Carrington Stakes

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Carrington Stakes

Listed race
Bernborough, 1945 winner.
Location	Randwick Racecourse Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated	1886
Race type	Thoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance	1400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three years old and upwards
Weight	Open Handicap
Purse	A$150,000 (2022)

The Carrington Stakes is a historical Australian Turf Club Thoroughbred horse race run over 1400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia, run under Quality Handicap conditions for open class sprinters.

History

The Carrington Stakes was named after New South Wales Governor Lord Carrington and was first run in 1886 and won by Ben Bolt. A major race winner of the 1886 VATC Caulfield Cup and 1888 AJC Doncaster Handicap was a widely travelled Queensland bred performer and raced by William Strickland, a Bowen Alderman and owner of the local Commercial Hotel.

Notable winners include Valicare (1925), Closing Time (1932), Bernborough (1945), Karendi (1953), Lindbergh (1955), Foresight (1967), Gay Gauntlet (1969), Zambari (1973), Zephyr Bay (1975), Cheyne Walk (1977), Blazing Saddles (1978), Ubetido (1982), At Sea (1985,1986,1987), Snippets (1988), Sunalong Lass (1989,1990), Lightning Bend (1991), Notoire (2001), Rain Affair (2012).

Distance

• 1886–1979 – 6 furlongs (~1200 metres)
• 1980–2005 – 1000 metres
• 2006–2014 – 1100 metres
• 2015 onwards – 1400 metres

Grade

• 1886– onwards – Listed race

Winners

• 2021 – Bandersnatch
• 2020 – Cradle Mountain
• 2019 – Tom Melbourne
• 2018 – Lanciato
• 2017 – Ecuador
• 2016 – Zin Zan Eddie
• 2015 – Ninth Legion
• 2014 – Dances On Stars
• 2013 – No Looking Back
• 2012 – Rain Affair
• 2011 – Jest Crewsin
• 2010 – Court
• 2009 – Hairy
• 2008 – Al Be Nimble
• 2007 – Strada
• 2006 – Bold Matador
• 2005 – Presently
• 2004 – Oomph
• 2003 – Libidinious
• 2002 – Time Out
• 2001 – Notoire
• 2000 – Nan Tien
• 1999 – Greta Hall
• 1998 – Identikit
• 1997 – Flaming Hot
• 1996 – Our Lance
• 1995 – Jonpoilo
• 1994 – Classic Magic
• 1993 – Another Drive
• 1992 – Burrendah Boy
• 1991 – Lightning Bend
• 1990 – Sunalong Lass
• 1989 – Sunalong Lass
• 1988 – Snippets
• 1987 – At Sea
• 1986 – At Sea
• 1985 – At Sea
• 1984 – Young Blood
• 1983 – Demus
• 1982 – Ubetido
• 1981 – Biscawong
• 1980 – Lady Manina
• 1979 – Hemisphere
• 1978 – Blazing Saddles
• 1977 – Cheyne Walk
• 1976 – Kronprinz
• 1975 – Zephyr Bay
• 1974 – Winged Prince
• 1973 – Zambari
• 1972 – Phantom Dollar
• 1971 – Stevette
• 1970 – Wentwel
• 1969 – Gay Gauntlet
• 1968 – Winged Beauty
• 1967 – Foresight
• 1966 – Farnworth
• 1965 – Tipperary Star
• 1964 – Race not held
• 1963 – Trace Call
• 1962 – Noble Star
• 1961 – Prince Wilkes
• 1960 – Endure
• 1959 – Front Cover
• 1958 – Huntly
• 1957 – New Spec
• 1956 – Maniana
• 1955 – Lindbergh
• 1954 – Gay Vista
• 1953 – Karendi
• 1952 – Blue Flag
• 1951 – Artois
• 1950 – Warrah KIng
• 1949 – Skip Court
• 1948 – Mine Host
• 1947 – Star Vite
• 1946 – Native Son
• 1945 – Bernborough
• 1944 – Trimmer (Jan)
• 1944 – Victory Lad (Dec)
• 1943 – Soho
• 1942 – Race not held
• 1941 – The Miller
• 1940 – Caesar
• 1939 – Delmestor
• 1938 – Delmestor
• 1937 – Brown Baroness
• 1936 – Falstaff
• 1935 – Vista
• 1934 – Dame Moab
• 1933 – Jacko
• 1932 – Closing Time
• 1931 – Greenline
• 1930 – Pavilion
• 1929 – Gay Ballerina
• 1928 – Greenline
• 1927 – Genuine
• 1926 – Grecian Orator
• 1925 – Valicare
• 1924 – Tressie
• 1923 – Otacre
• 1922 – Braehead
• 1921 – Etive
• 1920 – Glenacre
• 1919 – Ready Aye Ready
• 1918 – Aries
• 1917 – Colugo
• 1916 – Balarang
• 1915 – Ickle Lass
• 1914 – Malt Mark
• 1913 – Athenic
• 1912 – Ruby Hampton
• 1911 – Melotoi
• 1910 – Sunlike
• 1909 – Metograph
• 1908 – Lord Beachamp
• 1907 – Heiro
• 1906 – Pompous
• 1905 – Sir Richard
• 1904 – Haloya
• 1903 – Pendant
• 1902 – Pendant
• 1901 – Cast Iron
• 1900 – Fulminate
• 1899 – Coralie
• 1898 – Loch Marie
• 1897 – Precaution
• 1896 – True Blue
• 1895 – Vanitas
• 1894 – Stanmore
• 1893 – Trieste
• 1892 – Pilot Boy
• 1890 – Too Soon
• 1889 – The Gift
• 1888 – Plutarch
• 1887 – Acme
• 1886 – Ben Bolt

References

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