7-584: The Black Caviar Lightning , registered as the Lightning Stakes , is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age , run over a distance of 1000 metres at Flemington Racecourse , Melbourne , Australia in February. Prize money is A$ 1,000,000. The Lightning Stakes forms the first leg of the three leg Autumn sprint series over the Melbourne carnival. It precedes
14-699: Is managed by an unpaid committee, elected by club members. In 1871, the Victorian Government appointed the VRC as trustees of a site of 352 acres (1.4 km ) of Crown Land, next to the Maribyrnong River , which became known as Flemington Racecourse . Much of the early success of the VRC is attributed to the administration of the first Secretary of the club, R. C. Bagot and his successors H. Byron Moore and A. V. Kewney . The Victoria Racing Club hosts four race meetings at Flemington during
21-1035: The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival . The Melbourne Cup is run on the first Tuesday in November, the Victoria Derby are held on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, the VRC Oaks is on the Thursday following the Cup, and LKS MacKinnon Stakes is on the Saturday following the Oaks. The VRC also hosts race meetings during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival . These meetings include Group 1 races for
28-464: The 2010 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot held in June, this race has proved an outstanding guide to the winner of that race, with Choisir (2003), Takeover Target (2006), Miss Andretti (2007) and Scenic Blast (2009) all winning this race before subsequently winning at Royal Ascot later that year. Victoria Racing Club The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following
35-693: The G1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m, open handicap) at Caulfield Racecourse on the third Saturday in February and the G1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m, open handicap), Australia's most famous sprinting handicap, also run at Flemington on the first Saturday in March. Horses contesting this race may also head to the G1 William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley Racecourse , run over 1200m at weight-for-age in March. The name of
42-795: The disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual "race that stops a nation", the Melbourne Cup , which was first contested in 1861. From its foundation in 1864 until 2001, the Victoria Racing Club was the responsible authority for the conduct of thoroughbred racing in the State of Victoria , Australia. Since 2001, this role has been managed by Racing Victoria Limited . The VRC
49-674: The race changed from the Lightning Stakes in 2013, to honour sprinting superstar Black Caviar , who won the race in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Since 2005 the race has been the first leg of the Global Sprint Challenge , followed by the Australia Stakes and from 2008 followed by the King's Stand Stakes when the Australia Stakes was replaced as a leg of the series by The Age Classic . Until Nicconi's defeat in
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