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The McEwen Stakes is a Group 2 sprint held during early September at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Raced over 1000 metres under weight for age conditions, the McEwen Stakes pays $200,000 in total prize-money.

The McEwen Stakes is held on Feehan Stakes Day – also known as the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Qualifier Day – and shares its race program with the Group 2  John F. Feehan Stakes (1600m).

Most of the sprinters that contest the McEwen Stakes are kicking off their spring campaigns. Success in the McEwen Stakes is often followed by an attempt at the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m)  and or the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) both held back at The Valley over the spring.

In recent years the 2016 McEwen Stakes winner Wild Rain went on to run third in the Moir Stakes, while the year before the great grey Chautauqua (2015) completed the McEwen Stakes – Manikato Stakes double.

The McEwen Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday September 5, 2020 and was won by returning Robert Sangster heroine Bella Vella. 

2020 McEwen Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 5, 2020
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	Weight For Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 McEwen Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Bella Vella
• 2nd: #2 Ashlor
• 3rd: #7 Brooklyn Hustle

The Will Clarken-trained Robert Sangster Stakes winning mare Bella Vella ($4) returned for a gutsy first-up victory over roughie hope Ashlor ($31) in the McEwen Stakes 2020 results ahead of the Group 1 Moir Stakes back at the track.

Click here to read more on the first-up 2020 McEwen Stakes win by Bella Vella.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah		8	56.5kg		$4
	2	2	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	0.1L	4	58.5kg		$31
	3	7	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Ben Melham	0.85L	2	56.5kg		$3.80EF
	4	8	HANSEATIC	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Williams	1.05L	9	52kg		$3.80EF
	5	4	FINE DANE	John Moloney	Patrick Moloney	1.55L	1	58.5kg		$31
	6	9	RULERSHIP	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dean Yendall	2.05L	3	52kg		$12
	7	1	DESPATCH	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	2.35L	6	58.5kg		$31
	8	3	BONS AWAY	Wendy Kelly	Craig Newitt	5.35L	7	58.5kg		$8
	9	6	WITHERSPOON	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	6.1L	5	56.5kg		$14

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 McEwen Stakes Betting

The season’s best Mitty’s McEwen Stakes 2020 betting odds will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

2020 McEwen Stakes Field

The official McEwen Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers are released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to Feehan Stakes Day, the line-up of sprinters to be published in full below.

Returning Street Boss colt Hanseatic, runner-up in the Blue Diamond during the autumn, debuts as a three-year-old in the 2020 McEwen Stakes field as the hot favourite carrying just 52kg first-up against only eight rivals.

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No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x4509x60x	DESPATCH	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	6	58.5kg		105
2	4132494146	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	4	58.5kg		96
3	x2255x497x	BONS AWAY	Wendy Kelly	Craig Newitt	7	58.5kg		101
4	219x60230x	FINE DANE	John Moloney	Patrick Moloney	1	58.5kg		87
5	10152x111x	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah	8	56.5kg		105
6	2×16203113	WITHERSPOON	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	5	56.5kg		88
7	1x55x535x1	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Dwayne Dunn	2	56.5kg		84
8	1x1120x	HANSEATIC	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Williams	9	52kg		92
9	1284×33	RULERSHIP	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dean Yendall	3	52kg		75

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 McEwen Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Mitty’s McEwen Stakes in 2020 are taken on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

Just 11 hopefuls make-up the early 2020 McEwen Stakes nominations – extended until Tuesday morning – led in futures markets by resuming Group 1 Blue Diamond runner-up Hanseatic.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	4132494146	ASHLOR	G	7	Dan McCarthy	96
2	10152x111x	BELLA VELLA	M	6	Will Clarken	105
3	x2255x497x	BONS AWAY	G	7	Wendy Kelly	101
4	1x55x535x1	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	84
5	0x4509x60x	DESPATCH	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	105
6	41x548111x	DIRTY WORK	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	94
7	219x60230x	FINE DANE	G	5	John Moloney	87
8	1x1120x	HANSEATIC	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	92
9	x1330D0517	JUNGLE EDGE	G	10	Mick Bell	107
10	1284×33	RULERSHIP	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	75
11	2×16203113	WITHERSPOON	M	5	Kris Lees	88

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

McEwen Stakes History

Registered as the Ian McEwen Trophy, the McEwen Stakes was inaugurated in 1995, making it a relatively young race. The McEwen Stakes was named in honour of Ian McEwen, a former secretary for the Moonee Valley Racing Club. For the very first year it ran, the race was referred to as the Anniversary Trophy.

