Maurice McCarten Stakes
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History
The Maurice McCarten Stakes is a Group 3 sprint race conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Rosehill.
The Maurice McCarten Stakes is traditionally run as part of the Golden Slipper carnival at Rosehill and run over 1100m.
The race is named after Australian Racing Hall of Fame member Maurice McCarten, one of Sydney racing's greatest jockeys and trainers who died in 1971, but has carried many different sponsor names since its inception in 1988.
The Maurice McCarten Stakes was first run over 1200m from 1988 until 2009.
Since 2010 the Maurice McCarten Stakes has been run over 1100m under quality handicap conditions with a maximum topweight of 61kg.
The Maurice McCarten Stakes was a Listed Race from 1993 to 2013. It has been a Group 3 race since 2014.
After being known as a horse who didn't win too often, Dothraki was awarded the 2018 edition in the Steward's Room when he was interfered with by first over the line Sprightly Lass.
In 2022, Country sprinter Shelby Sixtysix ran for the seventh time in eight weeks and four weeks in row but that did not stop him winning this group race off the back of splitting Eduardo and Nature Strip in the Challenge Stakes. Things got even more unreal a week later when he won the G1 Galaxy.
Appoint is the only dual winner of the race in 1998 & 1999.
It was worth $250,000 in prizemoney in 2024.
Notable winners of the Maurice McCarten Stakes include Targlish, Euclase, Friend's Venture, Brawny Spirit, Magic Of Money, Quick Flick, Antiquity, Mustard, Snippetson, Hoystar, Atomic Force, Target In Sight, Star Of The Seas and Shelby Sixtysix.
The 2024 Maurice McCarten Stakes was won by Red Card from Libertad and Airman.
Previous Maurice McCarten Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RED CARD
(AUS)
4M RIBCHESTER (IRE) - PENALTY (AUS) STREET CRY (IRE) |
ADAM HYERONIMUS | 55.0 | JAMES CUMMINGS | 1 |
|
CANNONBALL
(AUS)
3C CAPITALIST (AUS) - GOLCONDA (AUS) SNITZEL (AUS) |
B PREBBLE | 53.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 2 |
|
SHELBY SIXTYSIX
(AUS)
5G TORONADO (IRE) - STORM KITE (AUS) HONOURS LIST (IRE) |
TOMMY BERRY | 53.5 | DANNY WILLIAMS | 1 |
|
CALIFORNIA ZIMBOL
(AUS)
4M I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - ZIMARETTO (AUS) ANABAA (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 54.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 5 |
|
STAR OF THE SEAS
(NZ)
5G OCEAN PARK (NZ) - STELLA LIVIA (GB) TITUS LIVIUS (FR) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 3 |
|
EASY EDDIE
(AUS)
4G SUPER EASY (NZ) - TWIN TOWN (GB) HALLING (USA) |
ROBBIE DOLAN | 54.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 9 |
|
DOTHRAKI
(AUS)
7G MOSSMAN (AUS) - VOLANTIS (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
T ANGLAND | 59.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 12 |
|
ARTISTRY
(AUS)
5M SHAMARDAL (USA) - LADY PEONY (AUS) BELONG TO ME (USA) |
SAM CLIPPERTON | 55.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 5 |
|
ALBERTO MAGIC
(AUS)
5G MAGIC ALBERT (AUS) - RED FEATHER (AUS) RED RANSOM (USA) |
JASON COLLETT | 55.5 | ALLAN DENHAM | 1 |
|
TARGET IN SIGHT
(AUS)
5G NADEEM (AUS) - XAARANTHE (AUS) XAAR (GB) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 54.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 1 |
|
KENCELLA
(AUS)
4G EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - KENTIARA (AUS) METAL STORM (FR) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.0 | JOHN O'SHEA | 6 |
|
SEE THE WORLD
(AUS)
6G DANZERO (AUS) - GLOBAL DANCE (AUS) SPINNING WORLD (USA) |
JASON COLLETT | 56.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 8 |
|
TITLE
(AUS)
5G HONOURS LIST (IRE) - CLAUDIA (AUS) AL JAASI (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 58.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 6 |
|
ATOMIC FORCE
(AUS)
5G DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - SHOW OF FORCE (AUS) LUSKIN STAR (AUS) |
TIM CLARK | 53.0 | DARREN SMITH | 9 |
|
WELKOM GOLD
(AUS)
5G JOHANNESBURG (USA) - WITH EASE LOUISE (AUS) LUSKIN STAR (AUS) |
J CASSIDY | 53.0 | DARREN SMITH | 6 |
|
MOUNT VERDE
(AUS)
4G MONASHEE MOUNTAIN (USA) - ORO VERDE (AUS) RORY'S JESTER (AUS) |
J GRISEDALE | 53.0 | JOHN WENMAN | 9 |
|
HOYSTAR
(AUS)
4G DANZERO (AUS) - PROFESSIONELLE (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 57.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 1 |
|
DOUBLE DARE
(NZ)
5G O'REILLY (NZ) - DARE (NZ) THREE LEGS (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 9 |
|
SNIPPETSON
(AUS)
4H SNIPPETS (AUS) - SNOWDRIFT (FR) POLISH PRECEDENT (USA) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | JOHN O'SHEA | 9 |
|
BRITT'S BEST
(NZ)
6G DANEHILL (USA) - BAL DES SIRENES (IRE) WARNING (GB) |
L V CASSIDY | 55.0 | KRIS LEES | 3 |
|
MUSTARD
(AUS)
6G VETTORI (IRE) - ALTEZZA (AUS) RIGOLETTO (AUS) |
R M QUINN | 53.0 | JOHN MCNAIR | 1 |
|
SEX MACHINE
(AUS)
5G SHAGNY (USA) - DOMINUETTE (AUS) DOMINO (AUS) |
MS B COOPER | 53.0 | TONY KARAKATSANIS | 6 |
|
CRETE
(AUS)
5G - |
C W BROWN | 52.0 | JOHN HAWKES | 2 |
|
KNICKERBOCKER KID
(AUS)
5G OPERA PRINCE (AUS) - MANNEQUIN (AUS) LUSKIN STAR (AUS) |
L BEASLEY | 54.5 | JOHN SIZE | 13 |
|
STANZAIC
(AUS)
5G RAISE A STANZA (USA) - JUST FOR LUCK (AUS) SEMIPALATINSK (USA) |
B YORK | 55.5 | JOHN SIZE | 5 |
|
ANTIQUITY
(AUS)
5G AT TALAQ (USA) - MOSS DANCER (NZ) TWIG MOSS (FR) |
B PREBBLE | 52.0 | GRAHAME BEGG | 14 |
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