Emirates Stakes
The Emirates Stakes is Victoria's most important "Mile" race. Since 1972 it has been run over the metric distance of 1600 Metres, and prior to this it was Flemington's feature Mile race since 1919. It is the last Group 1 race in Melbourne for the Spring season.
The Emirates Stakes is run on the fourth day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Outstanding horses to have won the race in its recent history are Vain (1969), Taj Rossi (1973), Maybe Mahal (1976), Family of Man (1978), Better Loosen Up (1989), Shaftesbury Avenue (1990) and Testa Rossa (2000). An interesting fact about this race is that the Hayes family from Lindsay Park Stud trained five winners in succession between 1992-96.
The 2005 Emirates Stakes was substantially upgraded in prizemoney, which was increased by 50% to $AUD750,000 and the weight conditions were amended to that of a Quality Handicap. As such, no horse can be asked to carry more than 60kg in the race, making the Emirates Stakes an attractive proposition for connections of genuine WFA horses. In 2007, prizemoney for the Emirates Stakes was again raised - to $AUD1,000,000.
The Club expects that overseas trained horses will be seen in the Emirates Stakes sooner rather than later, as the event is now ideal for those overseas trainers with Emirates Melbourne Cup horses who also have a top class "miler" in their stables. The high prize money, weight conditions and the cost efficiencies associated with bringing two horses to Melbourne, instead of only one, all combine to make the Emirates Stakes a race with great international potential.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 2008 | All Silent | Dwayne Dunn | Grahame Begg | Sea Battle | Mimi Lebrock |
| 2007 | Tears I Cry | Nikita Beriman | Ciaron Maher | Bird Dancer | Shinzig |
| 2006 | Divine Madonna | Stephen Baster | Mark Kavanagh | Niconero | Valedictum |
| 2005 | Valedictum | Steven King | Danny O'Brien | Infinite Grace | Shania Dane |
| 2004 | Sky Cuddle | Jason Benbow | Peter Moody | Lad Of The Manor | Skewiff |
| 2003 | Titanic Jack | Brett Prebble | Tom Hughes | True Glo | Crawl |
| 2002 | Scenic Peak | Danny Nikolic | Dan Bougoure | Crawl | Excellerator |
| 2001 | Desert Eagle | Kerrin McEvoy | Matthew Ellerton | Emission | La Bella Dama |
| 2000 | Testa Rossa | Patrick Payne | Dean Lawson | Weasel Will | Crawl |
| 1999 | Bonanova | Jim Cassidy | Grahame Begg | Umrum | Nina Haraka |
| 1998 | Bezeal Bay | Jim Cassidy | Paul Perry | Buster Jones | Pursuits |
| 1997 | Catalan Opening | Darren Beadman | Bart Cummings | Penghulu | Sweet Delight |
| 1996 | Miss Margaret | Shane Dye | Peter Hayes | Scenic Royale | Headstrong |
| 1995 | Seascay | David Taggart | Peter Hayes | Tolanda | Juggler |
| 1994 | Seascay | David Taggart | David Hayes | Idea | Western Red |
| 1993 | Primacy | Rod Griffiths | David Hayes | Excited Angel | Pharoah |
| 1992 | Planet Ruler | Michael Clarke | David Hayes | Soho Square = 2 Vows = 2 |
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| 1991 | Pontormo | Patrick Payne | Lee Freedman | Shaftesbury Avenue | Prince Salieri |
| 1990 | Shaftesbury Avenue | Jim Cassidy | Bart Cummings | Spot The Rock | Pressman's Choice |
| 1989 | Better Loosen Up | Michael Clarke | Colin Hayes | Our Krona | Swiftsynd |
| 1988 | Our Westminster | Peter Cook | Ngaire Fraser | Eastern Classic | True Dreams |
| 1987 | Warned | Simon Marshall | Lee Freedman | Groucho | Isomer |
| 1986 | Chanteclair | Mick Dittman | Tommy Smith | Eastern Classic | True Dreams |
| 1985 | Dazzling Duke | Wayne Treloar | Alan Curtis | Mrs. Fitzherbet | Lord Ballina |
| 1984 | Riverdale | Neil Barker | Neil Ward | Exemplify | Keepers |
| 1983 | Honest Promise | Bruce Compton | Paul Sutherland | French Current | Feeling Fit |
| 1982 | Magari | Robert Heffernan | Ross McDonald | Getting Closer | Pride Of Egypt |
| 1981 | Tower Belle | Malcolm Pay | Ken Williams | Pride Of Century | Sovereign Red |
