Zeditave Stakes
Horse race held in Melbourne, Australia
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The Zeditave Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and geldings, 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 | 1989 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Sportsbet (2026) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old colts and geldings |
| Weight | Set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $200,000 (2026) |
History
The race is named after the 1988 Blue Diamond Stakes and 1989 Futurity Stakes winner, Zeditave.[2] Between 2005–2013 the race was run on Australia Day holiday. Since 2014 the race has been run on the Blue Diamond Stakes / Futurity Stakes racecard.
Name
- 1989 - The Peter Jackson
- 1990 onwards - Zeditave Stakes
Grade
- 1989–2013 - Listed race
- 2014 onwards - Group 3
Venue
- 1989–1993 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 1994–1996 - Sandown Racecourse
- 1997–2005 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 2006 - Sandown Racecourse
- 2007–2022 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 2023 - Sandown Racecourse
Conditions
- prior 2005 - Three-year-olds
- 2005 onwards - Three-year-old colts and geldings
Winners
The following are past winners of the race.[3]
- 2026 - Pallaton[4]
- 2025 - Tropicus[5]
- 2024 - Raikoke[6]
- 2023 - Recommendation[7]
- 2022 - Finance Tycoon[8]
- 2021 - Oxley Road[9]
- 2020 - He'll Haunt Us[10]
- 2019 - Terbium[11]
- 2018 - Overshare[12]
- 2017 - Benz[13]
- 2016 - Santa Ana Lane[14]
- 2015 - Rommel[15]
- 2014 - Not Listenin'tome[16]
- 2013 - Happy Galaxy[17]
- 2012 - Instinction[18]
- 2011 - Eclair Mystic[19]
- 2010 - Denman[20]
- 2009 - Time Thief[21]
- 2008 - Bundle O' Gold[22]
- 2007 - Haradasun[23]
- 2006 - Minson[24]
- 2005 - Not A Single Doubt[25]
- 2004 - St Elmo's Fire[26]
- 2003 - Innovation Girl[27]
- 2002 - Barkada[28]
- 2001 - Desert Eagle[29]
- 2000 - Pins[30]
- 1999 - Destruction Point[31]
- 1998 - Blaze The Turf[32]
- 1997 - Catainer[33]
- 1996 - Street Talk[34]
- 1995 - Hurricane Sky[35]
- 1994 - Superact[36]
- 1993 - Oozook[37]
- 1992 - My Saturn Star[38]
- 1991 - Paklani
- 1990 - Tango Master
- 1989 - Almurtajaz