Chairman's Stakes (MRC)
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ClassGroup 3
LocationCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1990 as VATC Bounding Away Quality
Race typeThoroughbred
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1990 as VATC Bounding Away Quality |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Sportsbet (2026) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Two year olds |
| Weight | Set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $200,000 (2026) |
The Chairman's Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, raced under set weights with penalties conditions for two-year-olds, over a distance of 1000 metres run at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in February.[1]
Name
Originally this race was named after Bounding Away, Australian Horse Of The Year 1985–1986, who won the 1986 Blue Diamond Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double.[2]
Three horses have captured the Chairman's Stakes – Blue Diamond Stakes double:
- Redoute's Choice (1999)
- Road To Success (2000)
- Extreme Choice (2016)
Crystal Lily is the only horse to have captured the Chairman's Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double, having done this in 2020.
- 1990–1998 - Bounding Away Quality
- 1999–2003 - Veuve Clicquot Stakes
- 2004 - Jansz Stakes
- 2005–2007 - Pol Rogers Stakes
- 2008 - National Jockey Celebration Classic
- 2009 - Pol Rogers Stakes
- 2010–2011 - Chairman's Stakes
- 2012 - Emirate Airline Stakes
- 2013 onwards - Chairman's Stakes
Grade
- 1990–2013 - Listed race
- 2014 onwards - Group 3
Distance
- 1990–1996 – 1000 metres
- 1997–2002 – 1100 metres
- 2003–2007 – 1200 metres
- 2008 – 1000 metres
- 2009–2010 – 1100 metres
- 2011 – 1000 metres
- 2012–2014 – 1100 metres
- 2015 – 1000 metres
- 2016 – 1100 metres
- 2017 onwards - 1000 metres
Venue
- 1990–1993 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 1994 - Sandown Racecourse
- 1995 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 1996 - Sandown Racecourse
- 1997–2010 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 2011 - Sandown Racecourse
- 2012–2014 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 2015 - Sandown Racecourse
- 2016 onwards - Caulfield Racecourse
