page_title: Caulfield Stakes
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Caulfield Stakes / History
caption_attribution_description: English: High resolution scan from original digitally optimised
context_page_description: The Caulfield Stakes, raced as the Ladbrokes Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under weight-for-age conditions, for three-year-olds and upwards, run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. Prizemoney is A$1,000,000.
context_section_description: The race is held annually in October on Caulfield Guineas day, the first day of the MRC Spring Carnival. The conditions of the race in regard to distance and WFA is similar to the WS Cox Plate, held a fortnight after the Caulfield Stakes, and many Cox Plate contenders will use this race as a preparatory race. 
  During World War II the race was run at Flemington Racecourse.
  The 2016 edition of the race attracted only three entries, the smallest ever G1 race in Australia with champion mare Winx scaring off potential rivals.
caption: Gothic, 1928 winner.
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