Form Focus for the Craiglee Stakes
- Wednesday, 04 September 2002 00:00
VRC Nivea Visage Craiglee Stakes (1600m)
Group 2 Of $351,500 Weight-for-Age
TEN YEAR TRENDS
Year - Horse - Trainer - Jockey - Wgt - No. - Barr. - SP - Lead Up Form
1992 STAR OF THE REALM - J.MEAGHER - S.KING - 57 - 10 - 13 - 6-4f - 4th VRC 1100m Hcp-1st Sand.1300m Hcp-2nd Memsie Stks
1993 MANNERISM - D.FREEDMAN - R.GRIFFITHS - 56 - 15 - 11 - 13-2 - 6th Liston Stks
1994 MAHOGANY - D.FREEDMAN - G.HALL - 57 - 8 - 6 - 2-5f - 1st Liston Stks
1995 JEUNE - P.HAYES - W.HARRIS - 58.5 - 2 - 1 - 5-2 - 3rd Liston Stks
1996 SALEOUS - P.HYLAND - P.PAYNE - 54.5 - 10 - 3 - 7-2f - 5th Liston Stks
1997 MARBLE HALLS - D.FREEDMAN - D.OLIVER - 57 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 7th Liston Stks
1998 UMRUM - L.MACDONALD - D.NIKOLIC - 57.5 - 11 - 10 - 3f - 12th Manikato Stks-4th Memsie Stks
1999 SKY HEIGHTS - C.ALDERSON - D.OLIVER - 57.5 - 5 - 1 - 5-4f - 2nd Liston Stks
2000 GO FLASH GO - J.BLAKEY - N.WILSON - 58 - 7 - 1 - 9-2 - 2nd Liston Stks
2001 NATIVE JAZZ - M.PLUMB - B.PREBBLE - 58 - 8 - 16 - $9 - 5th Liston Stks
1993 - Runyon (1st) - disqualified after returning a positive swab
RACE-STATS
Last 10 years:- Winners to runners (by age/sex): 5y+GH- 3/61 5y+M- 1/13 4GH- 5/33 4M- 1/8 3CG- 0/0 3F- 0/0
Last 10 years : Caulfield Cup winners to have contested the Craiglee – Diatribe (2000) Sky Heights (1999) Fraar (1993)
Melbourne Cup winners to have contested the Craiglee – Jeune (1994) Subzero (1992)
First run - 1948 Number of runnings - 54 Conducted at 1600m since 1965 (37 runnings)
Winners (by age/sex) since 1965: 5y+GH- 11 5y+M- 1 4GH- 15 4M- 10 3CG- 0 3F- 0
FEATURE RACE CONNECTIONS (same year wins)
Craiglee Stks-Caulfield Cup: Sky Heights (1999) Ming Dynasty(1977) How Now(1976)
Craiglee Stks-Melbourne Cup: Rain Lover(1969) Light Fingers(1965)
Craiglee Stks-MV Cox Plate: Dulcify(1979) Tobin Bronze(1966) Sir Dane(1964) Aquanita(1962)
FORM FACTS
Northerly backs up from his Memsie 4th, the WA champ being beaten once at the Craiglee distance of 1600m. Over the past decade, no horse contesting
the Craiglee has gone on to win the Cox Plate later in the Spring, Dulcify (1979) the last horse to complete the Craiglee-Cox Plate double. The Liston
Stakes is clearly the best form reference to the Craiglee, Don Eduardo, Elegant Fashion & Tully Thunder all performing well in the Liston and backing
up here. Four mares have won the Craiglee in the last 20 years, while Don Eduardo is out to emulate Sky Heights, Mahogany, Durbridge, Prolific &
Rose of Kingston, those horses (in the last 2 decades) taking the Craiglee after winning the AJC Derby in the autumn.
FORM FOCUS - FACTS & FIGURES
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