The Might and Power, registered as the Caulfield Stakes is a

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horse race run under

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conditions, for three-year-olds and upwards, run over a distance of 2,000 metres at

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. Prizemoney is A$1,000,000.

History

The race is held annually in October on

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day, the first day of the MRC Spring Carnival. The conditions of the race in regard to distance and WFA is similar to the W. S. Cox Plate, held a fortnight after the Caulfield Stakes, and many Cox Plate contenders will use this race as a preparatory race. During

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the race was run at

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Gothic 1928 VATC Caulfield Stakes Jockey Jim Pike Trainer Lou Robertson

Tranquil Star 1946 Olympic Park Melbourne Farewell Jockey Scobie Breasley Trainer Ron Cameron

Lavendo 1915 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey Frank Dempsey Trainer Lou Robertson

The 2016 edition of the race attracted only three entries, the smallest ever G1 race in Australia with champion mare Winx scaring off potential rivals. In 2021 the race was renamed The Might and Power to honour the 1997

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and

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winner who won this race back in 1998.

Name

*1886–1996 - Caulfield Stakes *1997–2010 - Yalumba Stakes *2011–2015 - Caulfield Stakes *2016–2019 - Ladbrokes Stakes *2020 - Neds Stakes *2021 onwards - Neds Might and Power Stakes

Distance

*1886–1887 - 1 miles (~1800 metres) *1888 - 1 miles (~2000 metres) *1889–1967 - 1 miles (~1800 metres) *1968–1971 - 1 miles (~2000 metres) *1972 onwards - 2000 metres

Grade

*1886–1978 - Principal Race *1979 onwards - Group 1

Double winners

Thoroughbreds that have won the Caulfield Stakes – W. S. Cox Plate double: * Tranquil Star (1942), Rising Fast (1954), Kingston Town (1981-2), Bonecrusher (1986), Might and Power (1998), Northerly (2001), So You Think (2010), Ocean Park (2012), Winx (2016) Thoroughbreds that have won the Caulfield Stakes –

double: *

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(1920), High Syce (1929), Amounis (1930), Tranquil Star (1942), Rising Fast (1954),

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(1956), Sometime (1963), How Now (1976), Sydeston (1990)

1922 racebook

File:1922 VATC Caulfield Guineas Racebook P1.jpg, 1922 VATC Caulfield Stakes racebook front cover File:1922 VATC Caulfield Guineas Racebook P2.jpg, 1922 VATC Caulfield Stakes officials & visitor notices File:1922 VATC Caulfield Stakes Racebook P1.jpg, 1922 VATC Caulfield Stakes showing the winner,

File:1922 VATC Caulfield Guineas Racebook P4.jpg, Back cover showing railway arrangements and admission fares

Gallery of noted winners

File:High Caste 1940 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate Flemington Racecourse Jockey Ted Bartle Trainer Jack Jamieson.jpg, High Caste, 1939, 1940, winner File:Rising Fast (NZ).jpg, Rising Fast, 1954 winner File:Ajax 1937 RRC Rosehill Guineas Jockey Maurice McCarten Trainer Frank Musgrave.jpg,

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, 1938 winner File:Eurythmic racehorse with jockey ca. 1920..jpg,

, 1921, 1922, 1923, winner

Winners

*2024 - Deny Knowledge *2023 - Alligator Blood *2022 -

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*2021 - Probabeel *2020 - Arcadia Queen *2019 - Cape Of Good Hope *2018 -

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*2017 - Gailo Chop *2016 - Winx *2015 - Criterion *2014 - Fawkner *2013 - Atlantic Jewel *2012 - Ocean Park *2011 - Descarado *2010 - So You Think *2009 - Whobegotyou *2008 - Douro Valley *2007 - Maldivian *2006 - Casual Pass *2005 - El Segundo *2004 - Mummify *2003 -

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*2002 -

*2001 - Northerly *2000 - Sky Heights *1999 - Northern Drake *1998 - Might And Power *1997 - Filante *1996 - Juggler *1995 - Danewin *1994 - Rough Habit *1993 - Naturalism *1992 - Castletown *1991 -

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*1990 - Sydeston *1989 - Almaarad *1988 - Sky Chase *1987 - Drought *1986 - Bonecrusher *1985 - Tristarc *1984 - Alibhai *1983 - Mr. McGinty *1982 - Kingston Town *1981 - Kingston Town *1980 - Hyperno *1979 - Mighty Kingdom *1978 - Lloyd Boy *1977 -

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*1976 - How Now *1975 - † Guest Star / Zambari *1974 - Igloo *1973 - Glengowan *1972 - Gunsynd *1971 - Gay Icarus *1970 - † Gay Poss / Arctic Symbol *1969 - Hamua *1968 - Future *1967 - Winfreux *1966 - Winfreux *1965 - Winfreux *1964 - Contempler *1963 - Sometime *1962 - Sky High *1961 - Sky High *1960 - †

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/ Dhaulagiri *1959 -

*1958 -

*1957 - Ray Ribbon *1956 -

*1955 - Prince Cortauld *1954 - Rising Fast *1953 - Flying Halo *1952 - Peshawar *1951 - Grey Boots *1950 - Comic Court *1949 - Iron Duke *1948 - De La Salle *1947 - Columnist *1946 - Bernborough *1945 - Lawrence *1944 - Lawrence *1943 - Amana *1942 - Tranquil Star *1941 - Lucrative *1940 - High Caste *1939 - High Caste *1938 -

*1937 - Charles Fox *1936 - Young Idea *1935 - Feldspar *1934 - Hall Mark *1933 - Chatham *1932 - Middle Watch *1931 - Cimbrian *1930 - Amounis *1929 - High Syce *1928 - Gothic *1927 - Royal Charter *1926 -

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*1925 - Heroic *1924 - The Hawk *1923 - Maid Of The Mist *1922 -

*1921 -

*1920 -

*1919 - Night Watch *1918 - Magpie *1917 - Lanius *1916 - Lavendo *1915 - Traquette *1914 - Anna Carlovna *1913 - Mountain Princess *1912 - Royal Scotch *1911 - Malt King *1910 - Artillerie *1909 - Artillerie *1908 - Pink 'Un *1907 - Ebullition *1906 - Solution *1905 - Torah *1904 - Gladsome *1903 - Abundance *1902 - Wakeful *1901 - Wakeful *1900 - Severity *1899 - Australian Star *1898 - The Chief *1897 - Coil *1896 - Hopscotch *1895 - Atlas *1894 - The Harvester *1893 - Brockleigh *1892 - Camoola *1891 - Marvel *1890 - The Admiral *1889 - Dreadnought *1888 - Mentor *1887 - Cranbrook *1886 - Isonomy †

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References

{{reflist, 2 Horse races in Australia Open middle distance horse races Group 1 stakes races in Australia Caulfield Racecourse Recurring sporting events established in 1948