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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 $750,000 in prize money, 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 Rose Of Kingston 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 Cup races.

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) and Incentivise (2021) are the last runners to complete the Turnbull Stakes – Caulfield Cup double.

The Turnbull Stakes form was further franked in the 2021 Melbourne Cup results with the 2020 winner Verry Elleegant defeating the 2021 champ Incentivise in the iconic two mile showdown that spring.

In 2023 the Turnbull Stakes was won by the previous year’s Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip.

The 2023 Turnbull Stakes ran on Saturday October 7, 2023 as a key Caulfield Cup lead-up and was won in an impressive upset by the reigning Melbourne Cup champion Gold Trip ($19) from the Maher/Eustace stable. 

2023 Turnbull Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 7, 2023
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	4YO & Up – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$750,000
Inaugurated:	1948

2023 Turnbull Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Gold Trip ($19)
• 2nd: #5 West Wind Blows
• 3rd: #11 Soulcombe

Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip ($19) demolished his rivals with a powerhouse performance in the 2023 Turnbull Stakes results after storming down the outside to return to winning form in an impressive bolt home at big odds on way to a title defence in the world’s richest handicap on the first Tuesday of November.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	GOLD TRIP (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra		16	58kg		$19
	2	5	WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE)	Simon & Ed Crisford	Jamie Spencer	1.75L	7	56.5kg		$6.50
	3	11	SOULCOMBE (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	2.15L	2	56kg		$6
	4	1	ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE)	Danny Shum	James McDonald	3.9L	10	59kg		$2.45F
	5	16	LUNAR FLARE	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	4.65L	13	54kg		$101
	6	12	DUKE DE SESSA (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	4.85L	11	56kg		$26
	7	4	FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	5.05L	6	57kg		$19
	8	13	SPANISH MISSION (USA)	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Beau Mertens	5.15L	9	55kg		$151
	9	14	EL BODEGON (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	5.55L	8	55kg		$151
	10	7	OSIPENKO (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	6.3L	5	56kg		$7.50
	11	15	RIGHT YOU ARE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Yendall	7.8L	14	55kg		$14
	12	6	EMISSARY (GB)	Michael Moroney	Ms Jamie Kah	10.05L	4	56kg		$51
	13	3	SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Mott	12.55L	15	58kg		$101
	14	10	BANK MAUR	Richard Laming	Craig Newitt	12.95L	3	56kg		$101
	15	8	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	13.7L	1	56kg		$21
	16	9	BERKELEY SQUARE	Dan O’Sullivan	Harry Coffey	16.7L	12	56kg		$51
		18e	GOLDMAN (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jordan Childs		0
		17e	EL PATRONESS	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Turnbull Stakes Odds & Betting

The Turnbull Stakes 2023 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).

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Smokin’ Romans winning at Turnbull Stakes odds of $21, and again in 2023 with the previous year’s Melbourne Cup hero Gold Trip saluting at $19.

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2023 Turnbull Stakes Form

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2023 Turnbull Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Turnbull Stakes 2023 Tips on the Spring Cups’ lead-up this season.

• To Win: #11 Soulcombe ($6.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Taking on the Hong Kong galloper at the short odds preferring to see them down under first and have the Chris Waller-trained Melbourne Cup-bound import Soulcombe on top third-up and fit. This progressive five-year-old won the Listed Heatherlie fresh with a big weight. Franked that form with an eye-catching fourth last time out up in grade when only 1.4 lengths off Alligator Blood at WFA in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m). Will appreciate the drop back to 56kg here, the extra furlong and a gun barrier two draw with Craig Williams coming aboard. Good horse at a good price going the right way.

2023 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).

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. Note, the Hill Stakes now takes place on the same day as the Turnbull.

