54 Melbourne Racing Club – 2025 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) Group 2 $500,000 Weight-For-Age Registered Name: St George Stakes 125th Running Race first run: Saturday, February 17, 1900 (as the St George Stks, won by Parthian); Conducted: Over 2000m (1995); At Flemington (1996); At Sandown (2023) Notable Winners: Phar Lap (1931) Tobin Bronze (1967) Ajax (1939) Eurythmic (1922) Wakeful (1902) Tranquil Star (1941/1944/1945) Amounis (1930 Let’s Elope (1992) Northerly (2002/2003) Comic Court (1950/1951) Redcraze (1957) Vo Rogue (1988/1989) Heroic (1927) Lord (1959/1960) Delta (1952) Rain Lover (1969/1970) Desert Gold (1918) Flight (1946) Hydrogen (1953) Light Fingers (1966) Aquanita (1963) Gay Icarus (1961) Sobar (1974) Leilani (1974/1975) Winfreux (1968) Lonhro (2004) Fiorente (2014) Triple Winner: Tranquil Star (1941/1944/1945); Dual Winners: Northerly (2002/2003) Durbridge (1995/1996) Vo Rogue (1988/1989) Leilani (1975/1976) Rain Lover (1969/1970) Dhaulagiri (1961/1962) Lord (1959/1960) Comic Court (1950/1951) High Caste (1940/1942) Black Duchess (1928/1929) The Hawk (1924/1925) Longest Priced Winners: 25/1 (Easingwold-1923) $21/20-1 (La Rocket-2010, Soultline-1909, Footbolt-1903); Shortest Priced Winners: 1/14f (Phar Lap-1931) 1/7f (Vo Rogue-1989) Peter Young (St George) Stks winners record in the Australian Cup (at WFA): 38 starters for 10 wins (Fiorente-2014, Pompeii Ruler-2007, Lonhro-2004, Northerly-2003, Istidaad-1999, Dane Ripper-1998, Durbridge-1994, Let’s Elope-1992, Vo Rogue-1989, Hyperno-1981), 7 seconds, 3 thirds, 18 unplaced JRA Plate (Carlyon Cup)-Peter Young (St George) Stks (same year): Miss Siska (2020) Avilius (2019) Gailo Chop (2018) Leading Trainers: Bart Cummings (7), Jack Holt (6), Colin Hayes, James Scobie (4), Ron Cameron, Walter Hickenbotham, Lee Freedman, Jack Jamieson, Tommy Smith (3) Leading Jockeys: Damien Oliver (6), Jim Pike (5), Roy Higgins, Geoff Lane, Bobby Lewis, Jack Purtell (4), Harold Badger, Frank Dempsey, Jim Johnson, Steven King, Midge McLachlan, Nash Rawiller, Brent Thomson, Arthur Ward (3) Year Winner Trainer Jockey No. Br. SP A/S Lead-Up Form 2005 ELVSTROEM A.VASIL N.RAWILLER 1 4 $1.55f 4H 1st Orr Stk 2006 OUR SMOKING JOE D.L.FREEDMAN N.CALLOW 4 9 $5 5G 5th VRC C/Manifold-10th Orr Stk 2007 POMPEII RULER M.PRICE C.NEWITT 4 7 $5 4G 7th Orr Stk 2008 PRINCESS COUP M.WALKER D.OLIVER 10 5 $3.40f 4M 4th Orr Stk 2009 THESEO G.WATERHOUSE N.RAWILLER 3 5 $2.25f 5G 3rd Orr Stk 2010 LA ROCKET D.SUTTON S.BASTER 10 7 $21 5G 3rd MV Australia Stk-3rd Caul 1400m Hcp 2011 HEART OF DREAMS M.PRICE D.OLIVER 2 13 $2.40f 5G 7th MV Australia Stk-2nd Orr Stk 2012 LUCAS CRANACH A.FREEDMAN N.RAWILLER 9 11 $7.50 5H First run back from a spell (116 days) 2013 FORETELLER C.WALLER D.DUNN 5 8 $14 6G 2nd W Fm 1400m Hcp-5th Carlyon Cup 2014 FIORENTE G.WATERHOUSE D.OLIVER 1 5 $2.15f 6H First run back from a spell (109 days) 2015 MOURINHO P.GELAGOTIS V.DURIC 3 6 $8 7G 1st MV Australia Stk-3rd Orr Stk 2016 BOW CREEK J.O’SHEA D.OLIVER 8 8 $5f 5H 13th Orr Stk 2017 STRATUM STAR D.WEIR M.ZAHRA 1 3 $6 5H 2nd Sandown Stk-1st Kingston Town Clssc-1st G Cst 1800m MM Trophy 2018 GAILO CHOP D.WEIR M.ZAHRA 2 8 $2.40f 7G 1st Carlyon Cup 2019 AVILIUS JAMES CUMMINGS H.BOWMAN 8 1 $1.95f 5G 1st Carlyon Cup 2020 MISS SISKA G.BEGG D.LANE 9 7 $4.20 6M 1st Carlyon Cup 2021 PARADEE D.O’BRIEN J.ALLEN 12 1 $5 4M 2nd Lord Stk-1st GCst The Wave-1st GCst 1800m MM Qlty 2022 CASCADIAN JAMES CUMMINGS D.OLIVER 1 1 $2.05f 7G 3rd Orr Stk 2023 STEINEM MAHER & EUSTACE J.ALLEN 10 8 $5.50 5M First run since 2nd WA Ted Van Heemst (70 days) 2024 CAMPIONESSA M.WALKER M.DEE 7 1 $2.70f 6M 1st NZ Zabeel Classic-9th NZ Thorndon Mile-2nd NZ Herbie Dyke formfocus.com.au
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