Between 1995 and 1997 the race ran as an unlisted event. Following an upgrade in 1997, the race was listed until 2005. In 2006, a further upgrade saw the McEwen Stakes run as a Group 3 event for six years. From 2013 onwards, the McEwen Stakes is Group 2 event.

The McEwen Stakes has always been run over 1000m (excepting the year 2000 when it was run over 1200m) and has always been held at Moonee Valley (with the exception of the inaugural edition, when it was held at Caulfield).

Plenty of impressive horses have ran in the race throughout the years. Notable McEwen Stakes winners include Sequalo (1995), Testa Rossa (2000), Mistegic (2002), Miss Andretti (2006), Buffering (2011) and the ‘Grey Flash’ Chautauqua (2015).

In 2018 the McEwen Stakes winner Nature Strip set a new record winning in a slick 56.95 seconds.

McEwen Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

McEwen Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 McEwen Stakes	1st	Bella Vella	0 minutes 58.02 seconds
	2nd	Ashlor
	3rd	Brooklyn Hustle
2019 McEwen Stakes	1st	Faatinah	0 minutes 58.40 seconds
	2nd	Bons Away
	3rd	Eduardo
2018 McEwen Stakes	1st	Nature Strip	0 minutes 56.95 seconds (R)
	2nd	Houtzen
	3rd	Shoals
2017 McEwen Stakes	1st	Russian Revolution	0 minutes 58.14 seconds
	2nd	Heatherly
	3rd	Houtzen
2016 McEwen Stakes	1st	Wild Rain	0 minutes 58.8 seconds
	2nd	Furnaces
	3rd	Heatherly
2015 McEwen Stakes	1st	Chautauqua	0 minutes 58.2 seconds
	2nd	Flamberge
	3rd	Furnaces
2014 Ajax Stakes	1st	Angelic Light	0 minutes 57.5 seconds
	2nd	Lankan Rupee
	3rd	Eloping
2013 McEwen Stakes	1st	Kuroshio	0 minutes 57.8 seconds
	2nd	Moment Of Change
	3rd	General Truce
2012 McEwen Stakes	1st	Bel Sprinter	0 minutes 57.3 seconds
	2nd	Platelet
	3rd	Snitzem
2011 McEwen Stakes	1st	Buffering	0 minutes 58.5 seconds
	2nd	Crystal Lily
	3rd	Atomic Force
2010 McEwen Stakes	1st	Hay List	0 minute 59.6 seconds
	2nd	Catapulted
	3rd	Reward For Effort
2009 McEwen Stakes	1st	Nicconi	0 minute 57.4 seconds
	2nd	Morgan Dollar
	3rd	Secret Flyer
2008 McEwen Stakes	1st	Kaphero	0 minute 59.4 seconds
	2nd	Morgan Dollar
	3rd	Lucky Secret
2007 McEwen Stakes	1st	Here De Angels	0 minute 57.4 seconds
	2nd	Gold Edition
	3rd	Dr Nipandtuck
2006 McEwen Stakes	1st	Miss Andretti	0 minute 58.8 seconds
	2nd	Sassbee
	3rd	Cargo Cult
2005 McEwen Stakes	1st	Strikeline	0 minute 59.8 seconds
	2nd	Truly Wicked
	3rd	Titanic Jack
2004 McEwen Stakes	1st	Edgeton	1 minute 01.8 seconds
	2nd	Reactive
	3rd	Mistegic
2003 McEwen Stakes	1st	Yell	0 minute 59.6 seconds
	2nd	The Big Chill
	3rd	Dantana
2002 McEwen Stakes	1st	Mistegic	1 minute 0.2 seconds
	2nd	Shaye Spice
	3rd	Aragonce
2001 McEwen Stakes	1st	Strategic Image	0 minute 58.4 seconds
	2nd	Sports
	3rd	Ateates
2000 McEwen Stakes	1st	Testa Rossa	1 minute 13.4 seconds
	2nd	Sports
	3rd	Chattanooga