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Group races total over 540+ races each year which works out around 2-3% of total races held each season in Australia.
Group races are divided into 4 categories;
Group 1 - at least $250,000 prizemoney - 60+ races per season
Group 2 - at least $125,000 prizemoney - 80+ races per season
Group 3 - at least $75,000 prizemoney - 110+ races per season
Listed - at least $50,000 prizemoney - 280+ races per season
The Australian horse racing season runs from August to July each year and we have listed all the Group 1 and Group 2 races on the racing calendar.
The George Main Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in September.
The race is named after George Main, a former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club.
Inaugurated in 1945, the George Main Stakes first winner was Modulation. There have been several horses which have managed to win the race more than once including Kingston Town in 1981-82, Regal Rhythm in 1967-68, Count Radiant in 1964-65 and Shannon in 1946-47. The race's fastest winning time was recorded by Racing to Win in 2006 with 1 minute 33.75 seconds. The slowest recorded winning time was 1 minute 48.75 seconds by Montana in 1952.
The winner of the George Main Stakes is exempt from a ballot on the Epsom Handicap.
Horses contesting this race may head on to the Group 1 Epsom Handicap the following week at the same track. Rock Kingdom (6th in 2009) went on to win the Epsom, while Road To Rock (2009) finished third in the Epsom one week later.
| Year | George Main Stakes | Status | Distance |
| 2009 | Road To Rock | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2008 | Mentality | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2007 | Not Held | ||
| 2006 | Racing To Win | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2005 | Mr Celebrity | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2004 | Grand Armee | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2003 | Lonhro | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2002 | Defier | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2001 | Viscount | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 2000 | Adam | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1999 | Shogun Lodge | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1998 | Dracula | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1997 | Encounter | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1996 | Juggler | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1995 | Turridu | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1994 | Durbridge | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1993 | March Hare | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1992 | Coronation Day | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1991 | Planet Ruler | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1990 | Shaftesbury Avenue | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1989 | Vo Rogue | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1988 | Gennaker | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1987 | Campaign King | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1986 | Ma Chiquita | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1985 | Roman Artist | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1984 | Inspired | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1983 | Emancipation | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1982 | Kingston Town | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1981 | Kingston Town | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1980 | Tullmax | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1979 | Imposing | Group 1 | 1600m |
| 1978 | Party's Pride | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1977 | Blockbuster | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1976 | Purple Patch | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1975 | Hartshill | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1974 | Itchy Feet | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1973 | All Shot | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1972 | Nippon | Principal race | 1600m |
| 1971 | Baguette | Principal race | 8F |
| 1970 | Ricochet | Principal race | 8F |
| 1969 | Zephyrus | Principal race | 8F |
| 1968 | Regal Rhythm | Principal race | 8F |
| 1967 | Regal Rhythm | Principal race | 8F |
| 1966 | Chantal | Principal race | 8F |
| 1965 | Count Radiant | Principal race | 8F |
| 1964 | Count Radiant | Principal race | 8F |
| 1963 | Wenona Girl | Principal race | 8F |
| 1962 | New Statesman | Principal race | 8F |
| 1961 | Martello Towers | Principal race | 8F |
| 1960 | Second Earl | Principal race | 8F |
| 1959 | Amanullah | Principal race | 8F |
| 1958 | Lindbergh | Principal race | 8F |
| 1957 | Landy | Principal race | 8F |
| 1956 | Kingster | Principal race | 8F |
| 1955 | Prince Movi | Principal race | 8F |
| 1954 | Gendarme | Principal race | 8F |
| 1953 | Tarien | Principal race | 8F |
| 1952 | Montana | Principal race | 8F |
| 1951 | Oversight | Principal race | 8F |
| 1950 | San Domenico | Principal race | 8F |
| 1949 | The Groom | Principal race | 8F |
| 1948 | De La Salle | Principal race | 8F |
| 1947 | Shannon | Principal race | 8F |
| 1946 | Shannon | Principal race | 8F |
| 1945 | Modulation | Principal race | 8F |