Champions Stakes

Champions Stakes (VRC)
registered as the LKS Mackinnon Stakes
1932 & 1934 winner Peter Pan
ClassGroup 1
LocationFlemington Racecourse,
Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1869 (1869) (as Melbourne Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred
SponsorTAB (since 2022)
Race information
Distance2,000 metres
SurfaceTurf
QualificationThree year olds and older that are not maidens
WeightWeight for Age
Purse$3,000,000 (2024)

The VRC Champions Stakes, registered as the LKS Mackinnon Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup. Total prize money is A$3,000,000.