Gilgai Stakes

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Gilgai Stakes
registered as the Baguette Stakes
Group 2 race
Location Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated 1984
Race type Thoroughbred
Race information
Distance 1,200 metres
Surface Turf
Qualification Horses three years old and older
Weight Set weights with penalties
Purse $200,000 (2015)

The Gilgai Stakes, registered as the Baguette Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, at Set Weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.

Race history

Originally the race was named after the former VRC chairman Sir Rupert Steele.[2] The registered name of the race, Baguette Stakes, is named after the champion horse Baguette. The current race name is named after Gilgai Farm Stud, a horse breeding farm in Nagambie, Victoria,[3] the birthplace of the champion racehorse Black Caviar.

Race name

  • 1984–1998 - Sir Rupert Steele Stakes
  • 1999 - Gilgai Farm Stakes
  • 2000 onwards - Gilgai Stakes

Race grade

  • 1984–1986 - Listed Race
  • 1987–2006 - Group 3
  • 2007 onwards - Group 2

The winners

  • 2015 - Chautauqua [4]
  • 2014 - Chautauqua [5]
  • 2013 - Platelet [6]
  • 2012 - Hallowell Belle [7]
  • 2011 - Temple Of Boom [8]
  • 2010 - Hay List [9]
  • 2009 - All Silent [10]
  • 2008 - El Cambio [11]
  • 2007 - Stanzout [12]
  • 2006 - Fast N Famous[13]
  • 2005 - Falkirk[14]
  • 2004 - Recapitalize[15]
  • 2003 - Bomber Bill[16]
  • 2002 - Cosmic Strike[17]
  • 2001 - Belle Du Jour[18]
  • 2000 - Bomber Bill[19]
  • 1999 - Black Bean[20]
  • 1998 - Rebel[21]
  • 1997 - Rock You[22]
  • 1996 - Poetic King[23]
  • 1995 - Racer's Edge[24]
  • 1994 - Hareeba[25]
  • 1993 - Simonstad[26]
  • 1992 - Storaia[27]
  • 1991 - Vain Sovereign[28]
  • 1990 - Joanne[29]
  • 1989 - Grandiose[30]
  • 1988 - Redelva[31]
  • 1987 - Placid Ark[32]
  • 1986 - Campaign King
  • 1985 - Rich Fields Lad
  • 1984 - Royal Troubador

See also

References

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