TURNBULL STAKES

Group One, 2000m, $500,000, set-weights & penalties, four-year-olds upwards

HISTORY

* First run as the Royal Park Stakes in 1865 and won by The Sign

* Renamed multiple times, earning its current name in 1948 after then-VRC chairman Richard Turnbull

* Became a 2000m race in 1972, and a Group One from 2006

PREVIOUS WINNERS

* Winx (2017), Hartnell (2016), Preferment (2015), Green Moon (2012), Zipping (2010), Efficient (2009), Makybe Diva (2005), Northerly (2002), Sunline (2001), Doriemus (1996), Let's Elope (1991), Better Loosen Up (1990), Super Impose (1989), Vo Rogue (1987-88), Dulcify (1979), Galilee (1968)

TALKING POINTS

* A victory in the Turnbull Stakes for Winx would extend her winning streak to 28

* Winx will be attempting to win her 21st Group One race

HISTORY SAYS

* Let's Elope, Sky Heights, Northerly and Elvstroem all won the Turnbull Stakes then the Caulfield Cup (2400m)

* Rising Fast, Aquanita, Sir Dane, Tobin Bronze, Dulcify, Better Loosen Up, Northerly, Makybe Diva, Winx have all won the Turnbull Stakes - Cox Plate double

* Champion Winx raced to 6-1/2 length win against six opponents in 2017 before going on to win a third Cox Plate

KEY QUOTES

"She hasn't got the world's best rating for nothing but we just need to make sure that she stays the same and she'll hold that rating" - trainer Chris Waller on Winx

"It will give me a good guide as to what to expect in the Caulfield Cup in two weeks' time" - Chris Waller again, this time on Winx's stablemate Youngstar

"After Saturday he'll have a couple of goes around Moonee Valley. He'll probably do Breakfast with the Stars and I'd say he might have another look" - trainer Mick Price on Grunt heading towards towards a Cox Plate start