Mackinnon Stakes
Mackinnon Stakes
Group One Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, November 5, 2022 |
| Location: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Prize Money: | $3,000,000 |
| Distance: | 2000m |
HELD on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup, the Mackinnon Stakes is one of two massive Group 1 events on the same day. Run over 2000 metres at Flemington, the $2 million weight for age event inspires a flurry of betting action. First run in 1869, the Mackinnon Stakes was once a huge pointer to higher honours, with the race seen as a last minute chance for a Melbourne Cup runner.
The race was previously the last gasp opportunity to qualify for the Melbourne Cup, but has since been shuffled around to make it the final Group 1 of the Cup carnival.
The event changed to the LKS Mackinnon Stakes in 1937, and the race’s first winner in its new incarnation was named The Trump. The Trump was a bona fide star, doing the rare Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double to add to his Mackinnon win in 1937, part of a six race streak where he was first past the post.
Four Melbourne Cup winners have been spawned from this race and used to go two ways, with some horses using it as a springboard to get into the cup, while others who have managed to do enough avoid the ballot for the race that stops a nation will use it as a tune up for the major event.
Cups King Bart Cummings ran many of his 12 Melbourne Cup winners through the Mackinnon but, in 2015, none of the 15 starters in the race ran in the big one.
2022 Mackinnon Stakes odds
The 2022 Mackinnon Stakes odds as of August 9 look like this:
- State Of Rest – $4.50
- Zaaki – $4.50
- Anamoe – $8.00
- Huetor – $15.00
- I’m Thunderstruck – $15.00
- Mr Brightside – $15.00
- Western Empire – $15.00
- Gold Trip – $17.00
- Mo’unga – $17.00
Complete Mackinnon Stakes odds available at Ladbrokes.
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Most successful trainers and jockeys in the Mackinnon Stakes
Who else but Bart for most successful trainer? The legend’s steeds have won this race a record five times. Sydney starlet Gai Waterhouse is one behind with four, while both Graeme Rogerson and Laurie Laxon have two each. The Cummings trained Rogan Josh, Let’s Elope and Gold and Black did the Mackinnon and Melbourne Cup doubles.
Some of the sheen might have come off his glittering career of late, but top hoop Damien Oliver boasts the best record of any jockey in the Mackinnon, piloting five horses home in the race. No one else has more than two, with Greg Childs, Shane Dye, Michael Clarke and Harry White sharing mantle as the most successful jockeys
Multiple training wins in the Mackinnon Stakes
- Five: Bart Cummings
- Four: Gai Waterhouse
- Two: Graeme Rogerson, Laurie Laxon
2022 Mackinnon Stakes Final Field
The final field for the 2022 Mackinnon Stakes is expected to be announced on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
Previous Mackinnon Stakes Fields
With recent stars like Zaaki & Arcadia Queen taking out the Mackinnon Stakes, here is what the fields looked like when they won the Mackinnon.
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Homesman Anthony & Sam Freedman Jye McNeil 1 59kg 2 
Cascadian James Cummings Brett Prebble 2 59kg 3 
Superstorm Danny O’Brien Luke Currie 10 59kg 4 
Zaaki Annabel Neasham James McDonald 8 59kg 5 
Keiai Nautique Matthew Smith Craig Newitt 6 59kg 6 
Dalasan Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Craig Williams 3 59kg 7 
Mo’unga Annabel Neasham Hugh Bowman 5 58.5kg 8 
Private Eye Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 9 58.5kg 9 Colette James Cummings Damian Lane 4 57kg 10 
Hungry Heart Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 7 56.5kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Harlem Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes Craig Williams 1 59kg 2 
Fifty Stars Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes John Allen 8 59kg 3 
Mr Quickie Phillip Stokes Luke Nolen 3 59kg 4 
Mirage Dancer Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Michael Dee 7 59kg 5 
MugatooKris LeesHugh Bowman959kg6 
Skyward Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Glen Boss 4 59kg 7 Dalasan Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Jamie Kah 2 58.5kg 8 
Melody Belle Jamie Richards Jye McNeil 6 57kg 9 
Arcadia Queen Grant & Alana Williams Damian Lane 5 57kg 10 
Shout The Bar Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Damien Oliver 10 56.5kg
2021 Mackinnon Stakes result
1st – Zaaki ($2.25)
2nd – Cascadian ($26.00)
3rd – Mo’Unga ($6.50)
Mackinnon Stakes – Recent runnings
- James McDonald was reunited with emerging superstar Zaaki in the Mackinnon Stakes after he missed the Cox Plate a fortnight earlier. Like Nature Strip, the Annabel Neasham-trained gelding was sent out as favourite in the $2 million race, starting at a well-backed $2.25. McDonald took bad luck out of the equation early on in the piece from barrier eight and sent Zaaki to the front, before turning on the pressure at the 600m and racing away with the prize from a fast-finishing Cascadian and stablemate Mo’unga, giving James McDonald the record of 10 group wins in a week.
