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The Kennedy Cantala – briefly known as the Kennedy Mile and previously known as the Emirates Stakes / Longines Mile / Cantala Stakes – is Melbourne’s richest 1600m race for the spring with $1.5 million prize money. This Group 1 race – briefly called the Longines Mile for sponsorship purposes – is a quality handicap raced at Flemington on the first day of the Melbourne Cup Racing Carnival.

The event runs on Victoria Derby Day on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, which takes place on the first Tuesday of November, along with three other Group 1 races.

The Kennedy Cantala shares a race program with the: Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) for three-year-old stayers, the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) for three-year-old sprinters and the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) for fillies and mares.

The Kennedy Cantala was previously known as the Emirates Stakes and run over the mile on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The new-look Emirates Stakes race is now run as the Mackinnon Stakes, contested over 2000m on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup, while the old Emirates Stakes is now the Kennedy Cantala run over 1600m on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day.

The 2020 Kennedy Cantala ran on Saturday October 31, 2020 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Yulong Prince.

Kennedy Cantala 2020
Date:	Saturday October 31, 2020
Racecourse:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Open Quality
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1,500,000

2020 Kennedy Cantala Results

• 1st: #5 Yulong Prince
• 2nd: #7 Cascadian
• 3rd: #9 Rock

Click here to read more on the upset win by Yulong Prince in the 2020 Kennedy Cantala results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane		11	55kg		$10
	2	7	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	0.2L	14	54.5kg		$15
	3	9	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Michael Poy (a)	0.7L	2	54kg		$8.50
	4	12	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Daniel Moor	1.45L	15	53kg		$21
	5	1	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	John Allen	1.65L	12	58kg		$16
	6	3	OLMEDO (FR)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2.65L	16	56kg		$31
	7	8	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jye McNeil	2.95L	1	54kg		$31
	8	10	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	3.15L	9	54kg		$101
	9	15	NONCONFORMIST	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	3.25L	8	53kg (cd 53.5kg)		$8
	10	6	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Ben Melham	3.75L	10	54.5kg (cd 55kg)		$21
	11	4	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	4.5L	6	55kg		$9
	12	16	KING’S LEGACY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Glen Boss	4.7L	5	51kg		$18
	13	2	MR QUICKIE	Phillip Stokes	Jamie Kah	4.8L	13	58kg		$6.50F
	14	14	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	5L	3	53kg		$20
	15	13	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Craig Williams	5.1L	7	53kg		$7.50
	16	11	THE VELVET KING	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	6.6L	4	53.5kg		$26
		19e	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	Matthew Williams	Kerrin McEvoy		0
		20e	RELOADED	Chris Waller	Michael Dee		0
		17e	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall		0
		18e	JUNIPAL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Kennedy Cantala Odds

Kennedy Cantala odds open around late October when early entries for the Group 1 mile sprint on Derby Day are first taken.

The season’s latest Kennedy Cantala 2020 Odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as available.

Kennedy Cantala Field

The Kennedy Cantala field is normally comprised of the horses from the Group 2 Crystal Mile (1600m) run at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day the weekend before and graduates of the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) run at Caulfield at the start of October on Caulfield Guineas Day. Fierce Impact (2019) was the last galloper to complete the Toorak Handicap – Kennedy Cantala double in a single season.

The official Kennedy Cantala 2020 Final Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Victoria Derby Day, the full list of milers to be published in full below once announced.

The 2020 Kennedy Cantala Stakes field features a capacity line-up of gallopers led in betting by the Phillip Stokes-trained Mr Quickie (16) drawn wide and coming off a win in the Toorak Handicap.

Click here to read more on the key fancies in the 2020 Kennedy Cantala field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	256x411x83	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	John Allen	15	58kg		112
2	02x902x271	MR QUICKIE	Phillip Stokes	Jamie Kah	16	58kg		112
3	x420142x8x	OLMEDO (FR)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	20	56kg		108
4	x7410x8191	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	8	55kg		106
5	7207523×24	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	14	55kg		106
6	3x60434x30	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Ben Melham	13	54.5kg		105
7	25319×4408	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	18	54.5kg		105
8	x0x470x110	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jye McNeil	1	54kg		104
9	1150x3x517	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Michael Poy (a)	2	54kg		104
10	210×270509	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	11	54kg		104
11	360x2223x7	THE VELVET KING	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	4	53.5kg		103
12	3x63x23042	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Daniel Moor	19	53kg		101
13	11x0x11x22	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Craig Williams	9	53kg		101
14	010x040x36	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	3	53kg		102
15	331121×371	NONCONFORMIST	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	10	53kg		101
16	15x911x739	KING’S LEGACY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Glen Boss	6	51kg		105
17e	x381567450	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	12	53kg		101
18e	31037×3119	JUNIPAL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	17	53kg		100
19e	2x3314x364	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	Matthew Williams	Kerrin McEvoy	7	53kg		99
20e	3x82435x35	RELOADED	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	5	53kg		98

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Kennedy Cantala Nominations

The early Kennedy Cantala Nominations close on an October in late October, a few days after the running of the Caulfield Cup, and will be available below once released by Racing Victoria.

Upset Toorak Handicap winner Mr Quickie and last year’s champion Fierce Impact are among the 52 milers nominated for this year’s Kennedy Cantala Stakes 2020.

Click here to read more on the key 2020 Kennedy Cantala Stakes nominations. 

Kennedy Cantala Prize Money

In 2020 the prizemoney for the Kennedy Cantala was cut from $2 million in 2019 down to $1.5 million.

• 1^st – $900,000
• 2^nd – $270,000
• 3^rd – $135,000
• 4^th – $67,500
• 5^th – $37,500
• 6^th – $30,000
• 7^th – $30,000
• 8^th – $30,000

Kennedy Cantala Form Guide

If you are serious about your betting, you will need a good Kennedy Cantala Form Guide to help in your analysis of the runners. Follow the link to our dedicated page that gives you a run down on the Kenendy Cantala form guide, how to read the information provided in the guide and where to go for the best Kennedy Cantala form guide each season.

Kennedy Cantala Betting

Kennedy Cantala betting is always hugely popular as the race runs on the opening Melbourne Cup Carnival meeting and features a star-studded field of milers and past Group 1 winners. Check out our dedicated Kennedy Cantala betting page for everything to do with enjoying a punt on the two million dollar feature including tips for the Kennedy Cantala Trifecta.

Kennedy Cantala Winners

Check out our dedicated Kennedy Cantala Results page for a full list of the past Kennedy Cantala winners.