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The Turnbull Stakes is a Group 1 race for staying types held in early October at Flemington Racecourse.

The Turnbull Stakes currently runs on the same Saturday as the Epsom Handicap at Randwick in Sydney. Offering $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2021, the event is the marquee race at the meeting.

There are five other Group status races on the Turnbull Stakes Day card with the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m), the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m), Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m), Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m) for Caulfield Cup types.

The Turnbull Stakes is for four-year-old entries and up run under set weight conditions plus penalties. This 2000m middle-distance event always attracts an elite field of highly competitive runners, many of which use the race as a key lead-up to the carnival’s feature races including the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Since being awarded Group 1 status however, the Turnbull Stakes is now seen as a premier race in its own right and not simply a preparatory race. As the first quality middle-distance race at the carnival, the Turnbull Stakes provides stayers with a chance to run over the more suitable 2000m building up to the longer 2400m and 3200m races later in the spring.

In past years the Turnbull Stakes has proven a truly excellent guide to the spring feature races, with the Turnbull Stakes providing a number of Melbourne Cup , Caulfield Cup winners and Cox Plate winners. The Turnbull Stakes paired with any of these three later events makes for some great betting doubles throughout the carnival. Champion mare Winx completed the Turnbull Stakes – Cox Plate double in both 2017 and 2018.

Trainer Chris Waller made it four wins on the trot in the Turnbull Stakes results with Kings Will Dream saluting in 2019 followed by Verry Elleegant in 2020.

Verry Elleegant (2020) was the last runner to complete the Turnbull Stakes – Caulfield Cup double.

The 2021 Turnbull Stakes ran on Saturday October 2, 2021 and was won by the Peter Moody-trained Incentivise. 

2021 Turnbull Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 2, 2021
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	4YO & Up – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000
Inaugurated:	1948

2021 Turnbull Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Incentivise
• 2nd: #10 Young Werther
• 3rd: #6 Chapada

The Peter Moody-trained Queensland expat Incentivise ($2.70) continued towards the Spring Cups digging deep to hold off the improved Young Werther ($26) and salute in the 2021 Turnbull Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the gutsy Turnbull Stakes 2021 win by Incentivise.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	INCENTIVISE	Peter G Moody	Brett Prebble		6	57.5kg		$2.70
	2	10	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	0.5L	4	53.5kg		$26
	3	6	CHAPADA	Michael Moroney	Daniel Stackhouse	1.75L	7	56.5kg		$101
	4	4	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	3.5L	5	57kg		$2.10F
	5	2	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	3.9L	3	58kg		$41
	6	1	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	5.15L	9	59kg		$8
	7	7	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Luke Currie	5.25L	1	55.5kg		$21
	8	9	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	20.25L	8	54.5kg		$31
	9	5	JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King (a)	29.25L	2	56.5kg		$101
		8	COLETTE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Turnbull Stakes Odds & Betting

The Turnbull Stakes 2021 betting markets and updated odds from Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.

Verry Elleegant ($5 in 2020) was the last Turnbull Stakes favourite to salute for the punters. Verry Elleegant jumped the $2.10 favourite in the 2021 Turnbull Stakes but only managed to run fourth to Incentivise ($2.70).

2021 Turnbull Stakes Field

The Turnbull Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of spring gallopers each year coming via a host of different lead-up races including the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) run the Sunday prior at Caulfield.

Plenty of runners come into the Turnbull Stakes field off a Sydney campaign and in 2015 and 2016 both champions of the Flemington Group 1 won the Group 2 Hill Stakes at Randwick in the lead-up with Preferment and Hartnell respectively doing the double.

Four-time Cox Plate hero won the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Turnbull Stakes on the back of her back-to-back Group 1 George Main Stakes victories in Sydney.

The official Turnbull Stakes 2021 Final Field & Barriers will be announced on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

The 2021 Turnbull Stakes field features 10 runners dominated by Peter Moody’s Spring Cups’ favourite Incentivise and the Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant coming off Group 1 wins in the Makybe Diva Stakes and George Main Stakes respectively.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Turnbull Stakes 2021 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	6x794159x3	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	10	59kg		116
2	51132113×9	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	3	58kg		108
3	68111111×1	INCENTIVISE	Peter G Moody	Brett Prebble	6	57.5kg		112
4	17x3112x21	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	5	57kg		119
5	0329431×00	JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King (a)	2	56.5kg		105
6	3x73590x00	CHAPADA	Michael Moroney	Daniel Stackhouse	8	56.5kg		102
7	215x1244x3	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Luke Currie	1	55.5kg		104
8	1x12454x65	COLETTE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	7	54.5kg		111
9	x41x211x08	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	9	54.5kg		103
10	23x75232x5	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	4	53.5kg		100

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Turnbull Stakes Nominations

The 2021 Turnbull Stakes nominations are released by Racing Victoria on the Monday leading-up to Turnbull Stakes Day.

