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Good 3yos are often coming out of the Euclase Stakes run at Morphettville on Saturday.

Never Undercharge won this race before easily winning a Stradbroke. Will the 2019 Euclase Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday produce form like that?

2019 Euclase Stakes: Nominations

2019 EUCLASE STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Euclase Stakes is a Group 2 sprint race for three-year-olds conducted at Morphettville by the South Australian Jockey Club as a feature of the May racing carnival.

The Euclase Stakes was first run in 1981 and has carried many different names including the Yallambee Classic, Great Western Plate, Carrington Blush Plate and Angus Brut Classic.

The race was registered as the Euclase Stakes in the 1990s in honour of the sprinter who won the Yallambee Classic, DC McKay Stakes and Goodwood Handicap in 1991 and 1992.

The Euclase Stakes has been run under set weights conditions every year at Morphettville over 1200m with no exceptions. It was held in May from 1981 until 2008 when it moved with the Adelaide Cup to March but returned to a May date in 2014.

The Euclase Stakes was a Listed Race from 1981-1985 and became a Group 3 in 1986. It has been a Group 2 race since 1991.

The 2019 Euclase Stakes will be run over 1200m at Morphettville for prizemoney of $250,000.

Notable winners of the Euclase Stakes include Warrior King, Mighty Manitou, Rich Fields Lad, Change Of Habit, Vitalic, Rechabite, Euclase, Never Undercharge, Elegancy, Sword, Masked Party, Show No Emotion, Toast Of The Coast, Universal Queen, Majestic Music, Shrapnel, and Miracles Of Life.

The winners include 12 fillies since 1999.      

Mark Kavanagh trained four winners of the Euclase Stakes between 2004 and 2011.

The 2018 Euclase Stakes was won by I’ll Have A Bit from She’s So High and Viridine.