The MRC Foundation Cup, registered as the Naturalism Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, over a distance of 2,000 metres.
It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in September.
[1] The registered race is named after Naturalism, who won the 1993 Caulfield Stakes.
The Naturalism Stakes is a good guide to high-profile races later in the season, including the Caulfield Cup and the prestigious W S Cox Plate.
[2] Since 2007 the race winner obtains a ballot exemption from the Caulfield Cup.