The Turnbull Stakes is a

Victoria Racing Club The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual "race that stops a nation", the Melbourne Cup ...

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horse race, for horses four years old and older, run under

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with penalties conditions over a distance of 2,000 metres. The race is held at

Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. The racecou ...

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in early October. Total prize money is A$1,000,000.

History

It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival and is considered a major preparatory race for the

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W S Cox Plate The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Mo ...

and for the

Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbou ...

Name

In 1948 the race was renamed after the Victoria Racing Club Chairman at the time Richard Turnbull. The race has featured in the VRC Spring meet under different names. *1865–1894 - Royal Park Stakes *1895–1897 - September Stakes *1898–1936 - October Stakes *1937–1947 - Melbourne Stakes *1948–1999 - Turnbull Stakes *2000–2001 - Four'n Twenty Turnbull Stakes *2002–2007 - Turnbull Stakes *2008 - Patinack Turnbull Stakes *2009–2014 - Turnbull Stakes *2015–2016 - Yellowglen Turnbull Stakes *2017 Seppelt Turnbull Stakes *2018 onwards - TAB Turnbull Stakes

Grade

*1865–1978 - Principal Race *1979–2005 - Group 2 *2006 onwards - Group 1

Distance

* 1865–1883 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) * 1884 - 1 miles (~2800 metres) * 1885–1890 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) * 1891 - 1 miles (~2600 metres) * 1892–1894 - 1 miles (~2400 metres) * 1895–1915 - 1 miles (~2000 metres) * 1915–1922 - 1 miles (~2400 metres) * 1923 - 1 miles (~2000 metres) * 1924 - 1 miles (~1800 metres) * 1925–1947 - 1 mile (~1600m) * 1948–1970 - 1 miles (~2400 metres) * 1971 - 1 miles (~2000 metres) * 1972 onwards - 2000m

Conditions

* From 1864 to 1963 the race was run under Handicap conditions. * From 1964 to 1970 the race was run under

Weight for Age {{use dmy dates, date=October 2022 Weight for Age (WFA) is a term in thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. History The principle of WFA was developed by Admiral Rous, a handicapper with the English Jockey Club. Rou ...

conditions.

Gallery of noted winners

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, 1938,1940 winner. File:Lavendo 1915 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey Frank Dempsey Trainer Lou Robertson.jpg, Lavendo, 1915 winner File:Comic Court (AUS).jpg,

Comic Court Comic Court (1945–1973) was a most versatile post-war Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who set race records at distances of 6 furlongs (1,200 metres) and 2 miles (3,200 metres). He won the 1950 Melbourne Cup carrying and set an Australa ...

, 1949 & 1950 winner. File:Eurythmic racehorse with jockey ca. 1920..jpg, alt=Eurythmic (horse), Eurythmic, 1920 winner.

Winners

* 2022 - Smokin' Romans * 2021 -

Incentivise Incentivise (foaled 22 October 2016) is a multiple Group One winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse. Background Incentivise was homebred by his owner and original trainer Steve Tregea at his Windermere Stud property in the Darling Downs of ...

*2020 -

Verry Elleegant Verry Elleegant (foaled 12 October 2015) is a New Zealand-bred Australian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse that has won 11 Group One races. She was crowned the 2020/2021 Australian Racehorse of the Year, and was the winner of the 2021 Melbourne ...

*2019 - Kings Will Dream *2018 - Winx *2017 - Winx *2016 -

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*2015 - Preferment *2014 - Lucia Valentina *2013 - Happy Trails *2012 -

Green Moon Green Moon is a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ireland and trained in Australia, and owned by Australian businessman Lloyd Williams. He won the 2012 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Brett Prebble and trained by Robert Hickmott. The horse was originall ...

*2011 - December Draw *2010 - Zipping *2009 - Efficient *2008 - Littorio *2007 - Devil Moon *2006 - Sphenophyta *2005 - Makybe Diva *2004 -

Elvstroem Elvstroem (foaled 14 November 2000 in Australia) was a bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold. Dam Circles of Gold, is a 1991 chestnut mare by the Australasi ...

*2003 - Studebaker *2002 -

Northerly Northerly (17 October 1996 – 9 May 2012) was an Australian racehorse who is considered arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kers ...

*2001 - Sunline *2000 - Fairway *1999 - Sky Heights *1998 - Aerosmith *1997 - Marble Halls *1996 -

Doriemus Doriemus (17 November 1990 – 11 January 2015) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who began his career in New Zealand and rose to prominence in Australia by winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1995. He was the eighth of just nine horses to ...

*1995 -

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 ...

