The Group 2 Carlyon Stakes was a weight-for-age race held in January as the first major race for the Moonee Valley Autumn Racing Carnival. In 2010 the Carlyon Stakes was renamed the Australia Stakes. For more information on this race please see Australia Stakes.

Carlyon Stakes History

Originally a Listed race, the Carlyon Stakes earned Group 3 status in 1990 until 1994 when it was again elevated to Group 2 status.

Also known as the Stanley Wootton Stakes, the event’s fastest winning time since 1988 was recorded by Hareeba in 1995 with 1 minute 8.8 seconds. The slowest time was 1 minute 12.8 seconds by All Our Mob in 1996.

Carlyon Stakes Winners Until 2009:

(For more recent winners please click the Australia Stakes link above)

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2009 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Lucky Secret	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Light Fantastic
	3rd	Von Costa De Hero
2008 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Let Go Thommo	1 minute 10.8 seconds
	2nd	Maldivian
	3rd	Casino Prince
2007 Carlyon Stakes	1st	El Segundo	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Cocinero
	3rd	Super Elegant
2006 Carlyon Stakes	1st	California Dane	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Virage De Fortune
	3rd	Casual Pass
2005 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Super Elegant	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Strikeline
	3rd	Ruben
2004 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Vocabulary	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Super Elegant
	3rd	Confederate Kid
2003 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Yell	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Libidinious
	3rd	Pernod
2002 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Royal Code	1 minute 11 seconds
	2nd	Intelligent Star
	3rd	Ustinov
2001 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Piavonic	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Ateates
	3rd	Le Zagaletta
2000 Carlyon Stakes	1st	Slavonic	1 minute 12.1 seconds
	2nd	Sports
	3rd	Le Zagaletta