| 1980 | Silver Bounty | Brian Werner | Gary Carson | Blazing Bags | Western Bay |
| 1979 | Bit of a Skite | Wayne Treloar | Owen Lynch | Consenting | Waitangirua |
| 1978 | Family of Man | Harry White | George Hanlon | Cool Minstrel | Arbre Chene |
| 1977 | Galway Bay | Wayne Treloar | Tommy Smith | Raffindale | Romantic Dream |
| 1976 | Maybe Mahal | Pat Trotter | Bart Cummings | Bonfield | Visit |
| 1975 | Kiwi Can | Roger Lang | Fred Beguely | Wave King | Purple Patch |
| 1974 | Skyjack | Peter Cook | Bart Cummings | Bellota | Drifted In |
| 1973 | Taj Rossi | Stan Aitken | Bart Cummings | Millefleurs | Toltrice |
| 1972 | All Shot | Roy Higgins | Ian Saunders | Proud Prince | Upstairs |
| 1971 | Gunsynd | Roy Higgins | Tommy Smith | Tauto | Sky Call |
| 1970 | Levian | Peter Hulland | Arthur Prentis | Regal Vista | Dual Choice |
| 1969 | Vain | Pat Hyland | Jim Moloney | Our Faith | Cyron |
| 1968 | Cyron | George Moore | Tommy Hill | Bunratty Castle | Regal Rhythm |
| 1967 | Heroic Stone | Harry White | Tommy Hughes | Prince Jandiker | Baccare |
| 1966 | Storm Queen | Roy Higgins | Bart Cummings | Woambra | Heroic Stone |
| 1965 | Heroic Stone | Mick Mallyon | Tommy Hughes | Argentry | Betatip |
| 1964 | Brandy Lad | Roy Higgins | T.J. Black | Rashlore | Sunny Coronation |
| 1963 | Wenona Girl | Bill Pyers | Maurice McCarten | Bengal Tiger | Check Up |
| 1962 | Woambra | Billy Smith | Pat Burke | Prince Regoli | Rochdale |
| 1961 | Aquanita | Ron Hutchinson | Ray Shaw | Royal Beltor | Berru |
| 1960 | Aquanita | Ron Hutchinson | Ray Shaw | Sky High | Mardene |
| 1959 | Wheat King | Saranover | Declaree | ||
| 1958 | Droll Prince | Highfire | Woolman | ||
| 1957 | Landy | Watch Out | Matrice | ||
| 1956 | Matrice | Grand Rajah | Talento | ||
| 1955 | Kosciusko | Cyklon King | Kamet | ||
| 1954 | Prince Courtauld | Cyklon King | Connaught | ||
| 1953 | Rio Janeiro | Preaciarus | Macfarlane | ||
| 1952 | Phaeton | Trizami | Desert Breeze | ||
| 1951 | Kintail | Oversight | Zezette | ||
| 1950 | Ellerslie | Spitfire | Gallant Rob | ||
| 1949 | Comedy Prince | Beau Gem | Flemish | ||
| 1948 | Beau John | Filipino | Solvive | ||
| 1947 | Money Moon | Star Of India | Tamerlane | ||
| 1946 | St. Fairy | The Sirdar | La Patrice | ||
| 1945 | Royal Gem | La Patrice | Typhoon | ||
| 1944 | Gay Revelry | The Bohemian | Leading Man | ||
| 1943 | Burberry | Sunrocks | Lilette | ||
| 1942 | Queen Baccha | Phocion | Lilette | ||
| 1941 | Burrabil | Rimveil | Evergreen | ||
| 1940 | Gold Salute | Judean | Remarc | ||
| 1939 | Manrico | Landlaw | Carpentier | ||
| 1938 | St. Constant | Judean | Mohican | ||
| 1937 | Mohican | King's Head | Regular Bachelor | ||
| 1936 | Gay Lover | Pamelus | Charles Fox | ||
| 1935 | Hostile | Whittingham | Press Gang | ||
| 1934 | L'elite | Australia Fair | Closing Time | ||
| 1933 | Care Free | Whittingham | Gordon's Leap | ||
| 1932 | Denis Boy | H. Jones | F. McGrath | Winooka | Dermid |
| 1931 | Dermid | A. Knox | J. Donohoe | Denis Boy | Pentheus |
| 1930 | Mystic Peak | A. Reed | P. B. Quinlan | Prince Voil | The Gay Mutineer |
| 1929 | Amounis | J. Munro | F. McGrath | Merab | Black Duchess |
| 1928 | Highland | W. Duncan | J. Holt | Karuma | Black Duchess |
| 1927 | Vaals | H. Jones | F. Williams | Treylon | Beau Hania |
| 1926 | Amounis | | F. McGrath |
Preposterer |
Gothic |
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| 1925 | Waranton | B. Matson | E. J. Riley | Baldwin | Fuji San |
| 1924 | The Night Patrol | R. Lewis | J. Scobie | Beeline | Englefield |
| 1923 | Clarro | S. Cracknell | F. Williams | Easingwold | Sonora |
| 1922 | Violoncello | J. King | C. Bryans | Fingon | The Tyrant |
| 1921 | Beeline | E. O'Sullivan | J. Truskett | Demetrius | Molly's Robe |
| 1920 | Ethiopian | G. Harrison | M. T. McGrath | Demonte | Bandurria |
| 1919 | Chai | W. Leyshon | Lucknow | G. May | Hymestra |