Angus Armanasco Stakes

Angus Armanasco Stakes

The Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes is a 1600m race for three-year-old fillies at set weights, offering prize money of over $175 000. It is held in February every year on the prestigious Blue Diamond Stakes Day at Caulfield as part of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival. The Angus Armanasco Stakes 2012 will be held this year on the 26th of February, 2012 at Caulfield Racecourse.

Though not as famous as its spring counterpart, the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival is still a highly anticipated and well attended event on the Victorian racing calendar. Every year from January until April the esteemed racecourses around Melbourne are home to a plethora of exciting race days, including the Blue Diamond Stakes Day in February at Caulfield.

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Punters and other racing enthusiasts are kept amused and enthralled by a range of excellent group races including the feature race of the day, the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. This meeting boasts one of the fullest and most impressive cards of any of the days, also holding the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate and around six other events including the Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes.

Lead Up Races

There are some truly excellent lead-up races to this event including the Group 3 The Vanity (1200m) held at the esteemed Flemington three weeks before on Lightning Stakes Day.

This variety of filly events at the carnival makes for some very competitive and lucrative betting markets as punters are treated to a range of races where they can gauge the form and fitness of the fillies prior to placing their bets. It also provides some great betting doubles that pay extremely well if punters can pick the winning filly of both races!

Many fillies to contest the Angus Armanasco Stakes will later join the field of three-year-olds, including colts and geldings, to run in the Group 1 Australian Guineas. The Australian Guineas is the leading race for three-year-olds in the carnival, held two weeks later on Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing.

For those entries not quite up to the competition the Australian Guineas provides, the Angus Armanasco Stakes is also a fantastic lead-up to the Group 2 Kewney Stakes, held on the same day as the Australian Guineas. This event is another purely for three-year-old fillies and is run under the same set weight conditions.

Angus Armanasco Stakes History

Some top-class females have claimed victory in the Angus Armanasco Stakes over the years including Miss Finland (2007), Special Harmony (2004) and Champagne (1998). Named in honour of the late Australian Racing Hall of Fame trainer Angus Armanasco, the race was first run in 1976 and has seen a number of distance, status and name changes.

Distance History:

1976 – 1981: 1400m

1982 – 1985: 1600m

1986 – 1996: 1400m

1997 Onwards: 1600m

Status History:

1976 – 1979: Principal Race

1989 – 1999: Group 3

2000 Onwards: Group 2

Name History:

1976 – 1990: Tranquil Star Stakes

1991 – 1993: The Dalgety Stakes

1994 – The Inglis Premier Sale Stakes

1995 – The Jewel Stakes

1996 Onwards – Angus Armanasco Stakes.

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