Ladbrokes Tip: The Bletchingly Stakes serves as a good lead-up to the PB Lawrence Stakes
The latest edition of the Bletchingly Stakes ran on Saturday, July 26th, 2025 at Caulfield Racecourse and was won by the in-form Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman trained Snitzel filly Bridal Waltz ($4.60EF).
2025 Bletchingly Stakes Results
The Bletchingly Stakes 2025 results and full finishing order of the late-season winter sprint will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday, July 26th, 2025.
- 1st: #9 Bridal Waltz
- 2nd: #5 Kin
- 3rd: #6 Yellow Sam
Bridal Waltz ($4.60EF), trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, delivered a gritty performance to claim her first Group win in the 2025 Bletchingly Stakes results at Caulfield on Saturday.
Coming off a win in the Listed Creswick Stakes, the Snitzel filly was the only three-year-old in the field and started as the $4.60 equal favourite after pre-race favourite Baraqiel was scratched.
Ridden by Ben Melham, she stalked the pace set by Recommendation, surged to the front in the straight, and held off a late challenge from Kin to secure victory.
The win marked Moody’s third Bletchingly triumph and elevated Bridal Waltz’s record to five wins and three placings from 12 starts, earning over $472,0003. With her consistent form and toughness, the stable is now weighing up options including a step up to a Group 2 mares’ race, or a freshen-up before targeting spring stakes races at Flemington, with the possibility of her developing into an A-grade performer.
2025 Bletchingly Stakes Odds
Stay tuned for the full Bletchingly Stakes 2025 betting markets and links to the final acceptors to be published below once odds are released.
| 9. Bridal Waltz (5) J: Ben Melham 56kg 91331T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 5. Kin (8) J: Craig Williams 56.5kg 32415T: James Cummings | ||
| 6. Yellow Sam (3) J: Jamie Mott 56.5kg 1x113T: Lindsey Smith | ||
| 8. New York Lustre (6) J: Jamie Melham 56.5kg 1x1x2T: Enver Jusufovic | ||
| 1. Recommendation (2) J: John Allen 58.5kg 0x683T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Inhibitions (7) J: Jye McNeil 56.5kg 851x3T: James Cummings | ||
| 2. Kallos (4) J: Ethan Brown 58.5kg 5x8x6T: James Cummings | ||
| 7. Apache Song (1) J: Blake Shinn 56.5kg 1137xT: Michael Trotter |
The Bletchingly Stakes is the final Group races of the season run on a Saturday in late July at Caulfield Racecourse during the Melbourne Winter Racing Carnival. The weight-for-age sprint is contested over 1200m and offers a total of $200,000 in total prize money.
It is the sole Black-Type race on the Caulfield card at the end-of-season meeting and can serve as either a final run for gallopers coming off a winter campaign or a Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival lead-up for new season hopefuls.
The Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) also run at Caulfield earlier in the month makes a nice lead-up into the Bletchingly Stakes. Rubitano (2002) and Recommendation (2024) are the latest two gallopers to complete the double.
The best horses out of the Bletchingly Stakes may look towards a key spring event like the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) and Scales Of Justice (2019) was the last to do the double.
Bletchingly Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, July 26th, 2025
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $200,000
- First Run: 1994
Bletchingly Stakes Betting
Bletchingly Stakes betting odds are led by proven Caulfield performers and local Melbourne hopes with good form over 1200m – 1400m. The race attracts both end-of-season and resuming spring hopefuls, so any first-up runners with a good record fresh also sit high up the Bletchingly Stakes betting markets.
Looking for in-form winter sprinters rounding out their preps in the Group 3 can also be a good Bletchingly Stakes betting guide. Bletchingly Stakes markets are open following the release of the final field and barrier draw.
Viridine ($2.70 in 2020), Recommendation ($1.40 in 2024), and Bridal Waltz ($4.60 equal favourite in 2025) are the latest favourites in Bletchingly Stakes betting to get the job done for the punters.
Bletchingly Stakes Field
The Bletchingly Stakes race field attracts both end-of-season winter runners as well as spring-bound hopefuls kicking off the new season campaigns. Runners have a variety of different races, but the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes has produced a number of recent winners.
A possible next-up run for Bletchingly Stakes graduates is Caulfield’s Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) in mid-August and Shoot Out (2010) was the last runner to complete the Bletchingly – PB Lawrence Stakes double.
