The Gilgai Stakes, registered as the Baguette Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, at Set Weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres.
It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October.
[1] Total prize money for the race is A$300,000.
Originally the race was named after the former VRC chairman Sir Rupert Steele.
The current race name is named after Gilgai Farm Stud, a horse breeding farm in Nagambie, Victoria,[3] the birthplace of the champion racehorse Black Caviar.