From the race’s inauguration in 1863 as the Ascot Vale Stakes right through until 2024, below we have a complete list of past Coolmore Stud Stakes winners.

2021 Coolmore Stud Stakes Winner Home Affairs
2021 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Home Affairs. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

View every previous Coolmore Stud Stakes winner throughout history, plus additional details on the Coolmore Stud Stakes winning horses from 2000 to the present like the Coolmore Stud Stakes winning trainers, jockeys and times.

From 1863 to 1965 the event – known as the Ascot Vale Stakes – was a race for two-year-old horses held in the autumn. From 1966 to 1968 the event did not take place before it began again in 1969 when moved to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and won by Vain.

The inaugural Coolmore Stud Stakes / Ascot Vale Stakes winner was Freestone.

In 1896 the event was won by Newhaven who went on to complete that year’s Victoria Derby – Melbourne Cup double as three-year-old.

The 1976 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Surround went on to take out the weight-for-age Cox Plate that spring.

The 1996 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner, Encosta De Lago, has subsequently sired two champions of the event with Alinghi (2004) and Northern Meteor (2008).

The 2008 winner, Northern Meteor, sired the 2013 champion Zoustar. Zoustar would then go on to sire the 2018 winning filly Sunlight along with that year’s second (Zousain) and third (Lean Mean Machine) place-getters.

The race gained Group 1 status in 2006, the year Gold Edition won.

Since the year 2000 nine fillies have won the Coolmore Stud Stakes, most recently September Run (2020) and In Secret (2022).

From 2013 – 2024 trainer Chris Waller prepared six of the 11 Coolmore Stud Stakes winners, most recently Home Affairs (2021) who won by three lengths and Switzerland (2024) who also won by an emphatic margin.

Other notable Ascot Vale Stakes / Coolmore Stud Stakes winners include Heroic (1924), High Castle (1939), Royal Gem (1945), Comic Court (1948) who won the Melbourne Cup two years later, Taj Rossi (1973), Manikato (1978), Rose Of Kingston (1981), Weekend Hussler (2007), and Sepoy (2011).

The 2022 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner was James Cummings’ class filly In Secret ($3.10F) who improved on a lead-up Golden Rose second, relishing the drop back to 1200m down the Flemington straight to salute for the punters by a big margin.

The 2023 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner was the Bjorn Baker-trained Ozzmosis ($18) who led all-the-way to score an upset off some good lead-up wins in Sydney.

The 2024 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner was the Chris Waller-trained Switzerland ($5.50) who blitzed his rivals late with a 2.75 length win for six-time winning trainer Chris Waller.

coolmore stud stakes WINNERS 2000 – the present

PAST 3YO coolmore stud STAKES WINNERS 1969 – 2024

Year Winner
2024 Switzerland
2023 Ozzmosis
2022 In Secret
2021 Home Affairs
2020 September Run
2019 Exceedance
2018 Sunlight
2017 Merchant Navy
2016 Flying Artie
2015 Japonisme
2014 Brazen Beau
2013 Zoustar
2012 Nechita
2011 Sepoy
2010 Star Witness
2009 Headway
2008 Northern Meteor
2007 Weekend Hussler
2006 Gold Edition
2005 Ferocity
2004 Alinghi
2003 Scaredee Cat
2002 Innovation Girl
2001 North Boy
2000 So Gorgeous
1999 Spargo
1998 Theatre
1997 Show No Emotion
1996 Encosta De Lago
1995 Our Maizcay
1994 Racer’s Edge
1993 Brawny Spirit
1992 Quegent
1991 Tierce
1990 Bureaucracy
1989 Courtza
1988 Zeditave
1987 Kaapstad
1986 Zephyr Cross
1985 Campaign King
1984 Royal Troubador
1983 Top Post
1982 Rancher
1981 Rose Of Kingston
1980 Sardius
1979 Tolhurst
1978 Manikato
1977 Ballyred
1976 Surround
1975 Toy Show
1974 Plush
1973 Taj Rossi
1972 Century
1971 Tolerance
1970 Eleazar
1969 Vain

PAST 2YO coolmore stud STAKES WINNERS 1963 – 1965

Year Winner
1965 Star Affair
1964 Thredbo
1963 Munich
1962 Royal Centaur
1961 Blue Era
1960 Reinsman
1959 Travel Boy
1958 Nilento
1957 Ace High
1956 Gay Sierra
1955 Sir Newton
1954 Acramitis
1953 Yungawee
1952 Lenity
1951 Beau Silhouette
1950 Flying Halo
1949 St. Comedy
1948 Comic Court
1947 Filgaro
1946 Chaperone
1945 Royal Gem
1944 Delina
1943 Scottish Maid
1942 Hesione
1941 High Road
1940 Industry
1939 High Caste
1938 Tactical
1937 Caesar
1936 Fidelity
1935 Bimilla
1934 Arachne
1933 Shakuni
1932 Powerscort
1931 Auto Pay
1930 Thurlstone
1929 Spanish Galleon
1928 Mollison
1927 Royal Feast
1926 Cyden
1925 Los Gatos
1924 Heroic
1923 The Monk
1922 Rosina
1921 Isa
1920 Midilli
1919 Whiz Bang
1918 Red Fox
1917 Thrice
1916 Deneb
1915 Two
1914 Woorak
1913 Andelosia
1912 Wolawa
1911 Sconser
1910 Beverage
1909 Sunny South
1908 The Brewer
1907 Mazarin
1906 Antonius
1905 Charles Stuart
1904 Koopan
1903 Emir
1902 Brakpan
1901 Hautvilliers
1900 Maltster
1899 Condiment
1898 Bobadil
1897 Aurum
1896 Newhaven
1895 Challenger
1894 Destiny
1893 Projectile
1892 Camoola
1891 Penance
1890 Titan
1889 Spice
1888 Volley
1887 Hortense
1886 Chesham
1885 Uralla
1884 Bargo
1883 Archie
1882 Navigator
1881 Royal Maid
1880 Grand Prix
1879 Petrea
1878 His Lordship
1877 First King
1876 Newminster
1875 Maid Of All Work
1874 Explosion
1873 Lapidist
1872 King Of The Ring
1871 Beatrice
1870 The Roe
1869 Lamplighter
1867 Fenella
1866 Sour Grapes
1865 Sea Gull
1864 Lady Heron
1863 Freestone

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