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Held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in late October as part of Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day, the Crystal Mile is a key mile race at the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Worth $300,000 in prize money, the weight-for-age showdown attracts a strong group of milers which can tackle the 1600m distance. Many of these horses will come via the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) and will go on to compete in the Group 1 Kennedy Cantala Mile (1600m) held a week later on Victoria Derby Day. Turn Me Loose (2015) was the last horse to complete the Crystal Mile – VRC Cantala Stakes (now the Kennedy Mile) double.

The Crystal Mile is one of a host of Group status races held at The Valley at the meeting that is headlined by the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m).

The 2019 Crystal Mile took place on Saturday October 26, 2019 as part of Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley and was won by French raider Chief Ironside.

Crystal Mile 2019
Date:	Saturday October 26, 2019
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO&UP WFA
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2019 Crystal Mile Results

• 1st: #12 Chief Ironside
• 2nd: #5 Cliff’s Edge
• 3rd: #7 Best Of Days

The internationals made it back-to-back wins on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day with David Menuisier’s French-trained galloper Chief Ironside taking out the Crystal Mile 2019 results one race after Ireland’s Hunting Horn took out the Moonee Valley Cup. Chief Ironside at the blowout odds narrowly defeated local hope and last year’s winner Cliff’s Edge, while market mover Best Of Days ran third.

Read more on the upset 2019 Crystal Mile win by Chief Ironside from France.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	12	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	David Menuisier	Jamie Spencer	–	6	59kg	$26
2	5	CLIFF’S EDGE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	0.1L	3	59kg	$10
3	7	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	0.2L	10	59kg	$7
4	9	PACODALI (IRE)	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	0.6L	7	59kg	$8
5	3	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	0.7L	4	59kg	$4F
6	10	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	0.9L	5	59kg	$6.50
7	2	DEBT AGENT (NZ)	Jim Conlan	Michael Rodd	1L	2	59kg	$31
8	13	MADISON COUNTY (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	1.4L	11	58.5kg	$6
9	1	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	Damien Oliver	4.4L	8	59kg	$11
10	4	POUNAMU	Michael Kent	Craig Williams	12.4L	9	59kg	$61
11	6	DREAM CASTLE (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Patrick Cosgrave	14.4L	1	59kg	$17
–	8	KASPERSKY (IRE)	Michelle Payne	Ms Michelle Payne	–	0	–	–
–	11	ROX THE CASTLE (NZ)	Kerry Edwards	Luke Nolen	–	0	–	–

2019 Crystal Mile Betting Odds

The latest Crystal Mile 2019 odds and betting markets will listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of Cox Plate Day so you can lock in your top Crystal Mile betting tips.

2019 Crystal Mile Field

The Crystal Mile field draws some of the top weight-for-agers currently engaged in their spring campaign. Good lead-up races into the Crystal Mile field include the Group 3 Moonga Stakes (1400m) run at Caulfield the weekend before or the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) for gallopers looking to come back down in class and distance.

The 2019 Crystal Mile field and barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below as soon as announced by the Moonee Valley Racing Club.

The 2019 Crystal Mile Final Field drew 13 gallopers before the early withdrawal of the widely-drawn Kaspersky who was to have been ridden by Melbourne Cup winning hoop Michelle Payne. Updated Crystal Mile betting on the remaining runners has Dreamforce leading the way, while the field also features the defending champion Cliff’s Edge chasing back-to-back wins for the first time since Weasel Will (2000-01).

