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Guineas form hasn’t been to the fore from the Autumn Stakes run at Caulfield on Saturday.
Light Fantastic was the last to win both races. The 2019 Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday does have some very nice horses this time.
2019 Autumn Stakes: Nominations
2019 AUTUMN STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Autumn Stakes is a Group 2 for three year olds conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield.
The Autumn Stakes was first run in 1979 and was won by Gondolier.
The Autumn Stakes is run over 1400m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions. It is worth $200,000 in 2019.
The race has been known by varying sponsors names but is registered as the Autumn Stakes. It became a 1400m race in 1987.
Since its inception it has gone from Listed race in 1979 to G3 from 1980 to 2007 and after that has been G2.
This meeting was traditionally run at Sandown and only became regularly run at Caulfield from 1997.
Not been a great race for fillies with Catechuchu, Special Harmony and Blaze The Turf the only fillies to win in last 21 years.
Only five have done the Autumn Stakes/Australian Guineas Double - Light Fantastic, Apache Cat, Dash For Cash, Dignity Dancer and King’s High.
Notable winners of the Autumn Stakes include Lord Ballina (1983), Centaine (1984), Beach Gown (1986), King’s High (1989), Canny Lad (1991), St Covet (1995), Tarnpir Lane (1997), Dignity Dancer (1999), Sudurka (2000), Desert Sky (2001), Dash For Cash (2002), Titanic Jack (2003), Special Harmony (2004), Shinzig (2005), Apache Cat (2006), Light Fantastic (2008), Denman (2010) and Mahuta (2016).
The 2018 Autumn Stakes was won by Holy Snow from Mr So And So and Astoria.