*1994 - Redding *1993 - The Phantom Chance *1992 - Naturalism *1991 -

Let's Elope Let's Elope (20 November 1987 – 11 September 2016) was a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse in Australia. Background Bred by Highview Stud in Hamilton, New Zealand, Let's Elope was a giant chestnut mare who in 1991 became the first mare in ...

*1990 - Better Loosen Up *1989 - Super Impose *1988 -

Vo Rogue Vo Rogue (12 Nov 1983 - 7 May 2012) was an Australian Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by American-bred Ivor Prince whose racing career ended from injury after just two starts. Ivor Prince was a son of the British cham ...

*1987 -

*1986 - Just Now *1985 - Lacka Reason *1984 - Al Dwain *1983 - Chez Nous *1982 - Birchwood *1981 - No Peer *1980 - Amarla *1979 -

Dulcify Dulcify (14 October 1975– 6 November 1979) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies (GB), a grandson of Pharis (FR), the very important French sire whom ''Thoroughb ...

*1978 - Lefroy *1977 - Salamander *1976 - Denise's Joy *1975 - Analight *1974 - Leilani *1973 - Australasia *1972 - Sharif *1971 - Igloo *1970 - Arctic Symbol *1969 - Fileur *1968 -

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*1967 - Star Belle *1966 -

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*1965 - Craftsman *1964 - Sir Dane *1963 - Sometime *1962 - Aquanita *1961 - Blue Lodge *1960 - Aircraft *1959 - Mac *1958 - Pandie Sun *1957 - Syntax *1956 - Pushover *1955 -

Redcraze Redcraze (born 1950) was a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who raced both in Australia and New Zealand, winning major races in both countries. A chestnut son of the Hyperion stallion Red Mars from the mare Myarion he is consider ...

*1954 -

Rising Fast Rising Fast (1949 - 1978) was a champion New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to complete the Spring Grand Slam, winning the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, and Cox Plate in 1954. He also won the 1955 Caulfield Cup and c ...

*1953 - Petrograd *1952 - Aldershot *1951 - Morse Code *1950 -

*1949 -

*1948 - Beau Gem *1947 - Sea Monarch *1946 -

Bernborough Bernborough (1939–1960) was an outstanding Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed from 1941 to 1946. He carried heavy weights in 15 consecutive wins that included the Doomben 10,000 while carrying 10 stone 5 pounds. Bernborough w ...

*1945 - Lawrence *1944 - Counsel *1943 - Amana *1942 - Great Britain *1941 - Panka *1940 -

*1939 - Manrico *1938 -

*1937 - John Wilkes *1936 - Prince Quex *1935 - Cardinal *1934 -

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*1933 - Middle Watch *1932 - Viol D'Amour *1931 - Viol D'Amour *1930 -

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 ...

*1929 - High Syce *1928 - Highland *1927 - Royal Charter *1926 -

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*1925 - Fujisan *1924 - Whittier *1923 - Whittier *1922 - Tangalooma *1921 - Tangalooma *1920 - Eurythmic *1919 - Night Watch *1918 - King Offa *1917 - Lanius *1916 - Greencap *1915 - Lavendo *1914 - Aleconner *1913 - Mountain Princess *1912 - Lady Medallist *1911 - Flavian *1910 - Captain White *1909 - Iolaire *1908 - Pink 'Un *1907 - Subterranean *1906 - Ellis *1905 - Gladsome *1904 - Gladsome *1903 - Wakeful *1902 - Strata Florida *1901 - Haymaker *1900 - Hautboy *1899 - Mora *1898 - Bobadil *1897 - Ayrshire *1896 - Resolute *1895 - Hova *1894 - Fortunatus *1893 - Vakeel *1892 - Donation *1891 - Marvel *1890 - Megaphone *1889 - Prince Consort *1888 - Mentor *1887 - Carlyon *1886 - Trenton *1885 - Trenton *1884 - David *1883 - Legrand *1882 - Darebin *1881 - Sweetmeat *1880 - Progress *1879 - First King *1878 - Warlock *1877 - Robinson Crusoe *1876 - Tocal *1875 - Robin Hood *1874 - Dagworth *1873 -

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*1872 - King Of The Ring *1871 - Warrior *1870 - Tim Whiffler *1869 - Peeress *1868 -

The Barb The Barb (1863–1888) was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, famed for winning the 1866 Melbourne Cup, the Sydney Cup twice, and other quality races. He was bred by George Lee and foaled in 1863 at Leeholme, near Bathurst, New Sou ...

*1867 - Warwick *1866 - Volunteer *1865 - The Sign

References

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