{"id":80969,"date":"2023-08-02T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T04:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/betting-info\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T04:53:18","slug":"champions-mile-winners","status":"publish","type":"betting-info","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/betting-info\/champions-mile-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Mile Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the race\u2019s inauguration in 1881, all the way up to 2025, we have every Champions Mile<\/a> winner listed from past race meets. View every previous champion of the race formerly known as the Cantala Stakes.<\/p>\n

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2022 Champions Mile winner Alligator Blood. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Additional details of the Cantala Stakes \/ Champions Mile winners going back to the year 2003 including the winning jockeys, trainers and times are detailed below before a complete list of all the winners throughout history further down the page.<\/p>\n

Courtenay was the inaugural Cantala Stakes winner from 1881 when the event ran as the Coburg Stakes.<\/p>\n

One of the most notable early Cantala Stakes winners was Amounis who won in 1926 as well as 1929.<\/p>\n

From 1998\u20132015 the race was known as the Emirates Stakes.<\/p>\n

Other key Cantala Stakes winners throughout history include Storm Queen (1966), Vain (1969), Gunsynd (1971), Taj Rossi (1973), and Better Loosen Up (1989) who went on to win the next year’s Japan Cup overseas.<\/p>\n

Better Loosen Up (1989) was also the last horse to complete the Cantala Stakes \/ Cox Plate<\/a> double.<\/p>\n

Skyjack (1974) was the\u00a0last three-year-old Cantala Stakes winner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pride Of Jenni (2023) was the\u00a0last Cantala Stakes winning mare<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Scenic Peak holds the current\u00a0Cantala Stakes race record\u00a0<\/strong>winning in 2002 in a time of 1 minute 33:49 seconds.<\/p>\n

Alligator Blood was the first official Kennedy Champions Mile winner following the race being renamed in 2022.<\/p>\n

The 2023 Champions Mile winner was the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Pride Of Jenni\u00a0($13)<\/strong> who was enormous in the lead setting a strong pace up front to go from barrier to box and hold off Mr Brightside<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Alligator Blood<\/strong> to record her second Group 1 success in the space of seven days at Flemington in an upset.<\/p>\n

The 2024 Champions Mile winner was the Team Hayes-trained Mr Brightside ($5)\u00a0<\/strong>who had run placings the past two years before his big late run to post his eighth Group 1 success with Craig Williams getting the late gap.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Champions Mile winner is TBC<\/strong> and will be known when the iconic 1600m race runs at Flemington on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival on Saturday the 8th of November 2025.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong><\/a> to bet on which horse will be the VRC Champions Mile winner in 2025 on Saturday November 8, 2025.<\/p>\n\n

champions mile WINNERS 2003 \u2013 THE PRESENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nWinner – Age\/Gender<\/th>\nJockey<\/th>\nWeight (kgs<\/th>\nTrainer\/s<\/th>\nBarrier<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
TBD<\/b><\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) <\/b>7G<\/td>\nCRAIG WILLIAMS<\/td>\n59.0<\/td>\nBEN, WILL & JD HAYES<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRIDE OF JENNI (AUS)<\/b> 6M<\/td>\nDECLAN BATES<\/td>\n57.0<\/td>\nCIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALLIGATOR BLOOD (AUS)<\/strong> 6G<\/td>\nTIM CLARK<\/td>\n59.0<\/td>\nG WATERHOUSE & A BOTT<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUPERSTORM (AUS)<\/strong> 5G<\/td>\nDAMIEN OLIVER<\/td>\n56.0<\/td>\nDANNY O’BRIEN<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YULONG PRINCE (SAF)<\/strong> 6H<\/td>\nDAMIAN LANE<\/td>\n55.0<\/td>\nCHRIS WALLER<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)<\/strong> 5H<\/td>\nCRAIG WILLIAMS<\/td>\n56.0<\/td>\nMATTHEW SMITH<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BEST OF DAYS (GB)<\/strong> 4H<\/td>\nCRAIG WILLIAMS<\/td>\n52.0<\/td>\nJAMES CUMMINGS<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SHILLELAGH (NZ)<\/strong> 6M<\/td>\nMICHAEL DEE<\/td>\n52.0<\/td>\nCHRIS WALLER<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LE ROMAIN (AUS)<\/strong> 4G<\/td>\nHUGH BOWMAN<\/td>\n55.5<\/td>\nKRIS LEES<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TURN ME LOOSE (NZ)<\/strong> 4H<\/td>\nK MCEVOY<\/td>\n56.5<\/td>\nMURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HUCKLEBUCK (AUS)<\/strong> 4G<\/td>\nD TOURNEUR<\/td>\n55.5<\/td>\nPHILLIP STOKES<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOBAN (AUS)<\/strong> 4G<\/td>\nG SCHOFIELD<\/td>\n57.0<\/td>\nCHRIS WALLER<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAPPY TRAILS (AUS)<\/strong> 5G<\/td>\nDAMIEN OLIVER<\/td>\n58.0<\/td>\nPAUL BESHARA<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALBERT THE FAT (AUS)<\/strong> 7G<\/td>\nM J ZAHRA<\/td>\n54.0<\/td>\nCHRIS WALLER<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WALL STREET (NZ)<\/strong> 6G<\/td>\nHUGH BOWMAN<\/td>\n55.5<\/td>\nJEFF LYNDS<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALL AMERICAN (AUS)<\/strong> 4H<\/td>\nC W BROWN<\/td>\n53.0<\/td>\nD A HAYES<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALL SILENT (AUS)<\/strong> 5G<\/td>\nD DUNN<\/td>\n53.5<\/td>\nGRAHAME BEGG<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TEARS I CRY (AUS)<\/strong> 5G<\/td>\nMS N BERIMAN<\/td>\n51.0<\/td>\nCIARON MAHER<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIVINE MADONNA (AUS)<\/strong> 4M<\/td>\nS BASTER<\/td>\n51.0<\/td>\nMARK KAVANAGH<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VALEDICTUM (AUS)<\/strong> 5G<\/td>\nSTEVEN KING<\/td>\n52.5<\/td>\nDANNY O’BRIEN<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SKY CUDDLE (AUS)<\/strong> 4M<\/td>\nJ BENBOW<\/td>\n49.0<\/td>\nPETER G MOODY<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TITANIC JACK (AUS)<\/strong> 4G<\/td>\nB PREBBLE<\/td>\n53.0<\/td>\nTOM HUGHES (JNR)<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

