Turnbull Stakes

The Turnbull Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race, for horses four years old and older, run under set weights with penalties conditions over a distance of 2,000 metres.

The race is held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October.

[1] It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival and is considered a major preparatory race for the Caulfield Cup, W S Cox Plate and for the Melbourne Cup.

In 1948 the race was renamed after the Victoria Racing Club Chairman at the time Richard Turnbull.

[2] The race has featured in the VRC Spring meet under different names.

Rising Fast , 1954 winner
Amounis , 1930 winner
Hall Mark , 1934 winner