The Mannerism Stakes is a Group 3 set weight & penalty race for Mares that takes place each February at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne during the Melbourne autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1400 metres and has prizemoney of $125,000. The 2011 Mannerism Stakes was won by Red Flair from Simply Put with Mayneda Strategy third.
The Mannerism Stakes takes place on the Melbourne Racing Club's premier race day of the autumn, Blue Diamond Stakes day, featuring the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes, Gr1 Futurity Stakes & Gr1 Oakleigh Plate.
The Mannerism Stakes is a more than handy females only race that usually attracts a fairly strong field of mares for this time of year. The set weight & penalty conditions favor the better performed mares and if there are no standout females, then finding a winner can often be difficult, as is usually the case with these types of mares races.
Mares contesting this race may continue on to a race like the Gr3 Frances Tressady Stakes which is a mares only race for mares on Gr1 Australian Guineas day, or perhaps they might consider tackling the Gr3 Matron Stakes for mares on Gr1 Australian Cup day on Super Saturday of racing at Flemington.
Red Flair (2011) ran fifth in the listed Hareeba Stakes at Mornington on her way to winning this race and recent Mannerism Stakes winners include Tootsie (2010) and Symphony Miss (2009).
2011 Mannerism Stakes result
1. $6.50 Red Flair 54.0 C Symons
2. $7.50 Simply Put 54.0 S Baster
3. $71.00 Mayneda Strategy 54.0 J Mallyon
then followed
4. $16.00 So Anyway 56.5 C Newitt
5. $31.00 Windarra Place 54.0 B Park
6. $3.20 Culminate 57.5 M Walker
7. $13.00 My Emotion 57.5 C Williams
8. $8.50 Counterpane 54.0 K Mc Evoy
9. $26.00 Status Symbol 57.5 M Zahra
10. $14.00 Mont Fleuri 54.0 D Dunn
11. $21.00 Well Rounded 57.5 B Melham
12. $10.00 Perfect Hostess 54.0 M Rodd
