Turnbull Stakes
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History
The Turnbull Stakes is a Group 1 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for open class horses at Flemington conducted by the Victoria Racing Club.
The Turnbull Stakes is run over 2000m. It was first run in 1865 and was won by The Sign.
The Turnbull Stakes was known under various names until 1948 then was renamed after the Chairman of the VRC.
It was as much as a two mile race in the 1800s and as short as one mile between the wars. From 1971 onwards it was at the 2000m.
The Turnbull Stakes was a Principal Race until graded at Group 2 then is now rated a Group 1.
There was a delay to that because of the issue of Set Weights and Penalty conditions however that was overlooked from 2010 onwards.
Hartnell beat the subsequent Caulfield Cup winner Jameka by over three lengths and then himself was beaten eight lengths to Winx in the Cox Plate.
It wasn't a race for northern trained horses until recently. Verry Elleegant ('20), Kings Will Dream ('19), Winx ('18 & '17), Hartnell ('16), Preferment ('15), Lucia Valentina ('14) joined Studebaker ('03), Fairway ('00) & All Our Mob ('95) as the NSW trained winners in 30 years.
Kings Will Dream broke his pelvis in Winx last Cox Plate win and less than 12 months later he won the Turnbull. Chris Waller then trained the trifecta in 2020.
Feature Cups form has a very good record here, especially the Caulfield Cup. Verry Elleegant would win a classic Caulfield Cup in 2020 after winning at Flemington.
Incentivise was in the middle of a great Spring winning the Makybe Diva, Turnbull and Caulfield Cup before running into a champ in the Melbourne Cup.
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip came from a long way back to blow the field away in 2023.
The Turnbull Stakes was worth $750,000 in 2023.
Notable winners of the Turnbull Stakes include Gold Trip (2023), Incentivise (2021), Verry Elleegant (2020), Winx (2017/2018), Hartnell (2016), Preferment (2015), Green Moon (2012), Zipping (2010), Efficient (2009), Makybe Diva (2005), Elvstroem (2004), Northerly (2002), Sunline (2001), Doriemus (1996), Naturalism (1992), Let's Elope (1991), Better Loosen Up (1990), Super Impose (1989), Vo Rogue (1987/1988), Dulcify (1979), Leilani (1974), Galilee (1968), Tobin Bronze (1966), Aquanita (1962), Redcraze (1955), Rising Fast (1954), Comic Court (1949/1950), Bernborough (1946), Ajax (1938/1940), Hall Mark (1934), Amounis (1930), Manfred (1926), Wakeful (1903) and The Barb (1868).
The 2023 Turnbull Stakes was won by Gold Trip from West Wind Blows and Soulcombe.
Previous Turnbull Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GOLD TRIP
(FR)
6H OUTSTRIP (GB) - SARVANA (FR) DUBAI DESTINATION (USA) |
M J ZAHRA | 58.0 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 16 |
|
SMOKIN' ROMANS
(NZ)
6G GHIBELLINES (AUS) - INFERNO (NZ) YAMANIN VITAL (NZ) |
ETHAN BROWN | 55.5 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 5 |
|
INCENTIVISE
(AUS)
5G SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - MISS ARGYLE (AUS) IGLESIA (AUS) |
B PREBBLE | 57.5 | PETER G MOODY | 6 |
|
VERRY ELLEEGANT
(NZ)
5M ZED (NZ) - OPULENCE (NZ) DANROAD (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 55.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 9 |
|
KINGS WILL DREAM
(IRE)
5G CASAMENTO (IRE) - ROAD HARBOUR (USA) RODRIGO DE TRIANO (USA) |
JYE MCNEIL | 54.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 3 |
|
WINX
(AUS)
7M STREET CRY (IRE) - VEGAS SHOWGIRL (NZ) AL AKBAR (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 8 |
|
WINX
(AUS)
6M STREET CRY (IRE) - VEGAS SHOWGIRL (NZ) AL AKBAR (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 2 |
|
HARTNELL
(GB)
5G AUTHORIZED (IRE) - DEBONNAIRE (GB) ANABAA (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 57.5 | JOHN O'SHEA | 3 |
|
PREFERMENT
(NZ)
4H ZABEEL (NZ) - BETTER ALTERNATIVE (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 9 |
|
LUCIA VALENTINA
(NZ)
4M SAVABEEL (AUS) - STARYN GLENN (NZ) MONTJEU (IRE) |
K MCEVOY | 53.5 | KRIS LEES | 5 |
|
HAPPY TRAILS
(AUS)
6G GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - MADAME FLURRY (AUS) PERUGINO (USA) |
D DUNN | 57.5 | PAUL BESHARA | 5 |
|
GREEN MOON
(IRE)
5H MONTJEU (IRE) - GREEN NOON (FR) GREEN TUNE (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.5 | ROBERT HICKMOTT | 8 |
|
DECEMBER DRAW
(IRE)
5G MEDECIS (GB) - NEW YORK (IRE) DANZERO (AUS) |
M RODD | 54.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 7 |
|
ZIPPING
(AUS)
9G DANEHILL (USA) - SOCIAL SCENE (IRE) GRAND LODGE (USA) |
NICHOLAS HALL | 59.0 | ROBERT HICKMOTT | 6 |
|
EFFICIENT
(NZ)
6G ZABEEL (NZ) - REFUSED THE DANCE (NZ) DEFENSIVE PLAY (USA) |
NICHOLAS HALL | 57.5 | JOHN SADLER | 8 |
|
LITTORIO
(AUS)
4G BELLOTTO (USA) - OUR CENTASEA (AUS) CENTAINE (AUS) |
STEVEN KING | 53.0 | NIGEL BLACKISTON | 4 |
|
DEVIL MOON
(AUS)
4M KING CUGAT (USA) - CLASSY BABE (NZ) MASTERCLASS (USA) |
C W BROWN | 54.0 | MARK KAVANAGH | 8 |
|
SPHENOPHYTA
(NZ)
6G GROOM DANCER (USA) - BALLERMOSS (NZ) LORD BALLINA (AUS) |
D NIKOLIC | 56.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 2 |
|
MAKYBE DIVA
(GB)
6M DESERT KING (IRE) - TUGELA (USA) RIVERMAN (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 56.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 16 |
|
ELVSTROEM
(AUS)
4H DANEHILL (USA) - CIRCLES OF GOLD (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
N RAWILLER | 57.5 | TONY VASIL | 2 |
|
STUDEBAKER
(NZ)
4G LORD BALLINA (AUS) - CENTURIA (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS) |
S BASTER | 54.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 13 |
|
NORTHERLY
(AUS)
6G SERHEED (USA) - NORTH BELL (AUS) BELLWATER (FR) |
G CHILDS | 59.0 | FRED KERSLEY | 1 |
|
SUNLINE
(NZ)
6M DESERT SUN (GB) - SONGLINE (NZ) WESTERN SYMPHONY (USA) |
G CHILDS | 56.5 | TREVOR MCKEE | 12 |
|
FAIRWAY
(AUS)
4G DANZERO (AUS) - OUR CADDY (NZ) COCKY GOLFER (USA) |
D BEADMAN | 57.5 | JACK DENHAM | 4 |
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