A.R. Creswick Stakes

Highland Beat winning the A.R. Creswick Series Final Picture: Racing and Sports

The AR Creswick Stakes is a Listed race for three year old sprinters conducted by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington.
The AR Creswick Stakes is run over 1200m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions.
It is worth $120,000 in 2018.
Trainers have shared the wins of this race but the most successful jockeys are Brad Rawiller, Stephen Baster and CraigWilliams with two.
Riziz won the AR Creswick Stakes in 2012 and the All Victorian Sprint Final in 2013 from the same day.
Illustrious Lad won in 2015 and in 2016 would win the feature sprint on Derby Day over the same course and distance.
Riziz has won carrying the most weight with 57.5kg.
Recent winners of the AR Creswick Stakes include Blue Boss (1992), Carolingian (1993/1994), Colbranat (1995), Red Element (2008), Riziz (2012) and Illustrious Lad (2015).
The 2017 AR Creswick Stakes was won by Highland Beat from Hay Bale and Ken’s Dream.