Melbourne Racing Club – 2026 Underwood Stakes (1800m) Group 1 $1,000,000 Weight-For-Age 103rd Running Race first run: Saturday, August 23, 1924 (as the Williamstown Stks, won by Whittier); Conducted: Sandown over 1800m (2021/22); Caulfield over 1800m (1995-2020, 2023/24) Notable Winners: Phar Lap (1931) Ajax (1938/1939/1940) Heroic (1926) Tobin Bronze (1966) Hall Mark (1933/1934) So You Think (2010) Northerly (2002/2003) Rain Lover (1969) Lord (1958/1960) Aquanita (1961/1962) Bonecrusher (1986) Royal Gem (1948) Young Idea (1935/1937) Sobar (1972) Octagonal (1996) Gay Icarus (1971) Rubiton (1987) Mares Winners: Bonneval (2017) Tristarc (1985) Valley of Georgia (1979) Denise’s Joy (1977) How Now (1976) Lowland (1968) Longest Priced Winners: $101 (Black Heart Bart-2019) $41 (Rubiscent-2007); Shortest Priced Winners: 1/6f (Ajax-1939) $1.18f (Zaaki-2021) 1/4f (Syntax-1957) 1/3f (Ajax-1940) Melbourne Cup winners to contest the Underwood Stks: (17) includes Knight’s Choice (2024) Without a Fight (2023) Viewed (2008) Jezabeel (1998) Doriemus (1995) Jeune (1994) Subzero (1992) At Talaq (1986) Just a Dash (1981) Gold and Black (1977) Rain Lover (1968/69) Rising Fast (1954) Comic Court (1950) Hall Mark (1933) Caulfield Cup winners to contest the Underwood Stks: (32) includes Duke de Sessa (2024) Without a Fight (2023) Mongolian Khan (2015) Southern Speed (2011) Viewed (2009) Elvstroem (2004) Mummify (2003) Northerly (2002) Sky Heights (1999) Doriemus (1995) How Now (1976) Sobar (1972) Gay Icarus (1971) Rising Fast (1954/55) Whittier (1925) Cox Plate winners to contest the Underwood Stks: (24) includes Ocean Park (2012) So You Think (2010) Maldivian (2008) Northerly (2002) Northerly (2001) Almaarad (1989) Rubiton (1987) Bonecrusher (1986) Strawberry Road (1983) Dulcify (1979) So Called (1978) Tobin Bronze (1966) Rising Fast (1954) Ajax (1938) Phar Lap (1931) Heroic (1926) Leading Trainers: Ken Hilton, Jack Holt (7), Bart Cummings (6), Murray Baker, Lee Freedman, Colin Hayes (4), Frank Musgrave, Roy Shaw, Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (3) Leading Jockeys: Harold Badger (5), Bill Duncan, Danny Nikolic, Jack Purtell, Brent Thomson, Harry White (4), Frank Dempsey, Roy Higgins, Jim Johnson, Damien Oliver, Brad Rawiller (3) Year Winner Trainer Jockey No. Br. SP A/S Lead Up Form 2006 EL SEGUNDO C.LITTLE D.GAUCI 5 7 $3.10f 5G 2nd VRC Aurie’s Star-1st Memsie Stk 2007 RUBISCENT M.PRICE D.NIKOLIC 8 13 $41 5G 1st MV Northerly Cup-1st Caul 1600m Hcp-7th Heatherlie Hcp 2008 WEEKEND HUSSLER R.MCDONALD B.RAWILLER 7 3 $1.55f 4G 2nd Liston Stk-1st Memsie Stk-1st VRC Makybe Diva 2009 HEART OF DREAMS M.PRICE C.NEWITT 13 4 $10 4G 4th Liston Stk-5th VRC Makybe Diva 2010 SO YOU THINK J.B.CUMMINGS S.ARNOLD 10 2 $1.75f 4H 1st Memsie Stk 2011 LION TAMER MURRAY BAKER M.RODD 8 6 $16 4H 4th NZ Mudgway Stk 2012 OCEAN PARK G.HENNESSY G.BOSS 13 5 $8 4H 1st NZ Mudgway Stk 2013 IT’S A DUNDEEL MURRAY BAKER J.MCDONALD 11 12 $7.50 4H 4th Memsie Stk 2014 FORETELLER C.WALLER G.BOSS 2 2 $6.50 8G 4th Lawrence Stk-3rd Feehan Stk 2015 MOURINHO P.GELAGOTIS V.DURIC 5 4 $18 8G 1st Lawrence Stk-6th Feehan Stk 2016 BLACK HEART BART D.WEIR B.RAWILLER 2 6 $2.20f 6G 1st Memsie Stk-2nd VRC Makybe Diva 2017 BONNEVAL M.BAKER & A.FORSMAN H.BOWMAN 8 3 $4.40 4M 1st Feehan Stk 2018 HOMESMAN L.HOWLEY B.MELHAM 8 5 $5 5G 2nd Feehan Stk 2019 BLACK HEART BART LINDSEY SMITH B.RAWILLER 3 6 $101 9G 8th Memsie Stk-11th Rupert Clarke 2020 RUSSIAN CAMELOT D.O’BRIEN D.OLIVER 10 8 $1.55f 4H 2nd VRC Makybe Diva 2021 ZAAKI A.NEASHAM C.WILLIAMS 2 3 $1.18f 7G 1st Tramway Stk 2022 ALLIGATOR BLOOD WATERHOUSE/BOTT T.CLARK 3 2 $8 6G 7th Memsie Stk-2nd VRC Makybe Diva 2023 ALLIGATOR BLOOD WATERHOUSE/BOTT D.OLIVER 2 8 $3.60f 7G 4th Memsie Stk-2nd VRC Makybe Diva 2024 BUCKAROO C.WALLER J.MOREIRA 8 10 $9 6G 8th Winx Stk-1st Chelmsford Stk 2025 SIR DELIUS WATERHOUSE/BOTT C.WILLIAMS 9 10 $2.10f 5H 2nd Chelmsford Stk formfocus.com.au
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