Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes
Horse race
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The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for mares four years old and older, held with Set Weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in February.[1]
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 2001 (Listed race) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Lamaro's (2021-26) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Mares four years old and older |
| Weight | set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $200,000 (2026) |
History
The race has been held on the same race card as the Group 1 C F Orr Stakes since 2003.
Name
- 2000 - Hyderabad Race Club Plate
- 2001 - Hyderabad Race Club Stakes
- 2002 - Hyderabad Race Club Handicap
- 2003 - Moduline Plate
- 2004–2011 - Hyderabad Race Club Stakes
- 2012–2015 - Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes
- 2016 - Bellmaine Stakes
Distance
- 2000–2001 - 1200 metres
- 2002 - 1600 metres
- 2003 onwards - 1200 metres
Grade
- 2001–2006 - Listed race
- 2007 onwards - Group 3
Winners
The following are past winners of the Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes:[2][3]
- 2026 - Wrote To Arataki[4]
- 2025 - She's Bulletproof[5]
- 2024 - Vagrant[6]
- 2023 - Wrote To Arataki[7]
- 2022 - Probabeel[8]
- 2021 - Probabeel[9]
- 2020 - Sylvia's Mother[10]
- 2019 - Princess Of Queens[11]
- 2018 - Prussian Vixen[12]
- 2017 - Prussian Vixen[13]
- 2016 - Tuscan Sling[14]
- 2015 - Tycoon Tara[15]
- 2014 - A Time For Julia[16]
- 2013 - There's Only One[17]
- 2012 - Psychologist[18]
- 2011 - Beaded[19]
- 2010 - Velocitea[20]
- 2009 - Annesong[21]
- 2008 - Lucky Diva[22]
- 2007 - Coniston Gem[23]
- 2006 - Beautiful Gem[24]
- 2005 - Glamour Puss[25]
- 2004 - Given[26]
- 2003 - Skewiff[27]
- 2002 - Blue Marwina[28]
- 2001 - Typhoon Billie[29]
- 2000 - Londolozi[30]