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Some G1 winning mares have been part of the Race History of the Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes run at Caulfield on Saturday.

Beaded was such an honest mare and won this race. Will another mare show those skills in the 2020 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday?

2020 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes: Nominations

2020 GEOFFREY BELLMAINE STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes is a Group 3 race for the four year old and up mares conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield.

The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes was first run in 1995 and was won by Bondi.

The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes is run over 1200m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions. It was worth $160,000 in 2020.

It used to be known as the Hyderabad Race Club Plate but changed names in 2012. It was a Listed race to 2006 then Group 3 after that.

Silent Sedition was beaten a nose first up in 2017 and after that had a great prep beaten another nose in the Coolmore Classic and close up in the Queen Of The Turf with a win in the G1 William Reid Stakes in between.

Notable winners of the Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes include Skewiff (2003), Glamour Puss (2005), Coniston Gem (2007), Velocitea (2010), Beaded (2011), Tycoon Tara (2015) and Prussian Vixen (2017/2018).

The 2019 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes was won by Princess Of Queens from Fuhryk and I Am A Star.