Also noted champions Black Caviar and Miss Andretti won the race before being successful at Royal Ascot.

[2] Originally from Morayshire, Scotland, William Reid was a Victorian Banker and racehorse owner who died in 1923.

[2] He was the owner of a number of prominent racehorses in the early 1900s including Uncle Sam, who won the Caulfield Cup in 1912 and 1914.

Uncle Sam also ran third in the Melbourne Cup in 1912 who stood at his Glen Orla Stud in Sunbury.

In 2002 the event was moved to March while the Norman Carlyon Stakes which was the same distance and race conditions was rescheduled for the Australia Day holiday weekend.