The other race many runners back-up in is the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) a fortnight later at Caulfield Racecourse and after saluting for the punters in the Bletchingly Stakes results, Viridine backed up to win the Regal Roller next race in 2020.
2025 Bletchingly Stakes Field
The official Bletchingly Stakes 2025 final field of sprinters is announced the Wednesday of race week and will be updated below once confirmed.
The Ciaron Maher trained Recommendation will line-up with the No. 1 saddlecloth in Saturday’s nine-horse 2025 Bletchingly Stakes field looking to win multiple editions of the winter sprint for the first time since You Remember back in 1995 and 1996.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Recommendation
J: John Allen
T: Ciaron Maher |
30x683 | G | 2 | 58.5kg | |
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2. Kallos
J: Ethan Brown
T: James Cummings |
45x8x6 | G | 4 | 58.5kg | |
| 3. Baraqiel (1) Scratched: | |||||
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4. Inhibitions
J: Jye McNeil
T: James Cummings |
1851x3 | M | 7 | 56.5kg | |
|
5. Kin
J: Craig Williams
T: James Cummings |
x32415 | M | 8 | 56.5kg | |
|
6. Yellow Sam
J: Jamie Mott
T: Lindsey Smith |
91x113 | M | 3 | 56.5kg | |
|
7. Apache Song
J: Blake Shinn
T: Michael Trotter |
11137x | M | 1 | 56.5kg | |
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8. New York Lustre
J: Jamie Melham
T: Enver Jusufovic |
11x1x2 | M | 6 | 56.5kg | |
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9. Bridal Waltz
J: Ben Melham
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
x91331 | F | 5 | 56kg | |
2025 Bletchingly Stakes Nominations
Early nominations for the Bletchingly Stakes 2025 race at Caulfield close the Monday of race week.
Nominations extended until 10:00am (AEST) – 22/07/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53x511137x | APACHE SONG | M | 4 | Michael Trotter | 90 |
| 2 | 111331163x | BARAQIEL | G | 6 | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | 105 |
| 3 | 1535×91331 | BRIDAL WALTZ | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 84 |
| 4 | x8221851x3 | INHIBITIONS | M | 4 | James Cummings | 95 |
| 5 | 96x245x8x6 | KALLOS | G | 6 | James Cummings | 103 |
| 6 | 2018×32415 | KIN | M | 5 | James Cummings | 100 |
| 7 | x1x111x1x2 | NEW YORK LUSTRE | M | 5 | Enver Jusufovic | 92 |
| 8 | 118530×683 | RECOMMENDATION | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 101 |
| 9 | 9x611x38x5 | SHADHAVAR | F | 3 | Tom Dabernig | 71 |
| 10 | x865x36774 | SHE DANCES | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 94 |
| 11 | 77×4216611 | SILVER CLIFF | M | 4 | Patrick F Ryan Jnr | 72 |
| 12 | 4x4x91x113 | YELLOW SAM | M | 5 | Lindsey Smith | 99 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Bletchingly Stakes Tips
Top Bletchingly Stakes tips include looking for runners with a strong record over the distance (1200m), Melbourne runners that run well at the Caulfield track and Black-Type graduates coming off good lead-up winter runs.
Single-figure sprinters and those coming off a top three run make the best bet in Bletchingly Stakes tipping.
2025 Bletchingly Stakes Tips
Our insider tips on the Bletchingly Stakes in 2025 will be published below once the field and form guide are released.
- To Win: #8 New York Lustre ($6.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Really like the form of NEW YORK LUSTRE (7) leading up to Saturday’s Bletchingly and this ultra-consistent Manhattan Rain mare is still at a nice price. The skies are opening up and Caulfield is set for a bit of a drenching, so expecting the track to be downgraded. Her odds are likely to firm if that’s the case as she’s proven on Heavy going. Only one run out of the money in nine career starts and looks to be improving class-wise. A first-up winner over the sharp 1000m at The Valley with a big weight (59.5kg) back in April. Returned from a bit of a break to produce a brave Group 3 Sir John Monash third placing here last time out. Only a length off IN FLIGHT and last year’s Bletchingly winner RECOMMENDATION in that on a Soft (6) over 1100m. Fitter now and looks right up to this. Will relish the six furlongs having a good 1200m record behind her (3:2-0-0), Jamie Melham retains the ride, and they’re drawn to stay out of trouble from the gate. Can win.
