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Manikato Stakes

Manikato Stakes
Group 1 race
Location Moonee Valley Racecourse
Melbourne, Victoria
Inaugurated 1968
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor William Hill (2016)
Race information
Distance 1,200 metres
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three years old and older
Weight Weight for Age
Purse $1,000,000 (2016)

The Manikato Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in late October. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000

The race is named after the great race horse Manikato who won this race twice as well as winning 5 consecutive wins in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley from 1979 to 1983.

In 2009 the event was part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series with the winner of the Manikato Stakes automatically qualifying for a berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in the United States.

From 2012, the race date was moved to Cox Plate Carnival Friday night in late October.

While the race is a sprinter's race there are 4 winners who have won the prestigious W.S. Cox Plate:

Time: Track record for the 1200 metres at Moonee Valley is 1:09.29 set by Miss Andretti in this race 2006.


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