Alister Clark Stakes Alister Clark Stakes The Alister Clark Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-olds, at Set Weights, over a distance of 2040 metres, held annually usually at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne on a Friday night in March. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000. The race is named after Alister Clark, the foundation chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club and master of Oaklands Hunt Club from 1901 to 1908. He was also the pre-eminent Australian rose breeder of the twentieth century. The race was first run in 1939 and has had changes
Moonee Valley Football Club April 29, 1933 Moonee Valley Football Club had their first game and first win vs Woodlands Football Club. That year, Jack Taylor a future President of the club won the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) Best & Fairest award. Moonee Valley has a strong junior section in which they field teams in the Under 10's, 12's, 14's and 16's. In 2012 after losing to the undefeated Pascoe Vale Football Club by over 90 points in the semi-final, Moonee Valley went on to beat them in the Grand Final by 7 points winning their first Under 16 Division 2 Premiership since