Memsie Stakes

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Memsie Stakes
Group 1 race
Ajax 1937 RRC Rosehill Guineas Jockey Maurice McCarten Trainer Frank Musgrave.jpg
Ajax, 1938,1939,1940 winner
Location Caulfield Racecourse
Inaugurated1899
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Magic Millions (2022)
Race information
Distance1,400 metres
SurfaceTurf
QualificationThree-year-old and older that are not maidens
Weight Weight for age
Purse $1,000,000 (2022)

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. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. [2]

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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. [1]

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 in the actual winner. A good run by a staying horse in this race is often a good indicator of a successful Spring Carnival to come. [1]

The Memsie Stakes is a virtually identical race to the P B Lawrence Stakes, another 1,400 metre weight-for-age race run at Caulfield usually earlier in August except that this is the first Group 1 in the racing season in Victoria. [1]

The list of previous winners of the race contain recent champions, including Sincero, So You Think, Weekend Hussler, Makybe Diva, Sunline, Naturalism, Rancho Ruler, Manikato, and famous champions from the 20th century Galilee, Rising Fast, Comic Court, Lord (four times), Ajax (three times) and Phar Lap. [3]

Rising Fast, 1956 winner Rising Fast (NZ).jpg
Rising Fast, 1956 winner
Tranquil Star, 1945 winner Tranquil Star 1946 Olympic Park Melbourne Farewell Jockey Scobie Breasley Trainer Ron Cameron.jpg
Tranquil Star, 1945 winner
Eurythmic, 1920,1921,1922 winner Eurythmic racehorse with jockey ca. 1920..jpg
Eurythmic, 1920,1921,1922 winner
Uncle Sam, 1913 winner Uncle Sam 1914 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey J E Ettershank Trainer M P Whitty.jpg
Uncle Sam, 1913 winner
Gothic, 1928 winner Gothic 1928 VATC Caulfield Stakes Jockey Jim Pike Trainer Lou Robertson.jpg
Gothic, 1928 winner
Comic Court, 1949 & 1950 winner Comic Court (AUS).jpg
Comic Court, 1949 & 1950 winner

Distance

Grade

Venue

1951 and 1954 racebooks

Winners

† Dead heat

See also

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