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The Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes is one of the premier weight-for-age races held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Victoria during the annual Melbourne spring Racing Carnival. Named after the superb sprinter Manikato, the race offers $1 million in total prize money and is raced under the lights on the Friday night before Cox Plate Day in late October.

Run over 1200 metres, the Manikato Stakes is sponsored by Ladbrokes.com.au and attracts a star-studded field of sprinters with many coming off an earlier Moonee Valley run in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) the month before. Both Buffering (2013) and Lankan Rupee (2014) ran second in the Moir Stakes before their respective Manikato Stakes victories.

The 2018 Manikato Stakes ran on Friday October 26, 2018.

Manikato Stakes
Date:	Friday October 26, 2018
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million

Check out the official Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order below following the immediate conclusion of the race.

2018 Manikato Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes 2018 odds on the field of star sprinters facing off under the lights at Moonee Valley on the Friday night before Cox Plate Day are listed below complete with links to the markets at race sponsor Ladbrokes.com.au so you can lock in your Manikato Stakes tips.

2018 Manikato Stakes Tips

It’s a very open betting race with several proven sprinters to choose from this year. Aidan O’Brien trained US Navy Flag ($9.00) will enjoy the inside barrier, and should improve following a disappointing first-up display in The Everest a fortnight ago on a wet track. James Cummings’ Kementari enters as the race favourite ($4.40), however the four-year old will have plenty of ground to make up from barrier 12.

Perhaps the most interesting name is the Toby Edmonds trained Houtzen at $7.00. The four-year old has drawn favourably with barrier four, and is very familiar with The Valley track. Out of I Am Invincible, Houtzen looked like she wanted a little more than the 1000m trip in the Moir Stakes a month ago, and has enjoyed a nice break in the lead up to the Manikato.

2018 Manikato Stakes Field & Barriers

The 2018 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes field and barrier draw is released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31270×3328	BRAVE SMASH (JPN)	Darren Weir	Hugh Bowman	9	58.5kg	–	112
2	11130×2424	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	12	58.5kg	–	110
3	x1670x730x	MALAGUERRA	Peter Gelagotis	Ben Melham	1	58.5kg	–	112
4	45×0012124	VOODOO LAD	Darren Weir	Mark Zahra	8	58.5kg	–	110
5	0812436972	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Dylan Dunn	6	58.5kg	–	108
6	4x828863x2	SPIRIT OF VALOR (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Oisin Murphy	14	58.5kg	–	106
7	10x70200x0	INTELLIGENCE CROSS (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Emmet McNamara	5	58.5kg	–	102
8	10x45291x9	U S NAVY FLAG (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	2	58kg	–	116
9	2x320130x9	FLEET REVIEW (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	11	58kg	–	107
10	79x3160x25	HOUTZEN	Toby Edmonds	Ryan Maloney	4	56.5kg	–	–
11	41500×2514	TULIP	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Regan Bayliss	10	56.5kg	–	96
12	0x108661x3	SPRIGHT	Garry Frazer	Damien Oliver	13	56.5kg	–	106
13	x6x712x327	INVINCIBLE STAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	7	56.5kg	–	–
14	111113×211	SUNLIGHT	Tony McEvoy	Tim Clark	3	51kg	–	100

2018 Manikato Stakes Nominations

The Manikato Stakes Nominations 2018 are released by Racing Victoria in late September and the full list of early Group 1 race entries will be available in full below.

