The Yalumba Stakes is a Group One weight-for-age race over the middle distance of 2000 metres and is held at Caulfield during the Melbourne Spring racing carnival annually in October. The Yalumba Stakes is also referred to as the Caulfield Stakes and is one of the premier races of the Caulfield racing carnival.

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The Yalumba Stakes
Race Name:	Yalumba Stakes
When it is run:	Saturday 11 October 2008
Where it is run:	Caulfield Racecourse, Caulfield, Melbourne
Distance of race:	2000 metres
Type of race:	3yo & upwards Open Weight-for-age
Status of race:	Group One
Prizemoney:	$403,000
2008 Result:	1. Douro Valley 2. Pompeii Ruler 3.Guillotine

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The Yalumba Stakes is held at Caulfield racecourse on the same day as the Group One Caulfield Guineas and Toorak Handicap. It is a good horse's race contested by some of the country's top gallopers and has been won by horses like El Segundo, Northerly, Juggler, Might and Power and has been a good guide to the Caulfield Cup, WS Cox Plate, and Melbourne Cup in recent times. The race has prizemoney of $403,000 and was won by Douro Valley in 2008.