The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes is run over 2000m at Flemington racecourse under set weights and penalties.  In terms of a guide to the three big feature races during the Spring carnival, the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, history suggests there is no better guide.  Previous winners of the Turnbull Stakes in the past include Wakeful (1903), Bernborough (1946), Dulcify (1979) and Let’s Elope (1991) among many others that then went on to win one of the three mentioned above.  A deep dive into more recent times does nothing to dispel the data that we have for over…

Horse racing fans in Australia have been blessed in recent times with champion mares in the sport.  Recent hall of fame inductee Peter Moody of course trained champion sprinting mare Black Caviar to win all 25 of her race starts which of course, including Group 1 success in England.  Winx won the racing public’s adoration like few before have when she won a world record 25 Group 1s during her illustrious career.  At the start of this century, there was another mare, this time of the staying variety, that won a record three Melbourne Cups among nine Group 1s in…