Eclipse Stakes (Australia)
Encyclopedia
The Eclipse Stakes is a MRC
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race held under quality handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1800 metres. It is held at Sandown Racecourse
in Melbourne
in November. Total prize money is A$125,000 with $75,000 going to the winner.
Melbourne Racing Club
The Melbourne Racing Club is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the Club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race...
Group 3
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race held under quality handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1800 metres. It is held at Sandown Racecourse
Sandown Racecourse
Sandown Racecourse is one of the four horse racing venues located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, it is the only metropolitan racecourse built in the 20th century and was opened before a crowd of 52,000, in June 1965.Sandown Racecourse is situated 25...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in November. Total prize money is A$125,000 with $75,000 going to the winner.
The winners
- 2011 Rothera
- 2010 Viking Hero
- 2009 Bashful Girl
- 2008 Eskimo Dan
- 2007 Like It Is
- 2006 Utility
- 2005 Aqua D'Amore
- 2004 Requisite
- 2003 Zazzman
- 2002 Damaschino
- 2001 Fields Of OmaghFields Of OmaghFields Of Omagh was a champion middle distance Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the early-mid 2000s. He was a half-brother to the stakeswinners, King Brian , Malcolm and Timeless Grace .Fields Of Omagh was trained at Lindsay Park, South Australia by Peter...
- 2000 Tickle My
- 1999 Taberann
- 1998 Prime Address
- 1997 Burning Embers
- 1996 Gold City
- 1995 Broann
- 1994 Innocent King
- 1993 Palareign
- 1992 Fraar
- 1991 Luisant Bijou
- 1990 Gamine
- 1989 Eastern Classic
- 1988 Super ImposeSuper ImposeSuper Impose was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. In a career spanning 74 starts, Super Impose won eight Group One races and a then Australasian record $5.6 million in prize money...
- 1987 Prince Gano
- 1986 So Vague
- 1985 So Vague
- 1984 Brave Salute
- 1983 Allez Bijou
- 1982 Range Rover
- 1981 Pride Of Century