Alister Clark Stakes

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Alister Clark Stakes
Group 2 race
Comic Court (AUS).jpg
Comic Court ,1950 winner
Location Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne
Inaugurated1939
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Dalton Consulting Engineers (2023)
Race information
Distance2,040 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightSet weights
colts and geldings – 57 kg
fillies 55 kg
Purse $750,000 (2023)

The Alister Clark Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-olds, at Set Weights, over a distance of 2040 metres, held annually usually at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne on a Friday night in March. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$750,000.

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Tranquil Star, 1942 winner Tranquil Star 1946 Olympic Park Melbourne Farewell Jockey Scobie Breasley Trainer Ron Cameron.jpg
Tranquil Star, 1942 winner

History

The race is named after Alister Clark, the foundation chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club and master of Oaklands Hunt Club from 1901 to 1908. [2] He was also the pre-eminent Australian rose breeder of the twentieth century. [2]

The race was first run in 1939 and has had changes in distance and grade. The race at times has been a Weight-for-age event for 3-year-olds and over as evident in 1977 when champion three-year-old filly Surround won the race. [3]

1952 Racebook

Grade

Distance

Venue

In 1995 the event was held at Flemington.

Winners

† Dead heat
‡ Race run in Divisions [46]

See also

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