- Having almost fallen in the Cox Plate a fortnight prior, Arcadia Queen rebounded in convincing fashion when dominating the Mackinnon Stakes. Having been billed as a match race between her and Melody Belle, it was the Grant and Alana Williams-trained superstar who put close to two-lengths on her rivals, in a race she simply never looked like losing. Having entered the home straight in last position, Luke Currie had her building through her gears alongside Fifty Stars, who she then left in her dust with 100m to go and claim a second Group 1 in three starts following her Underwood Stakes success.
- On the quick five day back up after tackling the 2019 Melbourne Cup, the Aidan O’Brien trained Magic Wand got his Group One that he undoubtedly deserved by holding off a fast finishing Melody Belle to wrap up his spring carnival in fine style.
- It had been a spring to forget for star WA galloper Trap For Fools prior to the Mackinnon Stakes. The horse famously was left out of the 2018 Cox Plate field for not being up to standard in the eyes of the Moonee Valley Racing Club, but the gelding had the last laugh on the day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Surging to an early lead, Trap For Fools led the field for the majority of the race but didn’t set a hectic pace, which left him plenty in the tank coming into the straight. The WA native looked like a sitting duck but he found something in the final 200m to hold out one-time Melbourne Cup favourite Latrobe. Even-money favourite Blair House quickened late but was never in the hunt.
- Former Japanese galloper Tosen Stardom had already made a splash early in the spring carnival, taking out the Group 1 Toorak Handicap in terrific fashion and the Weir-trained horse did the business again less than a month later. As the 400m approached Tosen Stardom was a mile back with a wall of horses in front of him, but the split came and the horse obliged, unleashing a magnificent turn of foot to deliver yet another Group 1 title for Darren Weir.
- Awesome Rock scored a big win at odds of $15 over the quality Hauraki and Seaburge. Awesome Rock wasn’t known for its big race wins, but it proved too good on this occasion in winning the 2016 Mackinnon Stakes.
- French trainer Antoine de Watrigant became a maiden group one winner when Gailo Chop shrugged off a poor performance in the Cox Plate to salute at $8 over outsider Rising Romance at $16 and Contributor at $9.
- The 2014 Mackinnon is the last time Happy Trails connections saluted, with the gun triple group one winner failing to claim victory in his next 16 starts, leaving owners considering retirement. The eight year old – purchased as a yearling for just $11000 – is one of the greatest success stories in racing, collecting more than $3.2 million from his 61 starts and owning the 2012 Emirates and the 2013 Turnbull Stakes.
- English galloper Side Glance was a $12 winner in 2013, ahead of Dear Demi ($11) and Moriarty ($17), beating out $3 favourite Jet Away.
- Cult figure Alcopop swooped home with a massive late sprint to claim the 2012 incarnation to claim his first group one win at the tender age of eight, finally fulfilling a potential first revealed with an eye catching sixth to Shocking in the Melbourne Cup. Glass Harmonium finished second after winning the year before.
Past Mackinnon Stakes winners list
| Mackinnon Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2021 | Zaaki | James McDonald | Annabel Neasham |
| 2020 | Arcadia Queen | Luke Currie | Grant & Alana Williams |
| 2019 | Magic Wand | Ryan Moore | Aiden O’Brien |
| 2018 | Trap For Fools | John Allen | Jarrod McLean |
| 2017 | Tosen Stardom | Damian Lane | Darren Weir |
| 2016 | Awesome Rock | Stephen Baster | Leon & Troy Corstens |
| 2015 | Gailo Chop | Ben Melham | Antoine De Watrigant |
| 2014 | Happy Trails | Damien Oliver | Paul Beshara |
| 2013 | Side Glance | Jamie Spencer | Andrew Balding |
| 2012 | Alcopop | Craig Williams | Jake Stephens |
| 2011 | Glass Harmonium | Damien Oliver | Michael Moroney |
| 2010 | So You Think | Steven Arnold | Bart Cummings |
