres *2006–2010 – 1600 metres *2011 onwards - 1400 metres Venue During World War II the event was held at Flemington Racecourse. In 1996 the event was held at Flemington Racecourse due to reconstruction of Caulfield Racecourse. 1933 & 1948 racebooks File:1933 VATC Futurity Stakes Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover of the 1933 VA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C F Orr Stakes
The C F Orr Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 1400 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in February. Total prize money is A$750,000. History The race is named in honour of Charles F. Orr, a former chairman and secretary of the Williamstown Racing Club. The race was originally run at the now-defunct Williamstown Racecourse. The race often attracts the best horses in Australia, as they start their autumn campaigns. Distance *1925–1956 - 1 mile (~1600m) *1957–1960 - 7 furlongs (~1400m) *1961–1963 - 1 mile (~1600m) *1964–1972 - 7 furlongs (~1400m) *1973 onwards - 1400 metres Grade *1925–1978 - Principal Race *1979–1992 - Group 2 *1993 onwards Group 1 Venue *1925–1940 - Williamstown Racecourse *1941–1942 - Moonee Valley Racecourse *1943 -Flemington Racecourse *1944 - Moonee Valley Racecourse *1945 -Flemington Racecou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A J Moir Stakes
The A J Moir Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1000 metres, held at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late September. Prizemoney is A$1,000,000. History The A J Moir Stakes was named after former Chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club (1960-75), long standing committeeman and prominent Melbourne solicitor Alan John Moir KCMG (1903–81) of the Melbourne establishment firm Gillott, Moir and Winneke - now MinterEllison. As a prominent lawyer and company Director he held various other positions including; President of the Victorian Law Institute (1939-40), Director and Chairman of GTV 9 and Director of David Syme and Co Limited (the Age) where he played an important role in the formation of Syme as a public company in 1948. He received a CMG (Companion title Order of Saint Michael and Saint George) title in 1971 for his services to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ryder Stakes
The George Ryder Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and over at Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1500 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in March or April. It is run on the same day as the Golden Slipper Stakes. The prize money is A$1,000,000. Winx is the only horse to have won the race more than two times. History The origins of the race are from 1903 when the race was run as the Railway Stakes on the same race card as the Rawson Stakes. The race was renamed in 1974 in honour of George E. Ryder who was a racing administrator, stud master and businessman. The winner is exempt from ballot for the prestigious Doncaster Handicap. Name * 1903–1914 - Railway Stakes * 1915–1945 - Railway Handicap * 1946–1973 - Railway Quality Handicap * 1968–1970 - CP Air Quality Hcp * 1971–1973 - Railway Quality Handicap * 1974–2017 - George Ryder Stakes Distance * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothmans 100,000
The Doomben 10,000 is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred Weight for Age horse race, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$1,000,000. The race is considered one of the premier sprint races in Queensland racing. History The race was changed to the Doomben 10,000 after the £10,000 prize money on offer, which at the time was the richest sprint in Australia. Notable sprinters to win the race are Chief De Beers (1995, 1998), Falvelon (2001-02), Prince Trialia in 1990–91, and Black Onyx in 1969–70. Included in the list are former greats Bernborough in 1946 and Manikato in 1979. In July 1951, then apprentice Aboriginal jockey Merv Maynard (whose career spanned nearly five decades, in which he rode over 1,500 winners) was heading for a win on Waratah King when the horse came down, and he was thrown. Coniston went on to win the race. Recently, champion spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memsie Stakes
The Memsie Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia as a lead in to the Spring Racing Carnival. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. History The race is often used as a lead-up race by good horses preparing for the longer feature races such as the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup. Such horses typically compete against less glamorous, and usually fitter, sprinter-milers who have been trained specifically for this race. Speed and fitness seem to prevail over class about half the time, as can be seen in the list of recent winners. As the race comes early in the Spring, it will often indicate how well a horse has come back after its customary winter spell. There is sometimes just as much interest in the horses running on well from the back of the field, as there is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hoysted
Robert Edward Hoysted (8 June 1925 – 9 May 2014) was an Australian racehorse trainer, best known for training the renowned sprinter Manikato. Hoysted was a member of an Australian racing dynasty, with his father Fred "Father" Hoysted and brother Bon Hoysted also trainers. Bob and Bon assisted Father, who was seriously ill, with preparation of 1954 Melbourne Cup-winner Rising Fast. Bob acquired his own trainers licence in 1956. As well as Manikato, Hoysted also trained Rose of Kingston and Sydeston. Hoysted was a "driving force" behind the Australian Trainers Association (ATA), serving as federal president for over quarter of a century. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993 for "service to racehorse training and to the industrial welfare of trainers" and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2008. After retiring as a trainer, Hoysted retired to the regional Victorian city of Castlemaine. During World War II, Hoysted served in the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caulfield Guineas
The Caulfield Guineas is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held over 1600 metres (1 mile) at set weights for three-year-old horses at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. Total prize money is A$3 million. The race is held annually on the second Saturday in October and forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Caulfield Racecourse. The Guineas, as the race is known, starts the three-day Caulfield carnival; the G1 Toorak Handicap, G1 Caulfield Stakes and the fillies equivalent, the G1 The Thousand Guineas are also held on Guineas day. History During World War II the race was run at Flemington Racecourse. Regarded as one of the blue riband events for three-year-olds, the Guineas is regarded as a stallion making race for the winner, and has been won by a host of star gallopers who have gone on to multiple G1 success. These included Starspangledbanner (2010 G1 Oakleigh Plate, 2010 G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes), Whobegotyou (2009 G1 Yalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invitation Stakes
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, registered as the Invitation Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1400 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late September. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. History Prior to 1994, the race was held on Royal Melbourne Show Day, which was observed on the Thursday in the last full week of September as a public holiday. The race was renamed in 2005 after former chairman of the Victorian Amateur Turf Club, Sir Rupert Clarke, who died in 2005. Name * 1951–1974 - Invitation Stakes * 1975–1988 - Marlboro Cup * 1989–1991 - Show Day Cup * 1992–1999 - Vic Health Cup * 2000–2001 - Eat Well Live Well Cup * 2002–2005 - Dubai Racing Club Cup * 2006–2013 - Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes * 2014 - Sir Rupert Clarke Charity Cup * 2015 onwards - Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Grade *1951–1978 - Principal Race *1979 onwards Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Slipper Stakes
The Golden Slipper Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses run over 1,200 metres on turf at set weights conditions, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier two year old race in Australia and is the world's richest race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds. Prize money is A$5,000,000. History The first Golden Slipper Stakes took place in 1957 and was won by Todman, by Star Kingdom, who also sired the next four winners of the Golden Slipper. Star Kingdom bloodlines can still be found in many of today's winners.de Bourg, Ross, “The Australian and New Zealand Thoroughbred”, Nelson, West Melbourne, 1980, In 1986 it became the first race in New South Wales to have A$1 million in prize money. From 2009 to 2014 the race was held on the first Saturday in April. In 2008 it was held in mid-April - four weeks after Easter in March. Prior to 2008, the race was held on the Saturday before Good Friday in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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