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2019 sees the first running of the All-Star Mile run at Flemington on Saturday.
Can Grunt bounce back to form at his favourite track in the 2019 All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday?
2019 All-Star Mile: Final Field
2019 ALL-STAR MILE - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The All-Star Mile is a feature race run under Weight For Age conditions for open class milers conducted by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington.
The All-Star Mile was introduced in 2019 to be run the week after Super Saturday.
As the name suggests it will be over a mile.
The All-Star Mile is framed along similar lines to the Arima Kinen in Japan where the public gets a vote determining most of the field.
Voting closed a month out with the final numbers list below. Horses had to be of a certain standard to be eligible to run. That is above a rating of 70 on the official Ratings.
The official process requires owners/trainers to nominate their horse for The All-Star Mile by early January 2019. Fans then vote online and it closed late February 2019.
After the final ten vote leaders make the field, Racing Victoria would select another four ‘wildcards’ to make the final field of 14.
Charities are also a major beneficiary of the All-Star Mile.
The All-Star Mile, worth $5,000,000 in 2019, is the second richest race at Flemington behind the Melbourne Cup.
It will be rotated amongst the three main Victorian courses – Flemington, Caulfield and Moonee Valley.
The Voting for the first All-Star Mile in 2019 ended up:-
1. Balf’s Choice
2. Urban Ruler3. Grunt
4. Alizee5. Amphitrite
6. Foundry7. Material Man
8. Man Of His Word9. Moss ‘N’ Dale
10. Mr Money BagsThe wildcard runners were:-
1. Happy Clapper
2. Hartnell3. Hawkshot
4. Mystic Journey