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Group races total over 540+ races each year which works out around 2-3% of total races held each season in Australia.
Group races are divided into 4 categories;
Group 1 - at least $250,000 prizemoney - 60+ races per season
Group 2 - at least $125,000 prizemoney - 80+ races per season
Group 3 - at least $75,000 prizemoney - 110+ races per season
Listed - at least $50,000 prizemoney - 280+ races per season
The Australian horse racing season runs from August to July each year and we have listed all the Group 1 and Group 2 races on the racing calendar.
The Alister Clark Stakes is a MVRC Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three year-old colts and geldings over a distance of 1600 metres.
The race is run under set weights & penalty conditions and is worth $200,000. It is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia .
The race was first run in 1939 and until 1977 was classified as a Principal race.
The race is named for Alister Clark, the foundation chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club and master of Oaklands Hunt Club from 1901 to 1908.
| 2009 |
Pre Eminence |
Group 2 |
| 2008 |
Sound Journey |
Group 2 |
| 2007 |
Casino Prince |
Group 2 |
| 2006 |
Spinney |
Group 2 |
| 2005 |
Lieutenant |
Group 2 |
| 2004 |
Speedy King |
Group 2 |
| 2003 |
Titanic Jack |
Group 2 |
| 2002 |
Royal Code |
Group 2 |
| 2001 |
Mr. Murphy |
Group 2 |
| 2000 |
Pins |
Group 2 |
| 1999 |
Dignity Dancer |
Group 2 |
| 1998 |
Zonda |
Group 2 |
| 1997 |
Flak Jacket |
Group 2 |
| 1996 |
Scenic Royale |
Group 2 |
| 1995 |
Blevic |
Group 2 |
| 1994 |
Tristalove |
Group 2 |
| 1993 |
Sarason |
Group 2 |
| 1992 |
Naturalism |
Group 2 |
| 1991 |
Durbridge |
Group 2 |
| 1990 |
Zabee |
Group 2 |
| 1989 |
Bar Landy |
Group 2 |
| 1988 |
Flotilla |
Group 2 |
| 1987 |
Vo Rogue |
Group 2 |
| 1986 |
Lockley's Tradition |
Group 2 |
| 1985 |
King Phoenix |
Group 2 |
| 1984 |
Penny Edition |
Group 2 |
| 1983 |
My Evit |
Group 2 |
| 1982 |
Fearless Pride |
Group 2 |
| 1981 |
My Brown Jug |
Group 2 |
| 1980 |
Bit Of A Skite |
Group 2 |
| 1979 |
Family Of Man |
Group 2 |
| 1978 |
not held |
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| 1977 |
Family Of Man
Surround |
Principal race |
| 1976 |
Leica Show |
Principal race |
| 1975 |
not held |
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| 1974 |
Toltrice |
Principal race |
| 1973 |
The Frigate |
Principal race |
| 1972 |
Upstairs |
Principal race |
| 1971 |
Tauto |
Principal race |
| 1970 |
Cyron |
Principal race |
| 1969 |
Begonia Belle |
Principal race |
| 1968 |
Heroic Stone |
Principal race |
| 1967 |
not held |
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| 1966 |
Bowl King |
Principal race |
| 1965 |
Sir Dane |
Principal race |
| 1964 |
Sometime |
Principal race |
| 1963 |
Sometime |
Principal race |
| 1962 |
Aquanita |
Principal race |
| 1961 |
Dhaulagiri |
Principal race |
| 1960 |
Stormy Passage |
Principal race |
| 1959 |
Wiggle 5 |
Principal race |
| 1958 |
Baron Boissier |
Principal race |
| 1957 |
Mac's Amber |
Principal race |
| 1956 |
Glitzern |
Principal race |
| 1955 |
St. Joel |
Principal race |
| 1954 |
Gallant Archer |
Principal race |
| 1953 |
Hydrogen |
Principal race |
| 1952 |
Step Aside |
Principal race |
| 1951 |
Chicquita |
Principal race |
| 1950 |
Comic Court |
Principal race |
| 1949 |
Filipino |
Principal race |
| 1948 |
Money Moon |
Principal race |
| 1947 |
St. Fairy |
Principal race |
| 1946 |
Reperio |
Principal race |
| 1945 |
Simmering |
Principal race |
| 1944 |
Lilette |
Principal race |
| 1943 |
Athol Belle |
Principal race |
| 1942 |
Tranquil Star
Prince Ronald |
Principal race |
| 1941 |
Zonda |
Principal race |
| 1940 |
Pure Gold |
Principal race |
| 1939 |
Amiable |
Principal race |
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