George Moore Stakes

The George Moore Stakes (formerly known as the Summer Stakes) is a Group 3 quality handicap race held annually at Doomben racecourse in Brisbane in December. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $200,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 George Moore Stakes was won by Adebisi from Latin News with Spirit Of Boom third.

Formerly known as the Summer Stakes, the George Moore Stakes is the first of three group races held in brisbane during December, with the other two being the Gr3 Vo Rogue Plate and the Gr3 BJ McLachlan Stakes.

George Moore Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 8th December 2012
Track:	Doomben racecourse, Brisbane
Distance:	1200 metres
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$200,000
2011 Winner:	Adebisi

The George Moore Stakes is a handy sprint race for this time of year and typically attracts the best available local sprinters going around at the time due to the high prizemoney on offer and the handicap conditions of the event.

The race has been won by some good horses at various times, including quality types such as Takeover Target (2005) and Chief De Beers (1994 & 1997), and is held during the Brisbane summer carnival which hosts a number of listed stakes races throughout the months of December and January.

Adebisi (2011) won a BM90 race over 1100m at Doomben prior to winning this race second-up from a spell and recent George Moore Stakes winners include Burdekin Blues (2009) and Friendly Embrace (2008). The race was not held in 2010 due to inclement weather.

2011 George Moore Stakes Result
11. $18.00 Adebisi 53.0 Paul Hammersley
2. $6.50 Latin News 55.0 Glen Colless
3. $16.00 Spirit Of Boom 53.0 Ric McMahon

then followed
4. $5.50 Excellantes 53.5 Brad Stewart
5. $17.00 Startsmeup 56.5 Joe Bowditch
6. $9.00 Steel Zip 53.0 Justin P Stanley
7. $11.00 Belltone 53.0 Chris Munce
8. $6.00 Ready To Rip 53.0 Jim Byrne
9. $10.00 Havatryst 53.0 Scott Galloway
10. $31.00 Celtic Dancer 53.0 Michael Hellyer
11. $4.60 Essington 57.5 Damian Browne
12. $81.00 Shuffle The Cash 55.5 Eddie Wilkinson
13. $101.00 Sheedy 53.0 Jason Taylor
14. $81.00 Jazz Heart 53.0 Ryan Wiggins

Margins: 1/2 len, 2 len
Time: 1:10.35

George Moore Stakes recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Adebisi	Latin News	Spirit Of Boom	1:10.3
2010	Not Held
2009	Burdekin Blues	Zero Rock	Forestreno	1:08.0
2008	Friendly Embrace	Daunting Lad	Tour Guide	1:09.6
2007	Not Held
2006	Natural Destiny	Hard To Catch	Tornado Alley	1:09.2
2005	Takeover Target	Picardi Run	Proudly Agro	1:07.8
2004	Show Biz Kid	Sir Breakfast	Karamazou	1:08.5
2003	Make Mine Magic	Consular	Forever Amen	1:09.0
2002	Baal Yabba	Smart Chariot	Diamond Dane	1:09.6
2001	Alpine Express	Amaizcay	Federal Agent	1:10.1
2000	Fine Action	King Lotto	Kanconcarne	1:08.3
1999	Major Victory	Dash Of Bay	City Fair	1:10.8
1998	City Hall	Chief De Beers	Roulette	1:09.6
1997	Chief De Beers	Mulagwa	Celestial Choir	1:08.4
1996	Rip Home	City Slicker	Chief De Beers	1:10.0
1995	Atlantic Crossing	Spritely Jet	Welsh Miner	1:09.2
1994	Chief De Beers	Buck's Pride	Copper County	1:09.6
1993	Morden	Tiny'S Finito	Unequalled	1:09.6