Peter Moody’s King’s Rose will attempt to continue her impressive spring carnival performance when she competes in the $3 million Cox Plate tomorrow October 22, 2011.
King’s Rose has blossomed since being transferred from New Zealand to Moody’s Caulfield stables and has proven herself over…
Held at Caulfield Racecourse in August, the Group 2 Memsie Stakes is a weight-for-age race which offers $200,000 in prize money. The 1400m event is held two weeks before the Group One Manikato Stakes and is a great lead up race to the event.
Raced on the same day as the Group Three H.D.F. McNeil Stakes, the Memsie Stakes has also produced some outstanding Cox Plate winners including El Segundo (2006), Makybe Diva (2005), Sunline (2001-01) and Dane Ripper (1998).
| Memsie Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | August |
| Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group Two |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
First won by Veneda in 1899, the Memsie Stakes has had several multiple winners of the race including the four time race champion Lord from 1958-61. Eurythmic (1920-22) and Ajax (1038-40) have won the race three consecutive times each while there have been several double winners including Heroic (1925-26), Waltzing Lily (1933-34), Comic Court (1949-50), Coppice (1954-55), Yangtze (1965-66) and Sunline (2000-01).
The fastest winning time was recorded in 1998 by Dane Ripper with a finishing time of 1 minute 22.8 seconds. The slowest time was recorded by Red Tempo in 1983 with 1 minute 31.4 seconds.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Memsie Stakes |
1st | So You Think | 1 minute 26.68 seconds |
| 2nd | Whobegotyou | ||
| 3rd | Shoot Out | ||
| 2009 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Mic Mac | 1 minute 24.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Whobegotyou | ||
| 3rd | Zarita | ||
| 2008 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Weekend Hussler | 1 minute 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Maldivian | ||
| 3rd | Pompeii Ruler | ||
| 2007 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Miss Finland | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Haradasun | ||
| 3rd | Tipungwuti | ||
| 2006 Memsie Stakes |
1st | El Segundo | 1 minute 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Casual Pass | ||
| 3rd | Apache Cat | ||
| 2005 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Makybe Diva | 1 minute 26.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Barely A Moment | ||
| 3rd | Regal Roller | ||
| 2004 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Regal Roller | 1 minute 23 seconds |
| 2nd | Pacific Dancer | ||
| 3rd | Delzao | ||
| 2003 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Le Zagaletta | 1 minute 25.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Super Elegant | ||
| 3rd | Out Of Options | ||
| 2002 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Magical Miss | 1 minute 24 seconds |
| 2nd | Fields Of Omagh | ||
| 3rd | Dash For Cash | ||
| 2001 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Sunline | 1 minute 25.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Piavonic | ||
| 3rd | Rum | ||
| 2000 Memsie Stakes |
1st | Sunline | 1 minute 25.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Umrum | ||
| 3rd | Oliver Twist | ||
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