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The Red Anchor Stakes, is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres, held at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on W. S. Cox Plate Day. Prize money is A$200,000.

History

In 1995 the race was held at Caulfield Racecourse. Prior to 2005 the race was run in September when it was known as the C S Hayes Stakes, named after the champion trainer Colin S. Hayes.
The registered race is named after the champion Australian Horse of the Year in 1984-85, Red Anchor, who won the W. S. Cox Plate-Victoria Derby in that year.