• Source: Caulfield Stakes

The Might and Power, registered as the Caulfield 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.




History


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 W. S. 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. In 2021 the race was renamed The Might and Power to honour the 1997 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup winner who won this race back in 1998.




= Name

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1886–1996 - Caulfield Stakes
1997–2010 - Yalumba Stakes
2011–2015 - Caulfield Stakes
2016–2019 - Ladbrokes Stakes
2020 - Neds Stakes
2021 onwards - Neds Might and Power Stakes




= Distance

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1886–1887 - 11⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
1888 - 11⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
1889–1967 - 11⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
1968–1971 - 11⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
1972 onwards - 2000 metres




= Grade

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1886–1978 - Principal Race
1979 onwards - Group 1




= Double winners

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Thoroughbreds that have won the Caulfield Stakes – W. S. Cox Plate double:

Tranquil Star (1942), Rising Fast (1954), Kingston Town (1981-2), Bonecrusher (1986), Might and Power (1998), Northerly (2001), So You Think (2010), Ocean Park (2012), Winx (2016)
Thoroughbreds that have won the Caulfield Stakes – Caulfield Cup double:

Eurythmic (1920), High Syce (1929), Amounis (1930), Tranquil Star (1942), Rising Fast (1954), Redcraze (1956), Sometime (1963), How Now (1976), Sydeston (1990)




1922 racebook























= Gallery of noted winners

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Winners






See also


List of Australian Group races
Group races




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mary J. Blige
• Caulfield Stakes
• Caulfield Racecourse
• Lonhro
• Kingston Town (horse)
• Spring Racing Carnival
• James McDonald (jockey)
• Winx (horse)
• Caulfield Cup
• Octagonal (horse)
• Damien Oliver