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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 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 2019 ran on Saturday September 7, 2019 and was won by first-up specialist Faatinah. 

2019 McEwen Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 7, 2019
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	Weight For Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2019 McEwen Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Faatinah
• 2nd: #3 Bons Away
• 3rd: #4 Eduardo

The official McEwen Stakes 2019 results saw the Lindsay Park-trained veteran Faatinah return from an international bid in Dubai to salute fresh and continue his outstanding first-up record ahead of a run in the Group 1 Moir Stakes back at The Valley.

Read more on the gutsy 2019 McEwen Stakes victory by Faatinah.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	1	FAATINAH	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	–	3	58.5kg	$8
2	3	BONS AWAY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	0.2L	9	58.5kg	$4.40
3	4	EDUARDO	Sarah Zschoke	Brian Park	0.4L	1	58.5kg	$3.70F
4	7	MERYL	Lee Curtis	Dean Yendall	0.6L	2	56.5kg	$31
5	2	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	0.8L	6	58.5kg	$41
6	9	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	John Allen	1L	5	56.5kg	$61
7	8	MISS LEONIDAS	Shaun Dwyer	Dwayne Dunn	1.1L	8	56.5kg	$10
8	6	BOOKER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damien Oliver	1.3L	4	56.5kg	$4.60
9	10	PROPHET’S THUMB	David Pfieffer	Damian Lane	1.4L	7	56.5kg	$6.50
10	5	INN KEEPER	Symon Wilde	Craig Williams	3.15L	10	58.5kg	$31

2019 McEwen Stakes Betting

The season’s best Mittys McEwen Stakes 2019 betting odds will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

2019 McEwen Stakes Field

The official McEwen Stakes 2019 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.

The 2019 McEwen Stakes Field features 10 runners including the rails-drawn Edurado – third in the autumn’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate – and Bons Away second-up who are battling for top spot in betting.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	166481320x	FAATINAH	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	3	58.5kg	105
2	x1614174x4	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	6	58.5kg	97
3	22x14025x2	BONS AWAY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	9	58.5kg	101
4	1x221x303x	EDUARDO	Sarah Zschoke	Brian Park (late alt)	1	58.5kg	101
5	1123x4680x	INN KEEPER	Symon Wilde	Craig Williams	10	58.5kg	93
6	7282x19x0x	BOOKER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damien Oliver	4	56.5kg	109
7	0x672133x0	MERYL	Lee Curtis	Dean Yendall	2	56.5kg	84
8	1x36x2132x	MISS LEONIDAS	Shaun Dwyer	Dwayne Dunn	8	56.5kg	96
9	x12131740x	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	John Allen	5	56.5kg	92
10	x18316835x	PROPHET’S THUMB	David Pfieffer	Damian Lane	7	56.5kg	82

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
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