Update: #11 Rox The Castle (12) is the latest scratching from the Crystal Mile 2019 field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	112142×037	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	Damien Oliver	8	59kg	112
2	x211x114x8	DEBT AGENT (NZ)	Jim Conlan	Michael Rodd	2	59kg	104
3	1x8132x120	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	4	59kg	112
4	12x332x70x	POUNAMU	Michael Kent	Craig Williams	9	59kg	104
5	1516×32066	CLIFF’S EDGE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	3	59kg	105
6	0x111050x9	DREAM CASTLE (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Patrick Cosgrave	1	59kg	110
7	11x5Nx7380	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	10	59kg	108
8	x5252720x0	KASPERSKY (IRE)	Michelle Payne	Ms Michelle Payne	13	59kg	99
9	x6451252x4	PACODALI (IRE)	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	7	59kg	104
10	42170×4634	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	5	59kg	103
11	811×921121	ROX THE CASTLE (NZ)	Kerry Edwards	Luke Nolen	12	59kg	100
12	337x6306x0	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	David Menuisier	Jamie Spencer	6	59kg	95
13	1x13422x97	MADISON COUNTY (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	11	58.5kg	106

Crystal Mile History

First raced in 1982 and won by Getting Closer, the Crystal Mile was originally titled the “Waterford Crystal Mile” however in 2007 it changed sponsors and is now named the “Patinack Farm Crystal Mile”. Originally a Listed race, the Crystal Mile was elevated to Group 3 status in 1986 and became a Group 2 race in 1997. The event has only been won twice by one horse named Weasel Will in 2000 and 2001. 1 minute 33.2 seconds is the record for the fastest winning time (since 1988) by Ark Regal in 1990 whereas Niconero holds the slowest time record for his 2005 win with 1 minute 39.4 seconds.

Recent Crystal Mile Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Crystal Mile	1st	Chief Ironside	1 minute 35.46 seconds
	2nd	Cliff’s Edge
	3rd	Best Of Days
2018 Crystal Mile	1st	Cliff’s Edge	1 minute 35.40 seconds
	2nd	Prized Icon
	3rd	Duca Valentinois
2017 Crystal Mile	1st	Lucky Hussler	1 minute 34.56 seconds
	2nd	Religify
	3rd	It’s Somewhat
2016 Crystal Mile	1st	The United States	1 minute 39.79 seconds
	2nd	Lidari
	3rd	Ulmann
2015 Crystal Mile	1st	Turn Me Loose	1 minute 35.0 seconds
	2nd	Bow Creek
	3rd	Lucky Hussler
2014 Crystal Mile	1st	Hooked	1 minute 34.98 seconds
	2nd	Bull Point
	3rd	Desert Jeuney
2013 Crystal Mile	1st	Toydini	1 minute 36.04 seconds
	2nd	Speediness
	3rd	Sacred Falls
2012 Crystal Mile	1st	Silent Achiever	1 minute 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Rangirangdoo
	3rd	Solzhenitsyn
2011 Crystal Mile	1st	Testa My Patience	1 minute 36.74 seconds
	2nd	Hawks Bay
	3rd	He’s Remarkable
2010 Crystal Mile	1st	Sound Journey	1 minute 36.71 seconds
	2nd	Trader
	3rd	Drumbeats
2009 Crystal Mile	1st	Rangirangdoo	1 minute 34.96 seconds
	2nd	Sound Of Nature
	3rd	All American
2008 Crystal Mile	1st	Sea Battle	1 minute 36.3 seconds
	2nd	Conquering
	3rd	Orange County
2007 Crystal Mile	1st	Sonic Quest	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Orange County
	3rd	Tears I Cry
2006 Crystal Mile	1st	Flash Trick	1 minute 37.2 seconds
	2nd	New Edge
	3rd	Rockford Bay
2005 Crystal Mile	1st	Niconero	1 minute 39.4 seconds
	2nd	Cargo Cult
	3rd	Miss Potential
2004 Crystal Mile	1st	Lad Of The Manor	1 minute 37 seconds
	2nd	Lord Mick
	3rd	Sir Dex
2003 Crystal Mile	1st	Rosina Lad	1 minute 38.3 seconds
	2nd	Walk On Air
	3rd	Archave
2002 Crystal Mile	1st	Royal Code	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Weasel Will
	3rd	Excellerator
2001 Crystal Mile	1st	Weasel Will	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Le Zagaletta
	3rd	Typhoon
2000 Crystal Mile	1st	Weasel Will	1 minute 38.7 seconds
	2nd	Le Zagaletta
	3rd	Czar Hero