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The A.J. Moir Stakes, previously known as the Schweppes Stakes, is a 1000m sprint event worth $1 million in prize money. The Group 1 short-distance feature is held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne during the Spring Carnival under the lights on a special Friday night feature. The weight-for-age event attracts a good group of horses suited to the tight track, many heading towards the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) back at the track on Cox Plate Eve.

The best lead-up race is the 1000m Schillaci Stakes held two weeks prior. The Schillaci Stakes – Moir Stakes betting double is popular with punters and was last achieved by Black Caviar (2010 & 2011).

The Moir Stakes shares a race program with the Group 2 Stutt Stakes, Group 2 Stocks Stakes, Group 3 JRA Cup and Group 3 Scarborough Stakes.

The AJ Moir Stakes also now serves as a potential lead-up for sprinters heading towards a run in the world’s richest turf race, Sydney’s $14 million The Everest (1200m) held the following month at Randwick.

It is also a key lead-up to Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic during the Melbourne Cup Carnival with Nature Strip (2019) the last to win both races in the same season.

The 2020 Moir Stakes ran on Friday September 25, 2020 and saw Pippie become a dual Group 1 winner. 

A.J. Moir Stakes
Date:	Friday September 25, 2020
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,00,000

2020 Moir Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Pippie
• 2nd: #1 Trekking
• 3rd: #6  Bella Vella

Pippie ($6.540) returned to winning form first-up to salute in the Moir Stakes 2020 results and secure a second career Group 1 victory defeating the Godolphin-raced Trekking ($8) and in-form Bella Vella ($7).

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	PIPPIE	John & Chris Meagher	Damian Lane		4	56.5kg		$6.50
	2	1	TREKKING	James Cummings	John Allen	0.75L	2	58.5kg		$8
	3	6	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah	0.95L	1	56.5kg		$7
	4	10	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Mark Zahra	1.05L	8	56.5kg		$17
	5	8	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Ben Melham	2.05L	5	56.5kg		$8.50
	6	5	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Craig Williams	2.25L	12	58.5kg		$21
	7	4	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	2.75L	3	58.5kg		$41
	8	2	HEY DOC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	2.85L	10	58.5kg		$20
	9	11	HANSEATIC	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	3.25L	6	52kg		$7
	10	3	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	4L	9	58.5kg		$51
	11	9	FABERGINO	Tiarnna Robertson	Peter Knuckey	5.75L	7	56.5kg		$5.50F
	12	13	BELLA NIPOTINA	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Dean Yendall	7.5L	11	50kg		$20
		12	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Holland		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Moir Stakes Betting

The season’s best Moir Stakes 2020 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below once released. Proven sprinters at the tight Moonee Valley track and any Group winners resuming with a nice first-up record usually sit top of the Moir Stakes odds each spring.

Nature Strip ($3.30 in 2019) was the last favourite in A.J. Moir Stakes betting to salute.

2020 Moir Stakes Field

The Moir Stakes field is a key early spring feature for short-distance specialists that could target upcoming Group 1 features including Flemington’s VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) run down the straight during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Lots of horses run first-up in the Moir Stakes field, while the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes has provided the most Moir Stakes winners than any other lead-up race over the past 20 years.

The official 2020 Moir Stakes field and barrier draw will be released the Wednesday leading-up to Moir Stakes Night and will be available below once announced.

The A.J. Moir Stakes 2020 final field features 13 sprinters including the up-and-coming Fabergino, gun filly Away Game carrying just 50kg and Group 1 winner Trekking for Godolphin.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Moir Stakes 2020 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1324x7219x	TREKKING	James Cummings	John Allen	2	58.5kg		116
2	7x58x3129x	HEY DOC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	11	58.5kg		113
3	1330D0517x	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	10	58.5kg		107
4	1324941462	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	4	58.5kg		96
5	2128438×46	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Craig Williams	13	58.5kg		95
6	0152x111x1	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah	1	56.5kg		105
7	11102x146x	PIPPIE	John & Chris Meagher	Damian Lane	5	56.5kg		108
8	180x1111x1	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Ben Melham	6	56.5kg		104
9	53x1x11x1x	FABERGINO	Tiarnna Robertson	Peter Knuckey	8	56.5kg		107
10	x55x535x13	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Mark Zahra	9	56.5kg		88
11	1x1120x4	HANSEATIC	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	7	52kg		92
12	41114215x	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Holland	3	50kg		100
13	42x42424x1	BELLA NIPOTINA	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Dean Yendall	12	50kg		82

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Moir Stakes Nominations

The Moir Stakes nominations are released by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week and will be published below in full as soon as announced.

