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The Kenendy Mile – currently known as the Kennedy Cantala and previously known as the Emirates Stakes / Longines Mile / Cantala Stakes – is Melbourne’s richest 1600m race and offers $2 million in 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 Mile 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 Mile 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 Mile run over 1600m on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day.

The 2019 Kennedy Mile ran on Saturday November 2, 2019 and was won by the Matthew Smith-trained Fierce Impact. 

Kennedy Mile 2019
Date:	Saturday November 2, 2019
Racecourse:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Open Quality
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$2,000,000

2019 Kennedy Cantala Results

• 1st: #6 Fierce Impact
• 2nd: #3 Fifty Stars
• 3rd: #12 Cascadian

The Matthew Smith-trained Fierce Impact ($8) dug deep in the Kennedy Cantala 2019 Results, the last start Toorak Handicap champ defeating Fifty Stars ($10) right on the line, while the Godolphin-raced Cascadian ($12) finished a close third in a blanket trifecta.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	6	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	Matthew Smith	Craig Williams	–	14	56kg	$8
2	3	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	0.1L	3	56.5kg	$10
3	12	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Dean Yendall	0.3L	16	53.5kg	$12
4	9	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	1.55L	12	55.5kg	$31
5	1	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	James Doyle	3.3L	11	57kg	$26
6	8	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	3.4L	7	55.5kg	$7EF
7	4	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	4.15L	15	56.5kg	$21
8	10	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	4.9L	8	55.5kg	$61
9	14	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	5.1L	4	53.5kg (cd 54kg)	$7EF
10	11	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	5.3L	9	54.5kg	$21
11	16	MAHAMEDEIS	Nick Ryan	Brett Prebble	5.6L	5	53kg	$21
12	13	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	6.85L	10	53.5kg	$10
13	2	LAND OF PLENTY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ben Allen	10.1L	1	57kg	$41
14	7	CLIFF’S EDGE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	22.1L	2	55.5kg	$21
15	15	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	David Menuisier	Stephen Baster	22.3L	6	53kg	$14
16	5	ROYAL MEETING (IRE)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Dwayne Dunn	25.05L	13	56.5kg	$12
–	19e	VARIATION	Stephen Miller	–	–	0	–	–
–	20e	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Stephen Baster	–	0	–	–
–	17e	NOIRE	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	–	0	–	–
–	18e	ADMIRAL’S JOKER	Kylie Vella	Ben Thompson	–	0	–	–

Kennedy Cantala Odds

Kennedy Mile 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 Mile 2019 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 2019 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 2019 Kennedy Cantala Field attracted a capacity line-up of 16 plus four emergencies with the race favourite Fierce Impact widely drawn in gate 17 (potentially into 14). Night’s Watch ran second to Fierce Impact in the Group 1 Toorak last time out and is the danger in the rematch drawn barrier nine for trainer Chris Waller. Waller has a further two confirmed runners plus the first emergency in the Kennedy Mile 2019 field.

Read more on the Kennedy Cantala Stakes 2019 Field & Odds with Night’s Watch the new favourite.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1x5Nx73803	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	James Doyle	14	57kg	108
2	14x32460x5	LAND OF PLENTY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ben Allen	1	57kg	108
3	60110×6768	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	3	56.5kg	107
4	3x8124x033	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	19	56.5kg	107
5	11×3	ROYAL MEETING (IRE)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Dwayne Dunn	16	56.5kg	107
6	21x6720x21	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	Matthew Smith	Craig Williams	17	56kg	106
7	516×320662	CLIFF’S EDGE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	2	55.5kg	105
8	x34000x592	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	9	55.5kg	105
9	92450×1250	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	15	55.5kg	105
10	1510×50401	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	10	55.5kg	105
11	2170×46346	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	11	54.5kg	103
12	1x128x5471	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Dean Yendall	20	53.5kg	101
13	x2128x1115	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	12	53.5kg	101
14	113211×493	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	5	53.5kg	101
15	37x6306x01	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	David Menuisier	Stephen Baster	8	53kg	105
16	41650×6240	MAHAMEDEIS	Nick Ryan	Brett Prebble	6	53kg	100
17e	073447×545	NOIRE	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	13	53kg	100
18e	251821×111	ADMIRAL’S JOKER	Kylie Vella	Ben Thompson	18	53kg	100
19e	34x523x272	VARIATION	Stephen Miller	TBA	7	53kg	99
20e	0x105x0301	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Stephen Baster	4	53kg	98

2019 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.

The 2019 Kennedy Cantala drew a bumper 53 nominations including international raider Chief Ironside who won the Crystal Mile in an upset on Cox Plate Day and the Japanese-bred Toorak Handicap winner Fierce Impact who leads betting.

Kennedy Cantala Prize Money

• 1^st – $1,200,000
• 2^nd – $360,000
• 3^rd – $180,000
• 4^th – $90,000
• 5^th – $50,000
• 6^th – $40,000
• 7^th – $40,000
• 8^th – $40,000

Kennedy Cantala Form Guide

If you are serious about your betting, you will need a good Kennedy Mile 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 Mile form guide, how to read the information provided in the guide and where to go for the best Kennedy Mile form guide each season.

Kennedy Mile Betting

Kennedy Mile 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 Mile betting page for everything to do with enjoying a punt on the two million dollar feature including tips for the Kennedy Mile Trifecta.

Kennedy Mile Winners

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