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 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be announced on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

The 2023 Turnbull Stakes field features a star-studded line-up of potential Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup hopefuls led in betting by the Danny Shum-trained Hong Kong raider Romantic Warrior racing down under for the first time from gate 11 with James McDonald booked for the prized ride.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Turnbull Stakes 2023 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x1122x12x	ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE)	Danny Shum	James McDonald	11	59kg			120
2	291x2570x4	GOLD TRIP (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	18	58kg			117
3	177x884x60	SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Mott	17	58kg			107
4	1232821×05	FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	7	57kg			107
5	1613×31232	WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE)	Simon & Ed Crisford	Jamie Spencer	8	56.5kg			108
6	812x530x95	EMISSARY (GB)	Michael Moroney	Ms Jamie Kah	5	56kg			104
7	x51761x573	OSIPENKO (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	6	56kg			106
8	151x86x801	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	1	56kg			106
9	11416×4374	BERKELEY SQUARE	Dan O’Sullivan	Harry Coffey	14	56kg			97
10	8x27410x89	BANK MAUR	Richard Laming	Craig Newitt	4	56kg			99
11	1x1x682x14	SOULCOMBE (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	2	56kg			108
12	52x131x8x0	DUKE DE SESSA (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	12	56kg			105
13	34x339x3x7	SPANISH MISSION (USA)	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman		10	55kg			112
14	3x3x907x00	EL BODEGON (IRE)	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	9	55kg			110
15	1111121×25	RIGHT YOU ARE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace		16	55kg			107
16	12x7931x80	LUNAR FLARE	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	15	54kg			107
17e	1x847014x3	EL PATRONESS	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	3	53kg			103
18e	x31x111x96	GOLDMAN (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jordan Childs	13	55kg			103

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Turnbull Stakes Nominations

The 2023 Turnbull Stakes nominations are released by Racing Victoria on the Monday leading-up to Turnbull Stakes Day.

The Turnbull Stakes 2023 nominations attracted 29 spring hopefuls including all-in Cox Plate favourite Romantic Warrior from Hong Kong in his Australian race debut.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x1122x12x	ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE)	G	6	Danny Shum	1	59kg			120
2	291x2570x4	GOLD TRIP (FR)	H	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	2	58kg			117
3	177x884x60	SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	3	58kg			107
4	x51210x048	LINDERMANN	H	4	Chris Waller	4	57kg			105
5	1232821×05	FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	5	57kg			107
6	x51761x573	OSIPENKO (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller	6	56kg			106
7	8x27410x89	BANK MAUR	H	4	Richard Laming	7	56kg			99
8	11416×4374	BERKELEY SQUARE	G	4	Dan O’Sullivan	8	56kg			97
9	1613×31232	WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE)	G	5	Simon & Ed Crisford	9	56.5kg			108
10	1x1x682x14	SOULCOMBE (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	10	56kg			108
11	12x7931x80	LUNAR FLARE	M	8	Grahame Begg	11	54kg			107
12	151x86x801	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	G	6	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	12	56kg			106
13	52x131x8x0	DUKE DE SESSA (IRE)	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	13	56kg			105
14	812x530x95	EMISSARY (GB)	G	7	Michael Moroney	14	56kg			104
15	22x22418x9	LUNCIES (GB)	G	7	Kris Lees	15	56kg			104
16	102x100x24	PROTAGONIST (FR)	G	7	Kris Lees	16	56kg			104
17	0x5229x863	MONTEFILIA	M	6	Chris Waller	17	53kg			113
18	16x69x00x0	ALENQUER (FR)	G	6	Michael Moroney	18	55kg			112
19	34x339x3x7	SPANISH MISSION (USA)	H	8	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	19	55kg			112
20	3x3x907x00	EL BODEGON (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	20	55kg			110
21	8x26844x40	HINGED	M	5	Chris Waller	21	53kg			108
22	1111121×25	RIGHT YOU ARE	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	22	55kg			107
23	6746×40311	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	G	6	Danny O’Brien	23	55kg			106
24	1x847014x3	EL PATRONESS	M	5	Danny O’Brien	24	53kg			103
25	x31x111x96	GOLDMAN (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	25	55kg			103
26	3x05420x80	HEZASHOCKA (NZ)	G	6	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	26	55kg			103
27	3x9x0050x8	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	G	9	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	27	55kg			100
28	402369×901	IRONCLAD (GB)	G	8	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	28	55kg			99
29	60847×7253	ALASKAN GOD	G	5	Daniel Morton	29	55kg			97

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.

One of the most famous recent Turnbull Stakes winners 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
2023 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Gold Trip	2 minutes 01.62 seconds
	2nd	West Wind Blows
	3rd	Soulcombe
2022 Turnbull Stakes	1st	Smokin’ Romans	2 minutes 02.23 seconds
	2nd	Maximal
	3rd	Young Werther
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