Crystal Mile
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History
The Crystal Mile is a Group 2 race run under Weight For Age conditions for open class horses at Moonee Valley conducted by the Moonee Valley Racing Club.
The Crystal Mile is run over 1600m. It was first run in 1982 and was won by Getting Closer.
As the name suggests, the race has only been at the mile.
After being Listed to 1986, the Crystal Mile became a Group 3 to 1996, then was a Group 2 from 1997.
Has had several name changes but has always included the registered name within that.
The biggest change to the race was making it a Weight For Age event instead of a handicap from 2012. The fields have not been big since then.
Strangely few horses have done the Crystal Mile/Cantala Stakes double – Turn Me Loose and Dazzling Duke the only two.
The Crystal Mile was worth $400,000 in 2024.
Notable winners of the Crystal Mile include Prowess (2023), My Oberon (2022), Homesman (2020), Chief Ironside (2019), Cliff's Edge (2018), The United States (2016), Turn Me Loose (2015), Silent Achiever (2012), Rangirangdoo (2009), Niconero (2005), Lad Of The Manor (2004), Weasel Will (2000/2001), Le Zagaletta (1999), Holy Roller (1997), Juggler (1995), Solvit (1992) and Dazzling Duke (1985).
The 2023 Crystal Mile was won by Prowess from Antino and Tuvalu.
Previous Crystal Mile Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PROWESS
(NZ)
4M PROISIR (AUS) - DONNA MARIE (NZ) DON EDUARDO (NZ) |
M J ZAHRA | 56.5 | ROGER JAMES & ROBERT WELLWOOD | 1 |
|
MY OBERON
(IRE)
5G DUBAWI (IRE) - MY TITANIA (IRE) SEA THE STARS (IRE) |
J ALLEN | 59.0 | ANNABEL NEASHAM | 6 |
|
JUST FOLK
(AUS)
5G MAGNUS (AUS) - FAST RUBY (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB) |
J ALLEN | 59.0 | JOSHUA JULIUS | 2 |
|
HOMESMAN
(USA)
6G WAR FRONT (USA) - MY ANNETTE (USA) RED RANSOM (USA) |
B MELHAM | 59.0 | A & S FREEDMAN | 2 |
|
CHIEF IRONSIDE
(GB)
4H LAWMAN (FR) - MOMENT OF TIME (GB) RAINBOW QUEST (USA) |
J P SPENCER | 59.0 | D MENUISIER | 6 |
|
CLIFF'S EDGE
(AUS)
4H CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) - SIMULATION (AUS) SNAADEE (USA) |
J ALLEN | 58.5 | DARREN WEIR | 10 |
|
LUCKY HUSSLER
(AUS)
8G HUSSON (ARG) - TALAQ DANCER (AUS) BLACK HAWK (GB) |
B SHINN | 59.0 | DARREN WEIR | 5 |
|
THE UNITED STATES
(IRE)
6H GALILEO (IRE) - BEAUTY IS TRUTH (IRE) PIVOTAL (GB) |
K MCEVOY | 59.0 | ROBERT HICKMOTT | 2 |
|
TURN ME LOOSE
(NZ)
4H IFFRAAJ (GB) - INDOMITABLE (NZ) DANEHILL (USA) |
O P BOSSON | 58.5 | MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN | 1 |
|
HOOKED
(AUS)
4H CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - ABSOLUTE LURE (AUS) LURE (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 58.5 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 1 |
|
TOYDINI
(AUS)
4G BERNARDINI (USA) - JOHAN'S TOY (AUS) JOHAN CRUYFF (GB) |
B SHINN | 58.5 | G H WALTER | 5 |
|
SILENT ACHIEVER
(NZ)
4M O'REILLY (NZ) - WINNING SPREE (NZ) ZAFONIC (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 56.5 | R JAMES | 2 |
|
TESTA MY PATIENCE
(AUS)
5G TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - ENTENTE CORDIALE (AUS) JACKSON SQUARE (AUS) |
C NEWITT | 53.5 | MICK PRICE | 6 |
|
SOUND JOURNEY
(AUS)
6H GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - WRITTEN BY SOUND (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) |
M RODD | 56.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 9 |
|
RANGIRANGDOO
(NZ)
5G PENTIRE (GB) - SHE WISHES (NZ) KENFAIR (NZ) |
C W BROWN | 57.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 8 |
|
SEA BATTLE
(AUS)
5H QUEST FOR FAME (GB) - PEPPIE (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
M RODD | 54.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 14 |
|
SONIC QUEST
(AUS)
5G QUEST FOR FAME (GB) - LODORE MAGIC (NZ) KINGDOM B (AUS) |
D NIKOLIC | 56.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 12 |
|
FLASH TRICK
(AUS)
4G SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) - MADE OF MAGIC (NZ) LORD B (AUS) |
STEVEN KING | 53.0 | COLIN & CINDY ALDERSON | 5 |
|
NICONERO
(AUS)
4G DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.5 | D A HAYES | 8 |
|
LAD OF THE MANOR
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - MATRONA (USA) WOODMAN (USA) |
B E JOHNS | 54.0 | ROGER HOYSTED | 11 |
|
ROSINA LAD
(NZ)
5G FALTAAT (USA) - ARCTIC LIFE (FR) ARCTIC TERN (USA) |
G CHILDS | 53.5 | DAVID HAWORTH | 11 |
|
ROYAL CODE
(AUS)
4H KING'S THEATRE (IRE) - CRYPTOMAGIC (USA) CRYPTOCLEARANCE (USA) |
B PREBBLE | 55.0 | DAVID HALL | 5 |
|
WEASEL WILL
(AUS)
6G WEASEL CLAUSE (AUS) - LA TOURELLE (AUS) POACHER'S MOON (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 54.5 | NIGEL BLACKISTON | 7 |
|
WEASEL WILL
(AUS)
5G WEASEL CLAUSE (AUS) - LA TOURELLE (AUS) POACHER'S MOON (IRE) |
B PREBBLE | 55.5 | NIGEL BLACKISTON | 2 |
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