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Some elite 2yos have used the Chairman’s Stakes run at Caulfield on Saturday to go onto better things.

Extreme Choice had it as part of his Blue Diamond lead up so is the 2020 Chairman's Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday another guide?

2020 Chairman's Stakes: Nominations

2020 CHAIRMAN'S STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Chairman's Stakes is a Group 3 race for two year olds conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield.

The Chairman's Stakes was first run in 1990 and was won by Wrap Around. It has been conducted at both the MRC race courses Caulfield and Sandown.

The Chairman's Stakes is run over 1000m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions. It was worth $160,000 in 2020.

It was a Listed race until 2014, then Group 3 after that.

The race has changed between 1000m through to 1200m through various date changes.

It was originally named after the grand filly Bounding Away but has had multiple sponsors name since.

The Chairman's Stakes is a lead up to the Blue Diamond Stakes.

Redoute's Choice famously won this race then won the Blue Diamond a week later. Extreme Choice also won a Diamond and Crystal Lily would go on to win the Golden Slipper instead.

Under the name Subscribe, the horse best known as Vengeance Of Rain won this in 2003. He would go on to be Hong Kong champion.

Loving Gaby would place in the ATC Sires and Champagne Stakes after her win I 2019 and then as a 3yo win the G1 Manikato Stakes as well.

Notable winners of the Chairman's Stakes include Wrap Around (1990), Tennessee Mist (1992), Redoute's Choice (1999), Road To Success (2000), Yell (2002), Subscribe (Vengeance Of Rain) (2003), Headway (2009), Crystal Lily (2010), Extreme Choice (2016) and Loving Gaby (2019).

The 2019 Chairman's Stakes was won by Loving Gaby from Bella Rosa and Lanigera.