Gilgai Stakes
The Gilgai Stakes is a Group 2 set weights and penalty race for three-year-old & upward horses held each year in early October at Flemington racecourse during the Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $300,000 in prize money. The 2020 Gilgai Stakes was won by Zoutori from Dollar For Dollar with Kemalpasa third.
Taking place on the same day as the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes, the Gilgai Stakes is run down the 1200 metre straight course at Flemington.
Gilgai Stakes info
| Date: | Saturday 2nd October 2021 |
| Track: | Flemington racecourse, Melbourne |
| Distance: | 1200 metres |
| Race Type: | 3yo&Up - Set Weights + Penalty |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| 2020 Winner: | Zoutori |
The Gilgai Stakes tends to attract more than handy sprinters rather than topliners and suits horses who have a preference for straight track racing. It pays to study previous track and distance form to look for horses who have form down the Flemington straight, as not all horses handle the straight track after racing around turns.
The Gilgai Stakes is an above average sprint race and winners and placegetters will most likely head towards the Gr2 Linlithgow Stakes on Derby Day or Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic on Emirates day which are both run down the straight course.
Sunlight (2019) ran third in the Group 1 AJ Moir Stakes over 1000m at Moonee Valley before displaying sizzling speed to win this event for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable.
Recent Gilgai Stakes winners include I Am Excited (2018) and Keen Array (2017).
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Eduardo (2nd in 2018) and Ulmann (6th in 2017) both headed to Caulfield to capture Gr2 Caulfield Sprint and Gr3 Moonga Stakes respectively after contesting this race.
Classy sprinter Chautauqua (2015) headed to Moonee Valley at his next start to score an outstanding victory in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes.
Spirit Of Boom (2nd in 2013) won the Caulfield Sprint after his second placing in this race. The previous year he ran third, before finishing runner-up in the Gr2 Linlithgow Stakes at Flemington. He then travelled to Perth to run third in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot.
Hallowell Belle (2012) went on to finish 3rd behind Mental in the VRC Sprint Classic while King's Rose (2nd in 2012) ran second in the Moonga Stakes at Caulfield.
Temple of Boom (2011) managed to run 3rd in the Linlithgow Stakes at Flemington after winning this race while Response (3rd in 2011) finished third in the Gr2 Tristarc Stakes at Caulfield. Sistine Angel (2nd in 2011) went on to run second in the Gr3 Sandown Stakes at Sandown.
Chasm (3rd in 2010) went on to run third in the Linlithgow Stakes and Group 1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington during the four-day VRC carnival.
In the past few years the Gilgai Stakes has been a reasonable guide to the VRC Sprint Classic on Emirates Day with both All Silent (2009) and Swick (2008) winning the major sprint event later in the spring, while Stanzout (2007) ran 3rd in the VRC Sprint Classic.
First Command (2nd in 2009) managed to win the Caulfield Sprint on Caulfield Cup day while Eagle Falls (5th in 2009) won the Linlithgow Stakes on Derby day.
2020 Gilgai Stakes result
1. $5.50 Zoutori 59.0 Jamie Kah
2. $7.50 Dollar For Dollar 57.0 Luke Currie
3. $21.00 Kemalpasa 59.0 Craig Williams
then followed
4. $7.50 Kementari 57.0 William Pike
5. $3.30 Tofane 58.0 Damien Oliver
6. $5.50 Santa Ana Lane 57.0 Mark Zahra
7. $10.00 The Inevitable 58.0 Ben Melham
8. $21.00 Fifty Stars 60.0 John Allen
9. $51.00 I Am Someone 57.0 Brett Prebble
Margins: 0.1 len, 0.1 len
Time: 1:08.38
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Gilgai Stakes winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2020 | Zoutori | Dollar For Dollar | Kemalpasa | 1:08.3 |
| 2019 | Sunlight | Santa Ana Lane | Zoutori | 1:09.4 |
| 2018 | I Am Excited | Eduardo | Bons Away | 1:09.1 |
| 2018 | I am Excited | Eduardo | Bons Away | 1:09.1 |
| 2017 | Keen Array | Sold For Song | Malibu Style | 1:09.2 |
| 2016 | The Quarterback | We've Got This | Durendal | 1:09.0 |
| 2015 | Chautauqua | Delectation | Knoydart | 1:09.8 |
| 2014 | Chautauqua | Bounding | Final Crescendo | 1:08.2 |
| 2013 | Platelet | Spirit Of Boom | Steps In Time | 1:10.1 |
| 2012 | Hallowell Belle | King's Rose | Spirit Of Boom | 1:08.8 |
| 2011 | Temple Of Boom | Sistine Angel | Response | 1:10.5 |
| 2010 | Hay List | Catapulted | Chasm | 1:08.2 |
| 2009 | All Silent | First Command | Light Fantastic | 1:09.8 |
| 2008 | El Cambio | Swick | Murtajill | 1:10.1 |
| 2007 | Stanzout | Shadoways | Valedictum | 1:10.4 |
| 2006 | Fast N Famous | Shadoways | Dance Hero | 1:08.3 |
| 2005 | Falkirk | Glamour Puss | Recapitalize | 1:07.9 |
| 2004 | Recapitalize | Falkirk | Amtrak | 1:09.2 |
| 2003 | Bomber Bill | Mr. Magoo | Red Labelle | 1:09.7 |
| 2002 | Cosmic Strike | Strategic Image | Rubitano | 1:09.3 |
| 2001 | Belle Du Jour | Point Danger | Gold Class | 1:10.4 |
| 2000 | Bomber Bill | Sports | Umrum | 1:08.6 |
| 1999 | Black Bean | Cannyanna | Star Joe | 1:09.8 |
| 1998 | Rebel | Dantelah | Classic Day | 1:09.6 |
| 1997 | Rock You | Always A Chance | Wry Hero | 1:09.5 |
| 1996 | Poetic King | Lion Hunter | Rubidium | 1:12.0 |
| 1995 | Racer's Edge | Rullene | I Love Sydney | 1:10.2 |
| 1994 | Hareeba | You Remember | Simonstad | 1:09.5 |
| 1993 | Simonstad | Danjiki | Vladazair | 1:10.8 |
| 1992 | Storaia | Tanjian Prince | Tea Habit | 1:09.2 |
| 1991 | Vain Sovereign | Redelva | Mister Till | 1:09.1 |
| 1990 | Joanne | Redelva | Grandiose | 1:09.1 |
| 1989 | Grandiose | Redelva | Dark Beau | 1:08.7 |
| 1988 | Redelva | Jet Fighter | Franklin Pride | 1:11.0 |
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