Horse Racing

The 1600m Angus Armanasco Stakes is a Group 2 race for fillies aged 3 years old. Held at Caulfield Racecourse in February, the Angus Armanasco Stakes is worth $175,000 in prize money and attracts a lot of top quality fillies.

The Angus Armanasco Stakes is run at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Stakes Day during the start of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival. Also featured on the same race day are three Group 1 races, including the feature Blue Diamond Stakes, four Group 2 races and one Group 3 race.

Many of the runners in the field will come via the Group 2 Vanity Stakes (1400m) or the Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1500m).

Named after the Australian Racing Hall of Fame horse trainer, Angus Armanasco, the Stakes is the ideal lead-up race to the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) held at Flemington.

The Angus Armanasco Stakes 2012 will be run on Saturday February 25, 2012.

Angus Armanasco Stakes History

The first recorded winner of the Angus Armanasco Stakes was Better Draw in 1976. Since then the race has undergone several name changes from the Tranquil Star Stakes, The Dalgety Stakes, The Inglis Premier Sale Stakes, The Jewel Stakes and then in 1996 it became the Angus Armanasco Stakes.

The race has switched between 1400m and 1600m and was a Principal race until 1980 when it became a Group 3 race. In 2000 the Angus Armanasco Stakes was elevated to Group 2 status.

Since 1998, the fastest winning time recorded was by Serenade Rose in 2006 with 1 minute 34.8 seconds. The slowest recorded winning time was 1 minute 38.6 seconds by Special Harmony in 2004.

Recent Angus Armanasco Stakes Winners