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Location
  
Caulfield Racecourse

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,200 m

Inaugurated
  
1968

Sponsor
  
Ladbrokes (2017)

Track
  
Left-handed

Purse
  
150,000 USD (2017)

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The Manfred Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights with penalties run over a distance of 1200 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late January or early February. Prize money is A$150,000.

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Race history

The race was usually held at Caulfield Racecourse but was moved to Sandown Racecourse for 2015 and scheduled to be race on Australia Day. The race was upgraded in 2014 to Group 3, a class that the race held between 1983–1990.

Race name

  • 1968–1978 - Manfred Stakes
  • 1979–1982 - Schweppes Cup
  • 1983 - Schweppes Centenary Cup
  • 1984–2004 - Schweppes Cup
  • 2005 - Schweppervescence Cup
  • 2006 - Manfred Stakes
  • 2007–2010 - Wellington Racing Club Stakes
  • 2011 onwards - Manfred Stakes
  • Race grade

  • 1968–1978 - Principal race
  • 1979–1990 - Group 3
  • 1991–2013 - Listed race
  • 2014 onwards - Group 3
  • Race distance

  • 1968–1972 - 6 furlongs (~1200 metres)
  • 1973 - 1400 metres
  • 1974–1975 - 1600 metres
  • 1976 - 1400 metres
  • 1977–2004 - 1600 metres
  • 2005–2010 - 1400 metres
  • 2011 - 1300 metres
  • 2012–2014 - 1200 metres
  • 2015 - 1300 metres
  • 2016 onwards - 1200 metres
  • Race venue

  • 1996, 2011, 2015 - Sandown Racecourse
  • References

    Manfred Stakes Wikipedia