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Good horses often win the Strickland Stakes run at Belmont on Saturday.

The third leg of the winter series is the 2019 Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont on Saturday and the likes of Material Man have completed the big treble.

2019 STRICKLAND STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Strickland Stakes is a Group 3 race conducted the Western Australian Turf Club at Belmont Park racecourse in Perth.

The Strickland Stakes is one of Perth's historic weight-for-age races dating from 1901 when it was run at Ascot as the December Stakes.

The race remained at Ascot and was moved to November and held in that month until 1998. The race was not run in 1942-1944 and 1999.

In 2000 the Strickland Stakes was run in January and in 2002 it was moved to April. The race remained at Ascot from 1901-2010 when the exception of 2005 when it was run at Belmont Park.

Since 2011 the Strickland Stakes has been run in June at Belmont Park over 2000m.

The Strickland Stakes has been a Group 3 race since 1979.

It is the third leg of the Winter series of races at Belmont including the Belmont Sprint and Hyperion Stakes. Material Man won the treble in 2019.

The 2019 Strickland Stakes will be run for prizemoney of $150,000.

There have been eight dual winners of the Strickland Stakes, the most recent being Marasco in 2009/2010.

Other notable winners of the Strickland Stakes include Mistico, Easinglwold, Maple, True Flight, Lady Lucia, Raconteur, Nicopolis, Rack And Ruin, Millefleurs, Gilt Patten, Haymaker, Ngawyni, Unaware, Regimental Honour, Wabasso, Summer Beau, Iron Horse, Finito, Dedicated Miss, God Has Spoken, Mr Moet, Fuchsia Bandana, Scales Of Justice and Material Man.

The 2018 Strickland Stakes was won by Material Man from Pounamu and Gatting.