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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 $200,000 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 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 seven Group status races held at The Valley at the meeting that is headlined by the Group 1 $3 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m).

The 2018 Crystal Mile took place on Saturday October 27, 2018 as part of Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley.

Crystal Mile 2018
Date:	Saturday October 27, 2018
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO&UP WFA
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2018 Crystal Mile Results

• 1st: #8 Cliff’s Edge
• 2nd: #2 Prized Icon
• 3rd: #4 Duca Valentinois

Crystal Mile Betting Odds

The latest Crystal Mile 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.

2018 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 2018 Crystal Mile field and barriers were released 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.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	5x695x7525	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	James Cummings	Damian Lane	3	59kg	–	111
2	42630×3554	PRIZED ICON	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	2	59kg	–	104
3	70x0172x95	SOVEREIGN NATION	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	6	59kg	–	103
4	77421×0407	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	7	59kg	–	102
5	6x7711213x	LYCURGUS	Danny O’Brien	Oisin Murphy	4	59kg	–	89
6	10409x570x	SNOANO (GB)	Aaron Purcell	Mark Zahra	9	59kg	–	91
7	1x691420x6	SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRE)	Liam Howley	Ben Melham	5	59kg	–	95
8	27158×0715	CLIFF’S EDGE	Darren Weir	John Allen	10	58.5kg	–	101
9	1295×27173	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Walker	8	58.5kg	–	103
10	x90x321531	OCTABELLO	Mick Price	Noel Callow	1	58.5kg	–	96

2018 Crystal Mile Nominations

The Crystal Mile 2018 nominations are released on the Monday of Cox Plate Day and will be available below once released.

No.	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	27158×0715	CLIFF’S EDGE	H	4	Darren Weir	101
2	77421×0407	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	G	7	James Cummings	102
3	12230212×5	EQUIPPED	G	5	John Sargent	71
4	1x0918x402	FASTNET TEMPEST (IRE)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	101
5	141113×381	ICONOCLASM	H	4	Darren Weir	98
6	5x695x7525	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	G	8	James Cummings	111
7	27x682643x	KIWIA	G	5	Darren Weir	99
8	6x7711213x	LYCURGUS	G	5	Danny O’Brien	89
9	x230956118	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	104
10	x90x321531	OCTABELLO	G	4	Mick Price	96
11	42630×3554	PRIZED ICON	H	5	Kris Lees	104
12	1295×27173	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	103
13	1x691420x6	SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley	95
14	10409x570x	SNOANO (GB)	G	7	Aaron Purcell	91
15	70x0172x95	SOVEREIGN NATION	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	103
16	8x1214x356	WAGING WAR	G	5	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	92

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
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