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The Naturalism Stakes is a Group 3 staying event held during September each year as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. The Naturalism Stakes draws considerable attention from both punters and trainers due to it offering the winner a ballot exemption for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) a month later.

Raced over 2000m, the Naturalism Stakes provides horses with a good opportunity mid-campaign to adjust their distance. The Naturalism Stakes has in the past been used by milers who are keen to step up in distance, while it is also regularly targeted by top class stayers kicking off their spring preps.

Run under open quality handicap conditions, the $160,000 Naturalism Stakes attracts plenty talent and is now part of the support card on Ladbrokes Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day. Along with the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), the other feature on the program is the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m).

The Naturalism Stakes acts as an effective lead-up race to many major events such as the mile and a half classic, the Caulfield Cup, and Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) run at weight-for-age at Moonee Valley the weekend after Caulfield Cup Day.

The last horse to complete the Naturalism Stakes – Caulfield Cup double was the classy mare Jameka (2016).

The 2019 Naturalism Stakes ran on Saturday September 21, 2019 as the MRC Foundation Cup and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Brimham Rocks. 

Naturalism Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 21, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Open Quality
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2019 Naturalism Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Brimham Rocks
• 2nd: #13 So You Win
• 3rd: #5 Sikandarabad

The official Naturalism Stakes 2019 Results saw last year’s The Metropolitan runner-up Brimham Rocks enjoy his maiden win down under, the Chris Waller-trained import breaking a notably drought to take out the race and secure a spot in the Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup field next month.

Read more on the eye-catching 2019 Naturalism Stakes win by the Caulfield Cup-bound Brimham Rocks.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	7	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	–	9	55kg	$21
2	13	SO YOU WIN	Chris Waller	Dean Yendall	1.25L	2	54kg	$12
3	5	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Dee	3L	5	56.5kg	$3.90
4	3	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane	3.75L	4	57kg	$26
5	14	WOLFE (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Linda Meech	3.95L	3	54kg	$7.50
6	4	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony Freedman	Clayton Douglas	4.05L	7	57kg	$7.50
7	2	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	4.35L	11	58kg	$26
8	11	SUPER TITUS (GB)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	4.45L	1	54kg	$3.60F
9	9	ETYMOLOGY	James Cummings	Ben Melham	4.95L	8	54kg (cd 54.5kg)	$8.50
10	6	VOLKSTOK’N’BARRELL (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	5.7L	6	56.5kg	$19
11	10	LORD FANDANGO (GER)	Archie Alexander	Ben Allen	10.7L	10	54kg	$61
–	16	VALAC (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Stephen Baster	–	0	–	–
–	15	SUPERNOVA (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	James Winks	–	0	–	–
–	1	MUNTAHAA (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	–	0	–	–
–	8	SELF SENSE	David Brideoake	Daniel Stackhouse	–	0	–	–
–	12	MAURUS (GB)	John Thompson	Ms Rachel King	–	0	–	–

2019 Naturalism Stakes Betting

The updated Naturalism Stakes 2019 odds and betting links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Caulfield Cup lead-up race will be provided below the week of the race.

2019 Naturalism Stakes Field

The Naturalism Stakes field of final acceptances are released on the Wednesday leading up to Naturalism Stakes Day at Caulfield Racecourse and traditionally attracts a capacity 16-starter line-up of Caulfield Cup-bound horses.

Horse may come into the Naturalism Stakes field via a number of different spring lead-up races including the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) run over the mile at Moonee Valley a fortnight earlier.

The official 2019 Naturalism Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published below as soon as released by Racing Victoria.

The Naturalism Stakes 2019 Field originally attracted 16 runners before four early scratchings from the line-up. The favourite in betting to secure the Caulfield Cup ballot exemption is the Lindsay Park-trained Sikandarabad. All but one of the horses in in the Naturalism Stakes field are Caulfield Cup nominated making for an intriguing race.

Read more on the 2019 Naturalism Stakes field of Caulfield Cup hopefuls.

