Often a nice horse comes from the Race History of the Carbine Club Stakes run at Flemington on Saturday.
Aeliana went on to a huge success. Is this 2025 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday going to find another?
2025 CARBINE CLUB STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Carbine Club Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for three year olds at Flemington conducted by the Victoria Racing Club.
The Carbine Club Stakes is run over 1600m. It was first run in 1971 and was won by Kiss Me Cait.
The race is named after the national organisation known as the Carbine Club. That Club was named after the champion galloper Carbine.
The Carbine Club Stakes is always run at the mile.
The Carbine Club Stakes was a Listed Race from inception until 1998 then it became a Group 3.
Not many fillies have won in recent years with Aeliana and Fangirl's wins the most recent since Permaiscuous in 2006. Only 7 have won it.
Fangirl returned in the Autumn following her Carbine Club win and took out the Vinery Stud Stakes which was run at Newcastle due to the wet spell in Sydney.
Bart Cummings often used the race as a guide to a horse's ability including Think Big winning it. Another grand horse and Melbourne Cup winner of his Saintly also won the race.
Levendi would win the Tulloch Stakes and ATC Australian Derby in the Autumn after winning the Carbine Club.
Aeliana bolted in with the 2024 edition then was very unlucky in the Thousand Guineas. She would return to take on the boys and won the Australian Derby by 5 lengths.
Many winners often head on to the Sandown Guineas a fortnight later.
The Carbine Club Stakes was worth $500,000 in 2025.
Notable winners of the Carbine Club Stakes include Aeliana (2024), Fangirl (2021), Comin' Through (2016), Kermadec (2014), Kidnapped (2009), Al Maher (2004), Over (1999), Saintly (1995), Submariner (1989), Warned (1986), Shankhill Lass (1985), Emancipation (1982) and Think Big (1973).
The 2024 Carbine Club Stakes was won by Aeliana from Another Prophet and Feroce.