| 2009 | Scenic Shot | Shane Scriven | Daniel Morton |
| 2008 | Theseo | Nash Rawiller | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2007 | Sirmione | Peter Mertens | Bart Cummings |
| 2006 | Desert War | Chris Munce | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2005 | Lad Of The Manor | Greg Childs | Roger Hoysted |
| 2004 | Grand Armee | Damien Oliver | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2003 | Casual Pass | Glen Boss | Mathew Ellerton |
| 2002 | Lonhro | Darren Beadman | John Hawkes |
| 2001 | La Bella Dama | Scott Seamer | Graeme Rogerson |
| 2000 | Oliver Twist | Greg Childs | Brian Mayfield-Smith |
Mackinnon Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000
| Mackinnon Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | ||
| 1998 | Champagne | ||
| 1997 | Ebony Grosve | ||
| 1996 | All Our Mob | ||
| 1995 | Danewin | ||
| 1994 | Paris Lane | ||
| 1993 | The Phantom | ||
| 1992 | Veandercross | ||
| 1991 | Let’s Elope | ||
| 1990 | Better Loosen Up | ||
| 1989 | Horlicks | ||
| 1988 | Empire Rose | ||
| 1987 | Rubiton | ||
| 1986 | At Talaq | ||
| 1985 | Rising Prince | ||
| 1984 | Bounty Hawk | ||
| 1983 | Veloso | ||
| 1982 | My Axeman | ||
| 1981 | Belmura Lad | ||
| 1980 | Belmura Lad | ||
| 1979 | Dulcify | ||
| 1978 | Family Of Man | ||
| 1977 | Sir Silver Lad | ||
| 1976 | Gold And Black | ||
| 1975 | Kiwi Can | ||
| 1974 | Leilani | ||
| 1973 | Australasia | ||
| 1972 | Stormy Seas | ||
| 1971 | Skint Dip | ||
| 1970 | Voleur | ||
| 1969 | Roman Consul | ||
| 1968 | Rain Lover | ||
| 1967 | Winfreux | ||
| 1966 | Tobin Bronze | ||
| 1965 | Yangtze | ||
| 1964 | Sir Dane | ||
| 1963 | Summer Fair | ||
| 1962 | Aquanita | ||
| 1961 | Sky High | ||
| 1960 | Tulloch | ||
| 1959 | Trellios | ||
| 1958 | Monte Carlo | ||
| 1957 | Sailor’s Guide | ||
| 1956 | Sir William | ||
| 1955 | Rising Fast | ||
| 1954 | Rising Fast | ||
| 1953 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1952 | Dalray | ||
| 1951 | Delta | ||
| 1950 | Comic Court | ||
| 1949 | Comic Court | ||
| 1948 | Snowstream | ||
| 1947 | Don Pedro | ||
| 1946 | Flight | ||
| 1945 | Tranquil Star | ||
| 1944 | Tranquil Star | ||
| 1943 | Amana | ||
| 1942 | Tranquil Star | ||
| 1941 | Beau Vite | ||
| 1940 | Beau Vite | ||
| 1939 | Ortelle’s Star | ||
| 1938 | Ajax | ||
| 1937 | The Trump | ||
| 1936 | Gay Blonde | ||
| 1935 | Sylvandale | ||
| 1934 | Peter Pan | ||
| 1933 | Rogilla | ||
| 1932 | Peter Pan | ||
| 1931 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1930 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1929 | High Syce | ||
| 1928 | Gothic | ||
| 1927 | Silvius | ||
| 1926 | Manfred | ||
| 1925 | Pilliewinkie | ||
| 1924 | Gloaming | ||
| 1923 | Rivoli | ||
| 1922 | Harvest King | ||
| 1921 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1920 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1919 | Cetigne | ||
| 1918 | Magpie | ||
| 1917 | Cetigne | ||
| 1916 | Lavendo | ||
| 1915 | Traquette | ||
| 1914 | St. Carwyne | ||
| 1913 | Anna Carlovna | ||
| 1912 | Duke Foote | ||
| 1911 | Trafalgar | ||
| 1910 | Son Of The Marsh | ||
| 1909 | Alawa | ||
| 1908 | Peru | ||
| 1907 | Poseidon | ||
| 1906 | Solution | ||
| 1905 | Tartan | ||
| 1904 | Gladsome | ||
| 1903 | Wakeful | ||
| 1902 | Wakeful | ||
| 1901 | Wakeful | ||
| 1900 | Lancaster | ||
| 1899 | Mora | ||
| 1898 | Battalion | ||
| 1897 | Battalion | ||
| 1896 | Disfigured | ||
| 1895 | Hova | ||
| 1894 | Ruenalf | ||
| 1893 | Loyalty | ||
| 1892 | Autonomy | ||
| 1891 | Marvel | ||
| 1890 | Carbine | ||
| 1889 | Abercorn | ||
| 1888 | The Australian Peer | ||
| 1887 | Silver Mine | ||
| 1886 | Isonomy | ||
| 1885 | Trenton | ||
| 1884 | Malua | ||
| 1883 | Commotion | ||
| 1882 | Darebin | ||
| 1881 | Wheatear | ||
| 1880 | Chester | ||
| 1879 | First King | ||
| 1878 | Chester | ||
| 1877 | Robinson Crusoe | ||
| 1876 | Rapid Bay | ||
| 1875 | Kingsborough | ||
| 1874 | Dagworth | ||
| 1873 | Dagworth | ||
| 1872 | Contessa | ||
| 1871 | Warrior | ||
| 1870 | Tim Whiffler | ||
| 1869 | Glencoe | ||