Bletchingly Stakes Form Guide
The Bletchingly Stakes form guide, released when final acceptances close on the Wednesday before the race runs that Saturday, details crucial information like the jockeys and barriers as well as the lead-up runs of the sprinters in the field.
The Bletchingly Stakes form has stacked up in future Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival races a number of times in recent years including the PB Lawrence Stakes and the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) back at Caulfield in August.
The 2022 Bletchingly Stakes winner King Of Sparta franked the form winning the Gold Coast’s $1 million Magic Millions Sprint in the summer of 2023. Bletchingly third place-getter Mariamia meanwhile returned in the summer of 2023 and won both the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m).
2025 Bletchingly Stakes Form Guide
A link to our complete 2025 Bletchingly Stakes Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Bletchingly Stakes Results
The Bletchingly Stakes race results over the past decade have been dominated by last-start winners and proven Melbourne performers.
Notable recent Bletchingly Stakes winners include King Of Sparta (2022), Scales Of Justice (2018), Smokin’ Joey (2015), Second Effort (2013), Mid Summer Music (2011), and Apache Cat (2007).
Mid Summer Music (2011) was the last Bletchingly Stakes winning mare.
The filly Bridal Waltz (2025) was the last three-year-old Bletchingly Stakes winner.
You Remember (1995 & 1996) is the sole dual Bletchingly Stakes winner to date.
Apache Cat holds the current 1200m Bletchingly Stakes race record winning in 2007 in a time of 1 minute 09:3 seconds.
Past Bletchingly Stakes Winners
Recent Bletchingly Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bridal Waltz | Kin | Yellow Sam | 1:11.27 |
| 2024 | Recommendation | Semillion | Marble Nine | 1:12.24 |
| 2023 | Ingratiating | General Beau | It’sourtime | 1:09.5 |
| 2022 | King Of Sparta | Scallopini | Mariamia | 1:10.8 |
| 2021 | Sansom | Streets Of Avalon | Isaurian | 1:11.7 |
| 2020 | Viridine | Streets Of Avalon | Great Again | 1:08.1 |
| 2019 | Scales Of Justice | Jungle Edge | Cliff’s Edge | 1:10.0 |
| 2018 | Vega Magic | Voodoo Lad | Jungle Edge | 1:10.1 |
| 2017 | Ability | Lankan Rupee | Duke of Brunswick | 1:14.2 |
| 2016 | Lord Of The Sky | Fast ‘N’ Rocking | Mahuta | 1:11.6 |
| 2015 | Smokin’ Joey | Platinum Rocker | Petrology | 1:11.2 |
| 2014 | Thiamandi | Gig | Nearest To Pin | 1:10.6 |
| 2013 | Second Effort | Academy Jack | Launay | 1:11.5 |
| 2012 | Ready To Rip | Zamorar | Dusty Star | 1:12.8 |
| 2011 | Mid Summer Music | Rue Maple | Stanzout | 1:11.4 |
| 2010 | Shoot Out | Stanzout | Velocitea | 1:11.7 |
| 2009 | Let Go Thommo | Orange County | Mr Baritone | 1:11.5 |
| 2008 | Commanding Hope | Lucky Diva | Red Arrow | 1:11.2 |
| 2007 | Apache Cat | Haradasun | Honalee | 1:09.3 |
| 2006 | Minson | Red Dazzler | Snort | 1:09.3 |
| 2005 | Regal Roller | Super Elegant | Le Zagaletta | 1:13.7 |
| 2004 | Le Zagaletta | Yell | Elvstoem | 1:14.3 |
| 2003 | Super Elegant | Ruby Slipper | The Big Chill | 1:06.3 |
| 2002 | Rubitano | Ruby Slipper | Dandy Kid | 1:03.7 |
| 2001 | Windigo | Piavonic | Flavour | 1:05.1 |
| 2000 | Dandy Kid | Miss Pennymoney | St. Chrisoph | 1:04.3 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Bletchingly Stakes?
The 2025 Bletchingly Stakes was won by three-year-old Snitzel filly Bridal Waltz at $4.60 equal favouritism for trainers Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman with jockey Ben Melham aboard on 56kg from barrier 5 to win by 0.35 lengths in a time of 1:11.27 on a Soft (5) track.
When is the Bletchingly Stakes 2025?
Saturday, July 26th, 2025What is the prize money for the Bletchingly Stakes 2025?
$200,000
Where is the Bletchingly Stakes 2025?
Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
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