Auraria Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Auraria Stakes serves as a good lead-up into the Group 1 Australasian Oaks each season.

The Auraria Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies run in mid-April at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide.

The race offers $150,000 in prize money and in 2024 runs on the same day as Randwick’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day card in Sydney.

Contested over 1800m the staying showdown is run at set weights plus penalties.

The Auraria Stakes was first held in 1944 as a Principal race and gained its current Group 3 status in 1980 the year Kaupo won.

The event is named in honour of the 1895 Melbourne Cup winner Auraria.

From 2011 – 2020 the race was officially known as the Schweppervescence Stakes due to sponsorship purposes.

Fillies in the Auraria Stakes field are often on way to the Group 1 $1 million Australasian Oaks (2000m) held back at the track a fortnight later.

Sopressa (2018) was the last filly to complete the Auraria Stakes – Australasian Oaks double.

The latest edition of the Auraria Stakes ran on Saturday April 13th, 2024 at Morphettville Racecourse in South Australia and was won in style by Patrick Payne’s two-length champ Wings Of Song ($9).

2024 Auraria Stakes Results

The 2024 Auraria Stakes results and finishing order will be known on Saturday April 13th, 2024 and published below once the race is run and won.

2024 Auraria Stakes winner Wings Of Song. Photo: Jenny Barnes.

• 1st: #1 Wings Of Song
• 2nd: #3 Quickster
• 3rd: #4 Mollynickers

Patrick Payne’s flying Tasmanian Oaks winning filly Wings Of Song ($9) was a powerhouse in Adelaide extending her streak to six straight victories with an easy two-length success in the Auraria Stakes 2024 results.

2024 Auraria Stakes Odds

The Auraria Stakes 2024 betting odds will be listed below as soon as markets on the mid-April Group 3 event are released.

Auraria Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday April 13th, 2024
• Track: Morphettville Racecourse
• Distance: 1800m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties; 3YOs Fillies
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $150,000
• First Run: 1944

Auraria Stakes Betting

Auraria Stakes betting markets are led by in-form fillies from local stables with past experience at the track and those fillies proven over at least 1600m. 

Runners with previous experience in Group 3 or higher company that campaign dominate the Auraria Stakes odds. 

Mirette ($2.60 in 2019) and Jennilala ($3.30 in 2023) are the last favourites in Auraria Stakes betting to salute for the punters. 

There was a notable upset in 2021 when Tyche Goddess won at Auraria Stakes odds of 40/1. 

Auraria Stakes Field

Fillies in the Auraria Stakes race field may come via a host of different lead-up races including the Laelia Stakes (1600m) at the track earlier in the month. 

The better runners out of the Auraria Stakes field usually back-up in the Australasian Oaks in Group 1 company a fortnight later. 

While the double hasn’t been completed since 2018 a number of subsequent Auraria Stakes winners have gone on to run top-three in the Australasia Oaks results including Mirette (2nd in 2019), My Whisper (3rd in 2022), and Jennilala (3rd in 2023). 

Auraria Stakes nominations close on the Monday before the race with final acceptances taken on the Wednesday.

2024 Auraria Stakes Field

The official Auraria Stakes 2024 field is announced by the South Australian Jockey Club the Wednesday leading-up to the race and the full line-up will be announced below once released.

The 2024 Auraria Stakes final field features a bumper collection of in-form fillies led in betting by the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Group 2 placegetter Mollynickers. 

2024 Auraria Nominations

The early Auraria Stakes 2024 nominations close the Monday leading-up to the race and will be published here once available. 

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Auraria Stakes Tips

Auraria Stakes tips including backing any previous Group race experienced fillies and those at double-figures with the favourites having a poor recent strike-rate in the race.

Backing any fillies runners that have previously run well in races over a mile or further is another strong Auraria Stakes betting tip. 

2024 Auraria Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Auraria Stakes 2024 betting tips and exotic selections on one of the staying race for three-year-old fillies will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page to see the horses to back and sack in your Adelaide Saturday racing tips.

• To Win: #7 The Autumn Belle ($17 at time of publish) – BET NOW

This talented and nicely-bred The Autumn Sun filly goes around at a big price in Adelaide’s Group 3 event this weekend and looks a forgotten runner in the mix. She is prepared in Victoria by Henry Dwyer but had her final lead-up here at the Morphettville track. Far from disgraced in the Clare Lindop running second over the mile. Looks to be hitting her peak now, has winning form up to 1741m so think the extra metres are a non-issue, and in on the same weight. Tougher assignment, right lead-up. Consistent, on the up, can surprise. 

Auraria Stakes Form Guide

The Auraria Stakes form guide is a must to look over before betting as it gives punters all the essential information like the jockeys, trainers and barriers of the gallopers in the field.

2024 Auraria Stakes Form Guide

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

Auraria Stakes Results

Notable recent Auraria Stakes winners include Tranquility (1995), Shelbourne Lass (2001), Fairy Oak (2010), Silent Sedition (2016), and Sopresssa (2018). 

Devil Moon holds the current Auraria Stakes record over the 1800m winning in 2007 in a time of 1 minute 48:09 seconds. 

Past Auraria Stakes Winners

A list of recent Auraria Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.