Turnbull Stakes

The Turnbull Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race, for horses four years old and older, run under set weights with penalties conditions over a distance of 2,000 metres. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October. Total prize money is A$1,000,000.

History

It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival and is considered a major preparatory race for the Caulfield Cup, W S Cox Plate and for the Melbourne Cup.

Name

In 1948 the race was renamed after the Victoria Racing Club Chairman at the time Richard Turnbull.

The race has featured in the VRC Spring meet under different names.

Grade

• 1865–1978 - Principal Race
• 1979–2005 - Group 2
• 2006 onwards - Group 1

Distance

Conditions

• From 1864 to 1963 the race was run under Handicap conditions.
• From 1964 to 1970 the race was run under Weight for Age conditions.

1948 racebook

Gallery of noted winners

Winners

See also

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races

References