The AJ Moir Stakes 2020 nominations attracted 17 sprinters including brilliant short-distance mare Fabergino rising notably in grade and looking to make it eight-from-eight first-up, last-start Group 2 McEwen Stakes winner Bella Vella and Group 1 star Trekking.

Click here to read more on the standout 2020 Moir Stakes nominations.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	12x21111x	ALFA ORO (NZ)	G	5	Matt Laurie	83
2	0x1334x09x	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	96
3	1324941462	ASHLOR	G	7	Dan McCarthy	96
4	41114215x	AWAY GAME	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	100
5	42x42424x1	BELLA NIPOTINA	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	82
6	0152x111x1	BELLA VELLA	M	6	Will Clarken	105
7	2128438×46	BOLD STAR	G	5	Gordon Richards	95
8	x55x535x13	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	88
9	180x1111x1	DIAMOND EFFORT	M	5	Clinton McDonald	104
10	53x1x11x1x	FABERGINO	M	6	Tiarnna Robertson	107
11	1x1120x4	HANSEATIC	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	92
12	7x58x3129x	HEY DOC	G	7	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	113
13	3427x3129x	HUMAN NATURE	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	73
14	1330D0517x	JUNGLE EDGE	G	10	Mick Bell	107
15	2727×62	OSAMU	C	3	Chris Waller	71
16	11102x146x	PIPPIE	M	5	John & Chris Meagher	108
17	1324x7219x	TREKKING	G	6	James Cummings	116

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Moir Stakes History

Officially known as the A.J. Moir Stakes, the principal race was a 1000m event until 2007 when it was increased to 1200m. Once the race was elevated to Group 2 status in 1979, it was won by With Me twice in 1990-91 and The Judge in 1978-79. Apart from the A.J. Moir Stakes, the event was also called the Schweppervescence Stakes for some time. The Moir Stakes is now run over 1000m.

In 2013 the Moir Stakes was elevated from Group 2 to Group 1 status and attracts better sprinters every year. The most notable Moir Stakes winners include Black Caviar (2010-11) and triple champion Buffering (2012, 2014 & 2015).

Recent AJ Moir Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Moir Stakes	1st	Pippie	58.39 seconds
	2nd	Trekking
	3rd	Bella Vella
2019 Moir Stakes	1st	Nature Strip	57.78 seconds
	2nd	Miss Leonidas
	3rd	Sunlight
2018 Moir Stakes	1st	Viddora	57.70 seconds
	2nd	Brave Smash
	3rd	Spright
2017 Moir Stakes	1st	She Will Reign	58.30 seconds
	2nd	Viddora
	3rd	Sheidel
2016 Moir Stakes	1st	Extreme Choice	58.74 seconds
	2nd	Heatherly
	3rd	Wild Rain
2015 Moir Stakes	1st	Buffering	57.2 seconds
	2nd	Ball Of Muscle
	3rd	Angelic Light
2014 Moir Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 10.91 seconds
	2nd	Lankan Rupee
	3rd	Rebel Dane
2013 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Samaready	1 minute 11.25 seconds
	2nd	Buffering
	3rd	Le Bonsir
2012 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 10.97 seconds
	2nd	Ready To Rip
	3rd	Thankgodyou’rehere
2011 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Black Caviar	1 minute 10.13 seconds
	2nd	Doubtful Jack
	3rd	Here De Angels
2010 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Black Caviar	1 minute 11.01 seconds
	2nd	Hot Danish
	3rd	True Persuasion
2009 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 10.01 seconds
	2nd	Mic Mac
	3rd	Bank Robber
2008 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Lucky Secret	1 minute 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Bel Mer
	3rd	Mr Baritone
2007 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Miss Andretti	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Gold Edition
	3rd	Lets Go Thommo
2006 Schweppes Stakes	1st	California Dane	58.4 seconds
	2nd	Lets Go Thommo
	3rd	Poets Voice
2005 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Virage De Fortune	59.1 seconds
	2nd	Miss Mooney Mooney
	3rd	Imprisoned
2004 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Bomber Bill	58.4 seconds
	2nd	Regimental Gal
	3rd	Dance The Waves
2003 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Our Egyptian Raine	57.7 seconds
	2nd	Spinning Hill
	3rd	Dantana
2002 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Spinning Hill	57.7 seconds
	2nd	Bomber Bill
	3rd	Mistegic
2001 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Mistegic	58.7 seconds
	2nd	Regal Shot
	3rd	Appoint
2000 Schweppes Stakes	1st	Falvelon	59.8 seconds
	2nd	Notoire
	3rd	Super Elegant