Update: By race morning there were five official scratchings from the Naturalism Stakes 2019 Field with: #1 Muntahaa (8), #8 Self Sense (9), #12 Maurus (7), #15 Supernova (1) and #16 Valac (15) all coming out of the Caulfield Cup lead-up.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	4341x9x00x	MUNTAHAA (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	8	58kg	106
2	2112x30x80	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	16	58kg	106
3	840x5516x0	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane	5	57kg	104
4	22x11111x4	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony Freedman	Clayton Douglas	11	57kg	104
5	5x42170x46	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Dee	6	56.5kg	103
6	x0x6000x64	VOLKSTOK’N’BARRELL (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	10	56.5kg	103
7	2x87400x09	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	13	55kg	100
8	9711575×80	SELF SENSE	David Brideoake	Daniel Stackhouse	9	55kg	100
9	3111890×83	ETYMOLOGY	James Cummings	Ben Melham	12	54kg	98
10	0x364408x9	LORD FANDANGO (GER)	Archie Alexander	Ben Allen	14	54kg	98
11	38414x0x31	SUPER TITUS (GB)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	2	54kg	98
12	30x02062x0	MAURUS (GB)	John Thompson	Ms Rachel King	7	54kg	97
13	814×211234	SO YOU WIN	Chris Waller	Dean Yendall	3	54kg	93
14	11x211x18	WOLFE (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Linda Meech	4	54kg	91
15	x112x216x2	SUPERNOVA (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	James Winks	1	54kg	90
16	4x772231x6	VALAC (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Stephen Baster	15	54kg	89

Naturalism Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1983, the Naturalism Stakes has become a key early form race to follow for Caulfield Cup horses during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

At its inception, the Naturalism Stakes was a Listed event. In 2009 it received an upgrade to Group 3 status and has retained that ever since. Prize money was increased from $125,000 to $150,000 in 2014 and there is every indication that the race will remain at Group 3 level or receive an upgrade over the next few years.

Notable Naturalism Stakes winners include Celestial Show (2000), Zipping (2006), Mr O’Ceirin (2013) and Jameka (2016) who went on to win that season’s Caulfield Cup. Naturalism Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Naturalism Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Brimham Rocks	2 minutes 2.39 seconds
	2nd	So You Win
	3rd	Sikandarabad
2018 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Night’s Watch	2 minutes 2.19 seconds
	2nd	Rising Red
	3rd	Odeon
2017 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Harlem	2 minutes 0.43 seconds
	2nd	Samovare
	3rd	Stampede
2016 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Jameka	2 minutes 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Gallante
	3rd	Berisha
2015 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Magnapal	2 minutes 2.7 seconds
	2nd	The United States
	3rd	Genuine Lad
2014 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Gris Caro	2 minutes 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Entirely Platinum
	3rd	Bonfire
2013 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Mr O’Ceirin	2 minutes 7.2 seconds
	2nd	Kesampour
	3rd	Bit Of Hell
2012 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Folding Gear	2 minutes 3.1 seconds
	2nd	Mr O’Ceirin
	3rd	Exceptionally
2011 Naturalism Stakes	1st	December Draw	2 minutes 2.2 seconds
	2nd	At First Sight
	3rd	Lucky Eighty Eight
2010 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Rainbow Styling	2 minutes 1.6 seconds
	2nd	Valdemoro
	3rd	Moudre
2009 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Red Lord	2 minutes 4.0 seconds
	2nd	Light Vision
	3rd	Majestical
2008 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Zagreb	2 minutes 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Light Vision
	3rd	Baughurst
2007 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Douro Valley	2 minutes 1.3 seconds
	2nd	Maldivian
	3rd	Dolphin Jo
2006 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Zipping	2 minutes 1.8 seconds
	2nd	Show Barry
	3rd	Growl
2005 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Sarrera	2 minutes 6.9 seconds
	2nd	Emerald Jack
	3rd	Swift Tango
2004 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Confectioner	2 minutes 5.1 seconds
	2nd	Evil Master
	3rd	Devastating
2003 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Rose Archway	2 minutes 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Another Warrior
	3rd	Vicksburg
2002 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Pentastic	2 minutes 3.0 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Westbury
	3rd	Thong Classic
2001 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Inaflury	2 minutes 2.0 seconds
	2nd	Celestial Show
	3rd	Natch
2000 Naturalism Stakes	1st	Celestial Show	2 minutes 2.1 seconds
	2nd	Ancient City
	3rd	Prince Iluka