George Main Stakes

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George Main Stakes
raced as Colgate Optic White Stakes (2015)
Group 1 race
Location Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated 1945
Race type Thoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance 1,600 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Horses three years old and older
Weight Weight for Age
Purse A$500,000 (2015)
Bonuses Winner exemption from a ballot on the Epsom Handicap

The George Main Stakes, raced as the Colgate Optic White Stakes in 2015 is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$500,000.[1]

History

File:1950 AJC George Main Stakes Racebook.jpg
The 1950 George Main Stakes racebook

The race is named after George Main, a former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club. George Main lived with his wife Mary on Retreat, a grazing property west of Cootamundra on the southwest slopes of New South Wales. He bred racehorses and ran sheep.[2]
The winner of the George Main is exempt from a ballot on the Epsom Handicap, and horses who run well head for the Epsom.[2]

Race name

  • 2015 – Colgate Optic White Stakes

Race grade

  • 1945–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979 onwards - Group 1

Race distance

  • 1945–1971 – 1 mile
  • 1972 onwards - 1600 metres

Race records

  • Fastest recorded time for the event was in 2006 by Racing to Win in 1:33.75.[3]
  • Legendary trainer T.J. Smith won this event on eleven times.[1]

The winners

  • 2015 - Kermadec [4]
  • 2014 - Sacred Falls[5]
  • 2013 - Streama [6]
  • 2012 - Shoot Out [7]
  • 2011 - Sincero [8]
  • 2010 - More Joyous [9]
  • 2009 - Road To Rock [10]
  • 2008 - Mentality [11]
  • 2007 - †race not held
  • 2006 - Racing to Win [12]
  • 2005 - Mr Celebrity [13]
  • 2004 - Grand Armee [14]
  • 2003 - Lonhro [15]
  • 2002 - Defier [16]
  • 2001 - Viscount [17]
  • 2000 - Adam [18]
  • 1999 - Shogun Lodge[19]
  • 1998 - Dracula[20]
  • 1997 - Encounter[21]
  • 1996 - Juggler[22]
  • 1995 - Turridu[23]
  • 1994 - Durbridge[24]
  • 1993 - March Hare[25]
  • 1992 - Coronation Day[26]
  • 1991 - Planet Ruler[27]
  • 1990 - Shaftesbury Avenue[28]
  • 1989 - Vo Rogue[29]
  • 1988 - Gennaker[30]
  • 1987 - Campaign King[31]
  • 1986 - Ma Chiquita[32]
  • 1985 - Roman Artist[33]
  • 1984 - Inspired[34]
  • 1983 - Emancipation[35]
  • 1982 - Kingston Town
  • 1981 - Kingston Town
  • 1980 - Tullmax
  • 1979 - Imposing
  • 1978 - Party's Pride
  • 1977 - Blockbuster
  • 1976 - Purple Patch
  • 1975 - Hartshill
  • 1974 - Itchy Feet
  • 1973 - All Shot
  • 1972 - Nippon
  • 1971 - Baguette
  • 1970 - Ricochet
  • 1969 - Zephyrus
  • 1968 - Regal Rhythm
  • 1967 - Regal Rhythm
  • 1966 - Chantal
  • 1965 - Count Radiant
  • 1964 - Count Radiant
  • 1963 - Wenona Girl
  • 1962 - New Statesman
  • 1961 - Martello Towers
  • 1960 - Second Earl
  • 1959 - Amanullah
  • 1958 - Lindbergh
  • 1957 - Landy
  • 1956 - Kingster
  • 1955 - Prince Morvi
  • 1954 - Gendarme
  • 1953 - Tarien
  • 1952 - Montana
  • 1951 - Oversight
  • 1950 - San Domenico
  • 1949 - The Groom
  • 1948 - De La Salle
  • 1947 - Shannon
  • 1946 - Shannon
  • 1945 - Modulation

† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza[36]

See also

References

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