Caulfield Village Stakes Race Information
The Caulfield Village Stakes is an 1100 metre open handicap race run by the Melbourne Racing Club in November. It is held at Caulfield as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
- Race Type: Listed
- Distance: 1100 metres
- Conditions: Open handicap
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria
- Prizemoney: $175,000
- Date: Saturday 16 November 2024
Caulfield Village Stakes Race History
The race was previously held on Ladies Day on the Wednesday between the Caulfield Guineas and the Caulfield Stakes at a meeting with three Group 3 races – the Blue Sapphire Stakes, the Coongy Handicap and the Ladies Day Vase. In 2021 it was moved to the Caulfield Stakes Saturday meeting. In 2023 it was moved to mid-November and the distance was decreased from 1200m to 1100m.
It was previously called the Heading Out Hair and Beauty Stakes when Free Wheeling won it in 2012. Lead-up races can include the Listed Regal Roller Stakes and the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes over 1200m. Horses that do well in the race may continue on to Group 2 Linlithgow Stakes at Flemington two and a half weeks later.
When Haunted won in 2019 it gave trainer James Cummings his 100th stakes race victory for Godolphin. He became Godolphin’s Australian trainer in July 2017.
Our Runner by Runner Previews
2023 Caulfield Village Stakes Preview and results.
2022 Caulfield Village Stakes Preview and results.
Useful Facts
Last mare to win: Hypothetical (2023)
Multiple winners: none yet
Fastest time (1200m): Lombardo (2021) 1:09:66
Tesra Rossa Stakes & Caulfield Village Stakes: Keen Array (2016)
Leading jockeys: James McDonald with 2 wins (Brave Song 2018; Complicate 2013).
Leading trainers: Peter Snowden with 3 wins (Brave Song 2018; Complicate 2013; Free Wheeling 2012)
Interesting trivia:
Past winners of the Caulfield Village Stakes
Winners of past Caulfield Village Stakes include horses that continue on to other spring sprint races.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2023 | Hypothetical | Curran | Sghirripa |
| 2022 | Gravina | Nicoloni Vito | Zethus |
| 2021 | Lombardo | Pandemic | Ocean Beyond |
| 2020 | Coruscate | Excess Funds | William Thomas |
| 2019 | Haunted | Parsifal | Inn Keeper |
| 2018 | Brave Song | Addictive Nature | So Si Bon |
| 2017 | Rich Charm | Keen Array | So You Too |
| 2016 | Keen Array | Illustrious Lad | Sebring Sun |
| 2015 | Fast ‘N’ Rocking | The Quarterback | Kaepernick |
| 2014 | In Cahoots | Adamantium | Éclair Big Bang |
| 2013 | Complicate | Academus | Cascabel |
| 2012 | Free Wheeling | Petman | Specter |