Peter Moody’s Spring Cups’ favourite Incentivise is the headline entry in the 2021 Turnbull Stakes nominations in Melbourne this weekend.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	x31111x141	ATISHU (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	99
2	x216570x5x	BUCKHURST (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	105
3	3x73590x00	CHAPADA	G	6	Michael Moroney	102
4	1x12454x65	COLETTE	M	5	James Cummings	111
5	313616x2x0	DAWN PATROL (IRE)	G	5	Robert Hickmott	103
6	x1111x6x42	DELPHI (IRE)	H	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	103
7	51132113×9	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	108
8	3x31x932x2	HOMESMAN (USA)	G	8	Anthony & Sam Freedman	110
9	7x78111x84	HUNGRY HEART	M	4	Chris Waller	106
10	68111111×1	INCENTIVISE	G	5	Peter G Moody	112
11	0329431×00	JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	G	4	Denis Pagan	105
12	654x300x47	KEIAI NAUTIQUE (JPN)	H	7	Matthew Smith	106
13	7x32107x12	MO’UNGA (NZ)	H	4	Annabel Neasham	110
14	x41x211x08	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	103
15	215x1244x3	PERSAN	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	104
16	1122x3321x	SHERAZ (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller	100
17	6x794159x3	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	H	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	116
18	91x211x	SUREFIRE (GB)	H	4	Chris Waller	78
19	17x3112x21	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	119
20	23x75232x5	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	G	4	Danny O’Brien	100

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Turnbull Stakes History

Named in honour of the incumbent VRC Chairman Mr. Richard Turnbull, the Turnbull Stakes was first run in 1948 when Beau Gem claimed victory. It was originally a 12 furlong (approx. 2400m) Principal race up until 1972 when the distance was changed to the shorter length of 2000m with Australia’s adoption of the metric system. The race was run as a handicap event through until 1963 when weight-for-age conditions were adopted until 1970 when eventually the Turnbull Stakes became a set weights plus penalties race. In 1979 the event was elevated to Group 2 status and remained the same until 2006 when it was installed as a Group 1 event following the win of the infamous Makybe Diva in 2005.

Notable winners of the Turnbull Stakes include Rising Fast (1954), Galilee (1968), Super Impose (1989), Let’s Elope (1991), Naturalism (1992), Sunline (2000), Northerly (2002) and Efficient (2009). In 2012 Green Moon won the Turnbull Stakes before taking out the ‘race that stops the nation’ with a Melbourne Cup victory two starts later on the first Tuesday of November.

To most famous recent Turnbull Stakes winner was Winx who won her Flemington debut in the race in 2017 by six and a half lengths and then successfully defended her Turnbull Stakes title in 2018.

Turnbull Stakes Records
Multiple Winners:	Comic Court (1949 & 1950), Vo Rogue (1987 & 1988), Winx (2017 & 2018).
Most Successful Jockeys:	Two jockeys have won four Turnbull Stakes. Harry White with Lefroy (1978), No Peer (1981), Birchwood (1982) and Just Now (1986). R. Higgins with Sir Dane (1964), Galilee (1968), Leilani (1974) and Denise’s Joy (1976).

Recent Turnbull Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Incentivise	2 minutes 01.46 seconds
	2nd	Young Werther
	3rd	Chapada
2020 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Verry Elleegant	2 minutes 1.84 seconds
	2nd	Toffee Tongue
	3rd	Finche
2019 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Kings Will Dream	2 minutes 3.54 seconds
	2nd	Finche
	3rd	Hartnell
2018 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Winx	2 minutes 1.60 seconds
	2nd	Youngstar
	3rd	Kings Will Dream
2017 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Winx	2 minutes 2.07 seconds
	2nd	Ventura Storm
	3rd	Humidor
2016 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Hartnell	2 minutes 1.03 seconds
	2nd	Jameka
	3rd	Tally
2015 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Preferment	2 minutes 1.34 seconds
	2nd	Royal Descent
	3rd	Set Square
2014 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Lucia Valentina	2 minutes 1.84 seconds
	2nd	Lidari
	3rd	Brambles
2013 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Happy Trails	2 minutes 2.94 seconds
	2nd	Puissance De Lune
	3rd	Fawkner
2012 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Green Moon	2 minutes 2.11 seconds
	2nd	Seville
	3rd	December Draw
2011 Turnbull Stakes	1st	December Draw	2 minutes 3.98 seconds
	2nd	Glass Harmonium
	3rd	Playing God
2010 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Zipping	2 minutes 3.23 seconds
	2nd	Shocking
	3rd	Shoot Out
2009 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Efficient	2 minutes 1.6 seconds
	2nd	Predatory Pricer
	3rd	Scenic Shot
2008 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Littorio	2 minutes 2.4 seconds
	2nd	Master O’Reilly
	3rd	Zipping
2007 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Devil Moon	2 minutes 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Scenic Shot
	3rd	Haradasun
2006 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Sphenophyta	2 minutes 1.9 seconds
	2nd	Our Smoking Joe
	3rd	Aqua D Amore
2005 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Makybe Diva	2 minutes 1.5 seconds
	2nd	Lad Of The Manor
	3rd	Confectioner
2004 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Elvstroem	2 minutes 0.4 seconds
	2nd	Mummify
	3rd	Confectioner
2003 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Studebaker	2 minutes 4 seconds
	2nd	Pentastic
	3rd	Strasbourg
2002 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Northerly	2 minutes 2.3 seconds
	2nd	Dash For Cash
	3rd	Fields Of Omagh
2001 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Sunline	2 minutes 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Universal Prince
	3rd	Primrose Sands
2000 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Fairway	2 minutes 2.2 seconds
	2nd	Sunline
	3rd	Diatribe