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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 $300,000 in total prize-money as of 2021.

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.

In 2020 the McEwen Stakes winning mare Bella Vella backed-up to run third in that season’s Moir Stakes results.

The McEwen Stakes 2021 ran on Saturday September 4, 2021 and was won by former Singapore-trained galloper The Inferno. 

2021 McEwen Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 4, 2021
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	Weight For Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2021 McEwen Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 The Inferno
• 2nd: #3 Portland Sky
• 3rd: #8 September Run

Cliff Brown’s Singapore expat The Inferno ($6) ran a nice potential The Everest lead-up with a win over the beaten favourite Portland Sky and Group 1 winning filly September Run in the 2021 McEwen Stakes results at The Valley.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	THE INFERNO	Cliff Brown	Damian Lane		6	58.5kg		$6
	2	3	PORTLAND SKY	Matt Laurie	Luke Currie	1L	9	58.5kg		$2.45F
	3	8	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	1.1L	7	56.5kg		$4
	4	9	ESTA LA ROCA (NZ)	Lloyd Kennewell	Joe Bowditch	1.85L	3	56.5kg		$8
	5	5	WISDOM OF WATER	Annabel Neasham	John Allen	3.1L	2	58.5kg		$12
	6	7	SIR KALAHAD	Gavin Bedggood	Beau Mertens	3.2L	5	58.5kg		$81
	7	6	FINE DANE	John Moloney	Patrick Moloney	3.3L	1	58.5kg		$41
	8	2	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	4.05L	4	58.5kg		$31
	9	4	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards & Damien Moyle	Jamie Mott	4.55L	8	58.5kg		$26

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 McEwen Stakes Betting

The season’s best Mitty’s McEwen Stakes 2021 betting odds will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

2021 McEwen Stakes Field

The official McEwen Stakes 2021 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.

Just nine weight-for-age sprinters line-up in Saturday’s 2021 McEwen Stakes field led in betting by returning Oakleigh Plate champion and William Reid Stakes runner-up Portland Sky.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x2x1111x6	THE INFERNO	Cliff Brown	Damian Lane	6	58.5kg		99
2	4627×46604	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	4	58.5kg		90
3	1541x0112x	PORTLAND SKY	Matt Laurie	Luke Currie	9	58.5kg		110
4	6633x2000x	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards & Damien Moyle	Jamie Mott	8	58.5kg		96
5	x08x26353x	WISDOM OF WATER	Annabel Neasham	John Allen	2	58.5kg		92
6	x356479x91	FINE DANE	John Moloney	Patrick Moloney	1	58.5kg		81
7	0x25199127	SIR KALAHAD	Gavin Bedggood	Beau Mertens	5	58.5kg		80
8	5111x2048x	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	7	56.5kg		110
9	x1183x1232	ESTA LA ROCA (NZ)	Lloyd Kennewell	Joe Bowditch	3	56.5kg		84

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 McEwen Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Mitty’s McEwen Stakes in 2021 are taken on the Monday of race week.

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
2021 McEwen Stakes	1st	The Inferno	0 minutes 59.48 seconds
	2nd	Portland Sky
	3rd	September Run
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