COMPLETE LIST OF PAST cantala stakes \/ champions mile WINNERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nWinner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2025<\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nMr Brightside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nPride Of Jenni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nAlligator Blood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nSuperstorm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nYulong Prince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nFierce Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nBest Of Days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nShillelagh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nLe Romain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nTurn Me Loose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nHucklebuck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nBoban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nHappy Trails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nAlbert The Fat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nWall Street<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nAll American<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nAll Silent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nTears I Cry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nDivine Madonna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nValedictum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nSky Cuddle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nTitanic Jack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nScenic Peak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nDesert Eagle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nTesta Rossa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nBonanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nBezeal Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nCatalan Opening<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nMiss Margaret<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nSeascay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nSeascay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nPrimacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nPlanet Ruler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nPontormo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nShaftesbury Avenue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nBetter Loosen Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nOur Westminster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nWarned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nChanteclair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nDazzling Duke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nRiverdale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nHonest Promise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nMagari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nTower Belle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nSilver Bounty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nBit Of A Skite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nFamily Of Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nGalway Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nMaybe Mahal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nKiwi Can<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nSkyjack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nTaj Rossi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nAll Shot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nGunsynd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nLevian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nVain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nCyron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nHeroic Stone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nStorm Queen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nHeroic Stone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nBrandy Lad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nWenona Girl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nWoambra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nAquanita<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nAquanita<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nWheat King<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nDroll Prince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nLandy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nMatrice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nKosciusko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nPrince Cortauld<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nRio Janeiro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nPhaethon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nKintail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nEllerslie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nComedy Prince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nBeau John<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1947<\/td>\nMoney Moon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1946<\/td>\nSt. Fairy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nRoyal Gem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nGay Revelry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nBurberry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1942<\/td>\nQueen Baccha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nBurrabil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940<\/td>\nGold Salute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1939<\/td>\nManrico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nSt. Constant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/td>\nMohican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/td>\nGay Lover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nHostile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1934<\/td>\nL’elite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1933<\/td>\nCare Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1932<\/td>\nDenis Boy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1931<\/td>\nDermid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930<\/td>\nMystic Peak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1929<\/td>\nAmounis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1928<\/td>\nHighland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1927<\/td>\nVaals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1926<\/td>\nAmounis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1925<\/td>\nWaranton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nThe Night Patrol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nClaro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/td>\nVioloncello<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/td>\nBeeline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/td>\nEthiopian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1919<\/td>\nChal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1918<\/td>\nFitness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1917<\/td>\nDe Gama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1916<\/td>\nColugo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1915<\/td>\nFidelio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nDe Gama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1913<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1912<\/td>\nWalter Tyrril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/td>\nLadies’ Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1910<\/td>\nPerilous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1909<\/td>\nKerlie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1908<\/td>\nIolaire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1907<\/td>\nIolaire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1906<\/td>\nBenbow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1905<\/td>\nDebenture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1904<\/td>\nP.K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1903<\/td>\nGraft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1902<\/td>\nKinglock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1901<\/td>\nCaledonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1900<\/td>\nNitre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1899<\/td>\nSecurity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nSailor Boy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1897<\/td>\nThe Grafter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1896<\/td>\nAyrshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1895<\/td>\nHindoo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1894<\/td>\nEscapade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nRosebrook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1892<\/td>\nCooya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1891<\/td>\nCardoness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1890<\/td>\nCrown Jewel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1889<\/td>\nBoz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1888<\/td>\nPlutarch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1887<\/td>\nQuintin Matsys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1886<\/td>\nDay Star<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1885<\/td>\nThe Bohemian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1884<\/td>\nJosephine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1883<\/td>\nPaul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1882<\/td>\nWizard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/td>\nCourtenay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[10163,2],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-80969","betting-info","type-betting-info","status-publish","hentry","category-group-1-races","category-horse-racing"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":null,"md_tip_date_end":null,"md_market_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/betting-info\/80969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/betting-info"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/betting-info"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/betting-info\/80969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80969"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=80969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}