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Many an elite sprinter highlights the Race History of the Moir Stakes run at Moonee Valley on Friday.
The champ herself Black Caviar won it twice so the 2020 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Friday has plenty to live up to.
2020 MOIR STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Moir Stakes is a Group 1 race run under Weight For Age conditions for open class sprinters at Moonee Valley conducted by the Moonee Valley Racing Club.
The Moir Stakes is run over 1000m. It was first run in 1976 and was won by Scamanda.
The Moir Stakes has always been run at Moonee Valley. It used to be run on Cox Plate day but was brought forward in 2013 to be pre-AFL Grand Final day.
It used to be run over 1000m then for seven years until 2014 went to 1200m before returning to 1000m in 2015.
The race is named after a former chairman of the MVRC AJ Moir.
From 1979 the Moir Stakes was a Group 2 but was a Group 1 in 2013.
Buffering ran in five straight Moir Stakes winning three of them and second in another.
Fillies and mares have a great record in the race winning it 9 times in the last 18 years. In fact they ran the trifecta in 2017 and had 4 of the first 5 home in 2018.
With both races at WFA at Moonee Valley, Spinning Hill, in 2002, was the last horse to do the Moir Stakes/Manikato Stakes double. The only other is Manikato himself in 1982.
In 2019 Nature Strip showed he was in top form as he ran 4th in the Everest and then won the VRC Sprint Classic.
The absolute freak Black Caviar won it twice.
The Moir Stakes was worth $1,000,000 in 2020.
Notable winners of the Moir Stakes include Nature Strip (2019), She Will Reign (2017), Extreme Choice (2016), Buffering (2012/2014/2015), Samaready (2013), Black Caviar (2010/2011), Apache Cat (2009), Miss Andretti (2007), Spinning Hill (2002), Falvelon (2000), Schillaci (1992), With Me (1990/1991), Placid Ark (1987), Special (1986) and Manikato (1982).
The 2019 Moir Stakes was won by Nature Strip from Miss Leonidas and Sunlight.
