The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000 metre Group 1

Group One

Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...

 Australian 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, run under set weights with penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River...

 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 October. Total prize money is A$502,000. It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival along with the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate etc. as many of the highly favoured horses for the Melbourne Cup run in this race.

Class

• From 1948 to 1963 the race was run under Handicap conditions.
• From 1964 to 1970 the race was run under Weight for Age
  Weight for Age
  Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...
  
   conditions.
• Prior to 2006 the race held Group 2
  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...
  
   status.

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	December Draw	6	Michael Rodd	Mark Kavanagh	Mr R A Pegum, Mr G Towzell	2.03.98
2010	Zipping Zipping (horse) Zipping is an Australian champion racehorse who is notable for winning the prestigious Sandown Classic race in four consecutive years. -Racing history:He won his first Sandown Classic in 2007, defeating Jukebox Johhny, and Baughurst as a 6 year old....	9	Nicholas Hall Nicholas Hall Nicholas Hall is a young Melbourne Jockey originally from Brisbane, Queensland. He competed in the 2008 Melbourne Cup riding 'Red Lord" and rode in the 2009 Melbourne Cup on 'C'est La Guerre'. He won the 2009 Turnbull Stakes riding Efficient ....	Robert Hickmott	Lloyd Williams, S.J. Williams	2.03.23
2009	Efficient Efficient (horse) Efficient is a grey Thoroughbred racehorse gelding, bred in New Zealand, who won the 2007 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Michael Rodd, and the 2006 Victoria Derby....	6	Nicholas Hall Nicholas Hall Nicholas Hall is a young Melbourne Jockey originally from Brisbane, Queensland. He competed in the 2008 Melbourne Cup riding 'Red Lord" and rode in the 2009 Melbourne Cup on 'C'est La Guerre'. He won the 2009 Turnbull Stakes riding Efficient ....	John D. Sadler	Lloyd Williams et al.	2.01.60
2008	Littorio	4	Steven King	Nigel A. Blackiston	Mark Barrett, Murray McInnis et al.	2:02.44
2007	Devil Moon	4	Corey Brown Corey Brown Corey Allen Brown is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Washington Nationals. He is 6'1" tall and he weighs 205 pounds....	Mark A. Kavanagh	Hzarry Perks et al.	2:03.46
2006	Sphenophyta	6	Danny Nickolic	Lee Freedman Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...	John O'Neill, Mark Pejic et al.	2:01.90
2005	Makybe Diva Makybe Diva Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...	6	Steven King	David Hall David Hall (horse trainer) David Hall is an Australian horse trainer.The son of trainer, Joe Hall, he obtained his trainer's license in 1988 at Morphettville...	Emily Krstina Syndicate Tony Santic Tony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...	2:01.57
2004	Elvstroem Elvstroem Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:...	5	Nash Rawiller Nash Rawiller Nash Rawiller is a prominent Australian jockey who mainly rides at meetings in Sydney. He started his career riding in Melbourne but moved to Sydney to ride for prominent trainer Gai Waterhouse. His biggest win to date was riding Elvstroem to victory in the 2004 Caulfield Cup...	Tony Vasil	Mr. F. B. J Tagg et al.	2:00.46
2003	Studebaker	4	Stephen Baster	John Hawkes	T. Pistikakis & M. Lam et al.	2:04.06
2002	Northerly Northerly Northerly, foaled in 1996, was arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group One races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for...	6	Greg Childs	Fred R. Kersley	Mrs J. A. Kersley et al.	2:02.30
2001	Sunline Sunline Sunline was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the world's highest earning racemare of her time, competing on 48 occasions for 32 wins, 9 seconds and 3 thirds to earn A$11,351,607. She won races in three different countries, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. She won successive...	6	Greg Childs	Trevor McKee	T. McKee, T. Green, H. Lusty	2:03.96
2000	Fairway	4	Darren Beadman	Jack Denham Jack Denham Jack Denham was a leading Australian horse trainer and businessman.A member of a Sydney training dynasty, Denham first rode as a jockey for his brother, and then took out his own training licence in 1948....	J. Cordina et al.	2:02.22
1999	Sky Heights	4	Damien Oliver	Colin Alderson	R. Legh, A. Calabro et al.	2:04.60