Carbine Club Stakes

The Carbine Club Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds held at Flemington racecourse annually during the Melbourne spring racing carnival in late October or early November. The race is run over a distance of 1600 metres and worth $250,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Carbine Club Stakes was won by Galah from Highly Recommended with Saint Etienne third.

The Carbine Club Stakes is held on Derby day, which is the first day of the four day Melbourne Cup Carnival and features alongside four quality Group 1 races including the AAMI Victoria Derby, Coolmore Stud Stakes, Mackinnon Stakes and Myer Classic.

Carbine Club Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 3rd November 2012
Track:	Flemington racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	1600 metres
Race Type:	3yo - Set Weights + Penalty
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$250,000
2011 Winner:	Galah

The Carbine Club Stakes is a mile event for three-year-old gallopers that can herald the onset of a topliner such as Saintly (1995), who announced himself to the racing world with a spectacular victory, but more often than not it simply attracts handy types who may go on to races like the Gr2 Sandown Guineas later in the spring.

Three-year-olds who are strong at the end of 1400m or have performed well over 1600m are suited to this event and the Carbine Club Stakes usually kicks off proceedings on Derby Day to set the Melbourne Cup four-day carnival into action.

Galah (2011) won the listed Gothic Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield prior to winning this event and recent Carbine Club Stakes winners include Mr Chard (2010) and Kidnapped (2009).

Spring Carnival Guide
Winners of this race may go on to taste success in the Gr2 Sandown Guineas as Kidnapped (2009), Over (1999), Voting (1993) and Shankhill Lass (1995) all managed to do. Kidnapped also went on to win the Gr1 SA Derby in the autumn of 2010.

Schilling (2nd in 2007) went on to win the Sandown Guineas after finishing second in this race, while Caymans (4th 2008) won the Sandown Guineas and Lucky Thunder (2nd 2008) ran third in the same race.

2011 Carbine Club Stakes result
1. $1.50 Galah 56.0 Kerrin McEvoy
2. $14.00 Highly Recommended 55.0 Luke Nolen
3. $61.00 Saint Etienne 55.0 Danny Nikolic

then followed
4. $12.00 First Course 55.0 Ms Michelle Payne
5. $6.00 Meethaq 55.0 Dwayne Dunn
6. $16.00 Cross Of Gold 55.0 Damien Oliver
7. $201.00 Durnford 55.0 Mark Zahra
8. $101.00 Flying Aquila 53.0 Corey Brown

Margins: Short 1/2 head, 1/2 neck
Time: 1:37.84

Carbine Club Stakes recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Galah	Highly Recommended	Saint Etienne	1:37.8
2010	Mr Chard	Goldstone	Condelago	1:36.0
2009	Kidnapped	Disco Summit	Ruse De Guerre	1:37.8
2008	Dr Doutes	Lucky Thunder	Millbank	1:36.2
2007	Zacroona	Schilling	Montonari	1:36.4
2006	Permaiscuous	Patriotism	Antidotes	1:37.1
2005	Testafiable	Fusiachi San	San Vesuvio	1:36.0
2004	Al Maher	Squad	Pin Up Boy	1:37.9
2003	Sir Dex	Tchaikovsky	Sandy River	1:38.9
2002	Delago Brom	Lord Volksraad	Charlie Bub	1:35.1
2001	All Courage	Gordo	Road To Dance	1:35.1
2000	Inspire	Sporting Scribe	Neptunes Journey	1:37.9
1999	Over	Trousers	Poking Around	1:35.0
1998	Toy Carousel	Royal Voyage	Kensign	1:35.2
1997	Antiquity	Desert Light	Modern General	1:37.4
1996	Kailey Choice	King Ivor	Monets Cove	1:35.4
1995	Saintly	Brackenbury	Touch Of Force	1:34.8
1994	Perfect Harmony	Marwina	Chelsworth	1:36.6
1993	Voting	Nordic Express	Oakmont	1:36.0
1992	Baskerville	Lansdowne Road	Prince Of Ipoh	1:37.3
1991	Rapan Boy	Laranto	Springhill Lad	1:35.6
1990	Pre Record	Galaxy Dancer	Friends Venture	1:37.1
1989	Submariner	Afghan Rebel	Escalation	1:36.3
1988	Wonder Dancer	Glacier Peak	Shipwreck	1:36.7