No.	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	1213x350x	ADDICTIVE NATURE	H	4	Darren Weir
2	2531x66x11	BALL OF MUSCLE	G	8	Joseph Pride
3	140x5620x4	BONS AWAY	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
4	2316x1474x	BOOKER	M	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra
5	x531270x33	BRAVE SMASH (JPN)	H	6	Darren Weir
6	x1112x670x	CARE TO THINK	G	5	Matthew Dunn
7	35x42x123	CHARGE	C	3	Chris Waller
8	3231x7644x	CHAUTAUQUA	G	8	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
9	6x03122x3x	COOL PASSION	M	7	Tony McEvoy
10	11×2	EDUARDO	G	5	Sarah Zschoke
11	0505x37x12	ELLICAZOOM	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
12	632x128x1x	FAATINAH	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
13	9x680x598x	FELL SWOOP	G	7	Matthew Dale
14	0x05612x62	FIRST AMONG EQUALS	G	7	Darren Weir
15	408x42054x	FLAMBERGE	G	9	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra
16	92x320130x	FLEET REVIEW (USA)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
17	8192x00x00	FUHRYK	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
18	1x1230x214	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	G	7	James Cummings
19	179x3160x2	HOUTZEN	M	4	Toby Edmonds
20	2x11133x24	I AM EXCITED	M	4	David Pfieffer
21	3x112x139x	IN HER TIME	M	6	Kris Lees
22	610x70200x	INTELLIGENCE CROSS (USA)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien
23	1x43215x14	INVINCIBELLA	M	5	Chris Waller
24	1x6x712x32	INVINCIBLE STAR	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
25	2106x111x1	JUNGLE CAT (IRE)	H	7	Charlie Appleby
26	2008124369	JUNGLE EDGE	G	8	Mick Bell
27	12967x200x	KEEN ARRAY	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
28	11130×2424	KEMENTARI	H	4	James Cummings
29	x273x70x73	KEMONO (JPN)	H	4	Darren Weir
30	x74232x172	LE ROMAIN	G	6	Kris Lees
31	13310×15	LEAN MEAN MACHINE	C	3	Chris Waller
32	x1670x730x	MALAGUERRA	G	7	Peter Gelagotis
33	171x1230x9	MICA LIL	M	5	Mark Minervini
34	729x37820x	MISSROCK	M	5	Robbie Laing
35	111×241111	NATURE STRIP	G	4	Darren Weir
36	1x13121x15	OSBORNE BULLS	G	5	James Cummings
37	1x21x0180x	PEDRENA	M	5	Mick Price
38	15x579115x	PERAST	H	4	Paul Perry
39	1x1L0x37	PERFORMER	C	3	Chris Waller
40	100x11x00x	REDKIRK WARRIOR (GB)	G	8	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
41	111x2124x1	REDZEL	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden
42	1x6x0311x5	SANTA ANA LANE	G	6	Anthony Freedman
43	71192x614x	SAVANNA AMOUR	M	5	Chris Meagher
44	221x81x1x3	SHOALS	M	4	Anthony Freedman
45	005x05593x	SO SI BON	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
46	04x828863x	SPIRIT OF VALOR (USA)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien
47	111113x21x	SUNLIGHT	F	3	Tony McEvoy
48	12x326x121	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	G	5	Kris Lees
49	10x14311x3	TRAPEZE ARTIST	H	4	Gerald Ryan
50	5201034x4x	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	M	4	Leon & Troy Corstens
51	x41500x251	TULIP	M	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
52	110x45291x	U S NAVY FLAG (USA)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
53	11257x8x14	VEGA MAGIC	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
54	2x2411x20x	VIDDORA	M	6	Lloyd Kennewell
55	15x43830x4	VIRIDINE	H	4	James Cummings
56	145×001212	VOODOO LAD	G	7	Darren Weir
57	126x1311x1	WINTER BRIDE	M	4	Toby Edmonds
58	146122×42	ZOUSAIN	C	3	Chris Waller

Manikato Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1968 as the Freeway Stakes, the race became the Manikato Stakes in 1984. The event was first won by Winfreaux and then in 1979 and 1982 Manikato claimed the race as his own. Manikato went on to win the William Reid Stakes five years in a row. In a total of 49 career starts, the legendary horse managed 29 wins and 13 places. In 1984 Manikato died from an illness and was buried at the Moonee Valley racecourse.

The Manikato Stakes has produced several WS Cox Plate winners including Sunline in 2000-01, Dane Ripper in 1997, Rubiton in 1987 and Strawberry Road in 1983.

Double winners of the race include: Dual Choice in 1970-71, Tauto in 1973-74, Spinning Hill in 2002-03 and Spark Of Life in 2004-05. The fastest winning time recorded since 1980 was by Our Westminster in 1989 with 1 minute 8 seconds. The slowest winning time was by Silver Bounty in 1981 with 1 minute 17 seconds.

Recent Manikato Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Manikato Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Manikato Stakes	1st	Hey Doc	1 minute 9.96 seconds
	2nd	In Her Time
	3rd	Malaguerra
2016 Manikato Stakes	1st	Rebel Dane	1 minute 10.99 seconds
	2nd	Fell Swoop
	3rd	Japonisme
2015 Manikato Stakes	1st	Chautauqua	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	Srikandi
	3rd	Rebel Dane
2014 Manikato Stakes	1st	Lankan Rupee	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Angelic Light
	3rd	Famous Seamus
2013 Manikato Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 11.44 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Nine
	3rd	Sessions
2012 Manikato Stakes	1st	Sea Siren	1 minute 11.32 seconds
	2nd	Mental
	3rd	We’re Gonna Rock
2011 Manikato Stakes	1st	Sepoy	1 minute 11.08 seconds
	2nd	Sister Madly
	3rd	More Joyous
2010 Manikato Stakes	1st	Hay List	1 minute 9.94 seconds
	2nd	True Persuasion
	3rd	Eagle Falls
2009 Manikato Stakes	1st	Danleigh	1 minute 12.5 seconds
	2nd	Phelan Ready
	3rd	Nicconi
2008 Manikato Stakes	1st	Typhoon Zed	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Absolut Glam
	3rd	Kaphero
2007 Manikato Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Vormista
	3rd	Dr Nipandtuck
2006 Manikato Stakes	1st	Miss Andretti	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Dance Hero
	3rd	Sassbee
2005 Manikato Stakes	1st	Spark Of Life	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Perfectly Ready
	3rd	Our Egyptian Raine
2004 Manikato Stakes	1st	Spark Of Life	1 minute 13.3 seconds
	2nd	Yell
	3rd	Dilly Dally
2003 Manikato Stakes	1st	Spinning Hill	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	True Glo
	3rd	The Big Chill
2002 Manikato Stakes	1st	Spinning Hill	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Bel Espirit
	3rd	Mistegic
2001 Manikato Stakes	1st	Piavonic	1 minute 12.9 seconds
	2nd	Sunline
	3rd	Falvelon
2000 Manikato Stakes	1st	Sunline	1 minute 11.6 seconds
	2nd	Honour The Name
	3rd	Miss Pennymoney