Alan Brown Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Alan Brown Stakes serves as nice an early guide to the $3 million The Big Dance in Sydney on Melbourne Cup Day

The Alan Brown Stakes is a recently added feature to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival line-up taking place in early October as part of a bumper Hill Stakes Day card at Rosehill Gardens.

2023 Alan Brown Stakes winner Cepheus. Photo: Steve Hart.

The meeting is headlined by the Spring Cups-bound stayers facing off in the $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m).

The other features on the program include the $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m), Group 2 $300,000 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m), Group 3 $250,000 The Nivison (1200m), the Group 3 $500,000 Gloaming Stakes (1800m), and the Alan Brown Stakes.

The Alan Brown Stakes is the second richest race on the card offering a generous $1.5 million in stakes.

It is a quality handicap event open to horses aged three-years-old and above.

The race was created and named in honour of former Sydney Turf Club and Racing NSW Chairman, the late Alan Brown AM.

The Alan Brown Stakes now serves as a lead-up into the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) held on The Everest Day a fortnight later replacing the George Main Stakes.

Qualified horses out of the race may also continue onto Melbourne Cup Day in Sydney to contest the $3 million The Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick.

The inaugural Alan Brown Stakes winner in 2023, Cepheus, went on to run second in that year’s Big Dance results.

The second edition of the $1,500,000 Alan Brown Stakes ran as part of Hill Stakes Day 2024 at Rosehill on Saturday, October 12, 2024 and was won narrowly by the Team Hayes-trained Here To Shock ($10).

2024 Alan Brown Stakes Results

The official 2024 Alan Brown Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be published below once the $1.5 million Sydney race takes place on Saturday, October 12, 2024.

2024 Alan Brown Stakes winner Here To Shock was strong in the $1.5 million feature. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #3 Here To Shock
• 2nd: #10 Gringtotts
• 3rd: #18e Waterford

A brilliant ride by Nash Rawiller saw the Team Hayes-trained Shocking seven-year-old, Here To Shock ($10), back-up from his Group 3 Cameron Handicap win to salute by a neck over a fast-finishing Gringotts in the 2024 Alan Brown Stakes results on way to a likely The Big Dance bid in Sydney on Melbourne Cup Day.

2024 Alan Brown Stakes Odds

The updated Alan Brown Stakes 2024 betting odds for the $1.5 million Rosehill feature will be available right here leading up to the race so stay tuned for links to our top Alan Brown Stakes markets.

Alan Brown Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
• Track: Rosehill Gardens
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap – 3YOs & Upwards
• Status: Special Conditions
• Prize Money: $1,500,000
• First Run: 2023

Alan Brown Stakes Betting

Alan Brown Stakes betting markets are led each year by in-form middle-distance gallopers coming off good lead-up runs in similar status events earlier in the spring.

Horses from local Sydney stables, those country-trained gallopers eyeing a The Big Dance run on the first Tuesday of November, and last start winners are installed at shorter Alan Brown Stakes odds.

The opening edition of the race in 2023 was won by Cepheus who jumped at Alan Brown Stakes odds of $7.

There was another upset in 2024 with Here To Shock winning as a $10 chance in the markets.

Alan Brown Stakes Tips

Good Alan Brown Stakes tips to take are to look for local Sydney-trained runners with form at the track and distance.

Last start winners coming off a Group lead-up run also make a good Alan Brown Stakes tip with the inaugural winner Cepheus in 2023 having taken out the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill before his success.

The 2024 Alan Brown Stakes winner, Here To Shock, also came off a lead-up win saluting in Newcastle’s Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m).

2024 Alan Brown Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Alan Brown Stakes 2024 betting tips and Rosehill betting selections on the $1.5 million race this spring will be detailed in full below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack.

• To Win: #9 Encap ($7.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Big field and an open market in the lucrative Alan Brown Stakes in Sydney but like the price offered on the in-form Encap who is fit and full of confidence after a last start win. The progressive Capitalist four-year-old took out the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes here second-up adding to his strong Rosehill record. Narrow but convincing victory with 54.5kg there. Goes up a kilo but still okay in the weights and gets the run of the race from barrier three with an ace hoop in Kerrin McEvoy aboard. One of the main chances here.

Alan Brown Stakes Field

The Alan Brown Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of the season’s top middle-distance types, many heading towards the riches of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and a target like the Cox Plate.

Horses that run well in the Alan Brown Stakes field could then step-up in distance to a mile for a shot at the $5 million King Charles III Stakes at Randwick on The Everest Day later in the month.

Alan Brown Stakes nominations close the Monday of race week before final acceptances revealing the official Alan Brown Stakes final field are taken on the Wednesday.

2024 Alan Brown Stakes Field

The official Alan Brown Stakes 2024 Final Field & Barrier draw will be released on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so bookmark this page to see the spring gallopers that are accepted into the $1.5 million dollar feature. 

The Ciaron Maher-trained Gringotts heads betting on Saturday’s 2024 Alan Brown Stakes field drawn well midfield and out to improve on a first-up second in the Group 3 Bill Ritchie at Randwick.

2024 Alan Brown Stakes Nominations

The early Alan Brown Stakes 2024 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to the lucrative $1.5 million race and will be published below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Alan Brown Stakes Form Guide

The Alan Brown Stakes form guide features all the must know information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

2024 Alan Brown Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Alan Brown Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Alan Brown Stakes Results

The Alan Brown Stakes race results detail the winner, place-getters, full finishing order and winning time.

The inaugural Alan Brown Stakes results in 2023 saw Cepheus win at $7 in a record time of 1 minute 21.22 seconds.

Past Alan Brown Stakes Winners

A complete list of past Alan Brown Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2023 can be found in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Alan Brown Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Alan Brown Stakes 2024?

$1,500,000

Where is the Alan Brown Stakes 2024?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.