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The Turnbull Stakes runs at Flemington Racecourse as a lead-up to other Melbourne Group 1 spring races including the Caulfield Cup.
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 | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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.
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).
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 |
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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.
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 | |
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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.
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 | |
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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). |
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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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 |