The Canterbury Stakes is an

Australian Turf Club Australian Turf Club (ATC) owns and operates thoroughbred racing, events and hospitality venues across Sydney, Australia. The ATC came into being on 7 February 2011 when the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) and the Sydney Turf Club (STC) merged. The ...

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Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

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for horses aged three years old and upwards at weight for age, over a distance of 1300 metres, held annually at

Randwick Racecourse Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney ra ...

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in March.

History

Lough Neagh 1935 Tatts Tramway Handicap Jockey Fred Shean Trainer Tim Brosnan

San Domenico 1949 AJC Challenge Stakes Jockey Arthur Ward Trainer Ray Formosa

The race was always run at

Canterbury Park Racecourse Canterbury Park Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11 km (7 mi) from the Sydney Central Business District, in King Street in the suburb of Canterbury, adjacent to Canterbur ...

, but after the

Australian Jockey Club Australian Turf Club (ATC) owns and operates thoroughbred racing, events and hospitality venues across Sydney, Australia. The ATC came into being on 7 February 2011 when the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) and the Sydney Turf Club (STC) merged. The ...

and the Sydney Turf Club merged, the new club implemented major program changes and moved to Rosehill. Since 2014 the event has been held at

Distance

*1929–1972 - 6

furlongs A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hors ...

(~1200 metres) *1973–2003 - 1200 metres *2004–2007 - 1300 metres *2008 - 1550 metres *2008 onwards - 1300 metres

Grade

*1929–1978 - Principal race *1979–2012 -

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race * 2013 onwards - Group 1

Venue

* 1929–1996 -

* 1997–1999 -

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Australian Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass su ...

* 2000–2003 -

* 2004–2007 -

* 2008 -

* 2009–2013 -

* 2014 onwards -

1932 racebook

File:1932 STC CANTERBURY STAKES RACEBOOK P1.jpg, Front cover of the 1932 STC Canterbury Stakes racebook File:1932 STC CANTERBURY STAKES RACEBOOK P2.jpg, 1932 racebook showing race conditions & winner - Holdfast (3rd time) File:1932 STC CANTERBURY STAKES RACEBOOK P3.jpg, 1932 STC Canterbury Stakes racebook

Gallery of noted winners

File:Gold Rod 1936 VRC Sires Produce Stakes Flemington Racecourse Jockey Jack Pratt Trainer George Price.jpg,

Gold Rod Gold Rod was a New Zealand bred chestnut thoroughbred stallion who raced in Australia from a two-year-old to a six-year-old recording 16 wins from 5 furlongs to 1¾ miles with Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Maurice McCarten being ...

, 1938 winner. File:Yaralla 1940 AJC Breeders Plate Randwick Racecourse Jockey Ted McMenamin Trainer Fred Cush.jpg, Yaralla, 1942 winner.

Winners

* 2022 - Forbidden Love * 2021 - Mizzy * 2020 - The Bostonian * 2019 -

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* 2018 - Happy Clapper * 2017 - Le Romain * 2016 - Holler * 2015 - Cosmic Endeavour * 2014 - Appearance * 2013 - Pierro * 2012 -

More Joyous More Joyous (foaled 20 August 2006) is an Australian trained and New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racemare, trained by Gai Waterhouse, who has won eight Group 1 races. Pedigree More Joyous is by the leading Southern Halo sire More Than Ready, an ...

* 2011 -

* 2010 - Hot Danish * 2009 - All Silent * 2008 - Mentality * 2007 - Malcolm * 2006 - Paratroopers * 2005 - Dance Hero * 2004 - Yell * 2003 - Defier * 2002 - Empire * 2001 -

Shogun Lodge Shogun Lodge (25 September 1996 – 8 November 2003) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse by American sire Grand Lodge. Shogun Lodge won three Group One races, and remarkably ran 2nd in a further 12 Group 1 races. On 8 November 2003, Shog ...

* 2000 - Easy Rocking * 1999 - Kidman’s Cove * 1998 - Quick Flick * 1997 -

All Our Mob All Our Mob (foaled 1989) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was a four-time Group One winner. He was by What A Guest (IRE) out of All Sold (Northern Spring (IRE)-Tickets). All Our Mob, who had always shown plenty of speed but a t ...

* 1996 - Sprint By * 1995 - Miss Kariba * 1994 - Al Akbar * 1993 - Big Dreams * 1992 - Alishan * 1991 - Show County * 1990 - Straussbrook * 1989 - At Sea * 1988 - At Sea * 1987 -

Placid Ark Placid Ark (1983-1988) was an Australian thoroughbred foaled in Western Australia. His sire Arkenstone was a winning son of the Western Australian champion sire Zvornik and his dam was Northern Queen a mare bred in South Australia by the United ...

* 1986 - Avon Angel * 1985 - Chimes Square * 1984 - Sir Dapper * 1983 -

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* 1982 -

Manikato Manikato (1975–1984) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He established new track records in three races and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. Manikato was the second Australi ...

* 1981 - Turf Ruler * 1980 - Stage Hit * 1979 - Bernard * 1978 - †race not held * 1977 - Romantic Dream * 1976 - Hartshill * 1975 - Leica Show * 1974 - Favoured * 1973 - I’m Scarlet * 1972 - Playbill * 1971 -

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* 1970 - Broker’s Tip * 1969 - Fair Law * 1968 - Cabochon * 1967 - Prince Max * 1966 - Academy Star * 1965 - Aureo * 1964 - Eskimo Prince * 1963 - Kevejon * 1962 - Sky High * 1961 - Sky High * 1960 - Wanton Lass * 1959 - Up and Coming * 1958 - ‡race not held * 1957 - Prince Jambo * 1956 - Starover * 1955 - Star Realm * 1954 - Iroquois * 1953 - Regoli * 1952 - Joy Lad * 1951 - San Domenico * 1950 - San Domenico * 1949 - Bernbrook * 1948 - Gay Monarch * 1947 - Shannon * 1946 - Good Idea * 1945 - Sleepy Fox * 1944 - Tea Rose * 1943 - Katanga * 1942 - Yaralla * 1941 - Reading * 1940 - Beaulivre * 1939 -

Beau Vite Beau Vite was a New Zealand-bred brown Thoroughbred Stallion, who developed into a grand stayer performing in New Zealand and Australia and raced from a two-year-old to a five-year-old on wet or dry tracks recording 31 wins from 5 furlongs to ...

* 1938 -

* 1937 - The Marne * 1936 - Arachne * 1935 - Bulldozer * 1934 -

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* 1933 -

Chatham Chatham may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Chatham Islands (British Columbia) * Chatham Sound, British Columbia * Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi * Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...

* 1932 - Holdfast * 1931 - Holdfast * 1930 - Holdfast * 1929 -

Amounis Amounis was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs (1,200 to 2,400 metres). Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" (equivalent to today's Group races or "Black Type" ra ...

† Change in scheduling of race from spring to autumn
‡ Meeting abandoned Notes: * 2021 Mizzy promoted as winner after disqualification of

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for positive swab.

External links

First three placegetters Canterbury Stakes (ATC)

References

{{reflist, 2 Group 1 stakes races in Australia