Mufhasa Classic

The Mufhasa Classic is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run at weight-for-age over a distance of 1,600 metres at Trentham Racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.
Known for many years as the Captain Cook Stakes, in 2023 it became known as the TAB Classic before being renamed the Mufhasa Classic.
Over the years the race has been won by great New Zealand racehorses such as Rough Habit, Solveig and Copper Belt.

History

Name

Marlboro Mile
Penfolds-Chardon Mile
DB Mile
Double Brown 1600
Double Brown Mile
DB Draught 1600
Captain Cook Stakes
Fayette Park Prized Stakes
Captain Cook Stakes
TAB Classic
TAB Mufhasa Classic

Race Date

Run In March
Run In October
Run In December

In 2009 the Wellington Racing Club changed the race date from the end of October to the beginning of December, to move it away from the Hawke's Bay Spring Carnival races such as the Spring Classic. Instead the Captain Cook Stakes was fitted in to be three to four weeks after the Coupland's Bakeries Mile at Riccarton in November and three weeks before the Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.