Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Bobbie Lewis is a nice lead-up to the Group 1 sprints in Melbourne over the spring

The Bobbie Lewis Quality is a Group 2 sprint held at Flemington Racecourse on Makybe Diva Stakes Day during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Run on a Saturday in early to mid-September each year, the quality handicap clash is open to horses aged four-years-old and above and is contested over 1200m.

2022 Bobbie Lewis Quality winner Baller. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The event is held at the same meeting as the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m), and in 2024 the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) for Melbourne Cup hopefuls.

Offering $300,000 in total prize money as of 2021, the Bobbie Lewis Quality is a good lead-up race into the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The last galloper to complete the Bobbie Lewis Quality – Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes double was Bon Hoffa (2007).

It is also a nice lead-up to the Group 1 sprint races over the carnival including the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) back at HQ over the Cup Carnival, an event won in 2022 by the Bobbie Lewis Quality runner-up Roch ‘N’ Horse.

The latest edition of the Bobbie Lewis Quality ran on Saturday September 14, 2024 at Flemington Racecourse and was won narrowly by the Team Hayes-trained sprinter Arkansaw Kid ($6.50).  

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality Results

The official Bobbie Lewis Quality results for 2024 and complete finishing order on the Group 2 event will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 14, 2024.

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality winner Arkansaw Kid. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #10 Arkansaw Kid
• 2nd: #13 Skybird
• 3rd: #4 Buenos Noches

The Ben, Will & JD Hayes-trained Harry Angel four-year-old, Arkansaw Kid ($6.50), put the writing on the wall for a good spring in the feature sprints after holding out the fast-finishing Skybrid to salute in the 2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality results. 

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality Odds

The top Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024 odds for this season along with direct links to our top Flemington racing markets will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned to get behind your favourite spring sprinters.

Bobbie Lewis Quality Race Info

• Date: Saturday September 14, 2024
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: 4YOs + Up – Quality Handicap
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1974

Bobbie Lewis Quality Betting

Bobbie Lewis Quality betting is led each spring by class sprinters with good lead-up form in similar company Melbourne races. Horses with proven ability down the Flemington straight and in tougher class races from other campaigns also sit high up the Bobbie Lewis Quality odds.

Single-figure hopefuls have a good Bobbie Lewis Quality record, but outsiders have also proved value bets in recent years including Baller ($21 in 2022), Splintex ($13 in 2021), Speediness ($20 in 2013) and Lone Rock ($21 in 2011).

The latest favourites in Bobbie Lewis Quality betting to salute for the punters are Redkirk Warrior ($4 in 2017) followed by Zoutori ($4.60EF in 2020).

Bobbie Lewis Quality Field

The Bobbie Lewis Quality race field attracts a line-up of the spring’s top sprinters and middle-distance gallopers. Many come off earlier spring runs in Melbourne in lead-up races like the Group 3 The Heath 1100 (1100m) at Caulfield the previous month.

Another possible lead-up run is the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) over the same track / distance a month before. In 2013 Temple Of Boom ran second in both the Aurie’s Star and the Bobbie Lewis Quality, he was also runner-up in the 2014 Bobbie Lewis Quality.

Runners out of the Bobbie Lewis Quality field often back-up in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes or are saved for the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) the next month back at Flemington.

Zoutori (2020) was the last horse to do the Bobbie Lewis Quality – Gilgai Stakes double having also won the 2019 edition of the Bobbie Lewis.

In 2022 the Bobbie Lewis winner Baller ran thirds in both the Gilgai Stakes and Group 1 VRC Champions Sprint, while the second-placed mare Roch ‘N’ Horse ran second in the Gilgai before her shock win in the Group 1 during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality Field

The official Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be provided below as soon as released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to race day.

Flemington specialist Right To Party chasing her fourth straight win at Flemington heads the markets on Saturday’s bumper 2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality field of spring sprinters. 

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality Nominations

The Bobbie Lewis Quality nominations for 2024 close on the Monday leading-up to Makybe Diva Stakes Day and will be available below in full.

Bobbie Lewis Quality Form Guide

The Bobbie Lewis Quality form guide details crucial information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of all the horses in the race. Check the guide for horses coming off a last start run in the top three and those whose records over the track / distance are solid.

The Bobbie Lewis Quality form has stacked up in better spring races many times over the years including the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, a Group 1 race Toorak Toff won in 2011 after a first-up fifth to Lone Rock in the Bobbie Lewis that season.

The next year (2012), We’re Gonna Rock won the Bobbie Lewis before a second in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and third at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m).

More recently the 2017 Bobbie Lewis Quality winner Redkirk Warrior went on to win the following autumn’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning – Newmarket Handicap double at Flemington.

Dual Bobbie Lewis Quality champion Zoutori (2019, 2020) also franked the form the next year taking out the Group 1 Newmarket in 2021.

Star Patrol’s victory in the Bobbie Lewis Stakes in 2023 was further validated by his next-up Group 2 Gilgai Stakes victory and the subsequent performances of his rivals. The runner-up, King Of Sparta, won the $1 million Magic Millions Sprint in January 2024, while third-placed Benedetta captured the Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide the following May. These strong performances solidify the Bobbie Lewis Quality’s impressive form.

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Bobbie Lewis Quality Tips

Bobbie Lewis Quality tips include looking for sprinters with previous winning form at Flemington down the famous straight track, in-form runners coming off nice runs in late winter / early spring and those with a good 1200m record. If horses are kicking off their Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival campaigns in the race, a good Bobbie Lewis Quality betting tip is to check their first-up record.

Any classy sprinters that contested the previous year’s Bobbie Lewis often make a nice bet if they’re in form and returning for another run in the same spring showdown.

2024 Bobbie Lewis Quality Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024 betting tips and exotic Flemington racing selections will be detailed below a couple of days out from the race so you have a guide on the sprinters to back and sack in the spring showdown this season.

• To Win: #9 Right To Party ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Nothing to suggest this flying mare cannot keep the wins coming and post her fourth straight victory. The Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained daughter of Zoustar is from a class stable and is well-bred with her recent form showing she’s no dud. Three-from-four at Flemington so something of a track specialist here now and two-from-two at the course and distance. Latest three have all been here including the Group 3 Aurie’s Star at the start of August that she won by a length. Freshened-up since with a winning trial at Cranbourne to keep her ticking over. Well-weighted again, Jye McNeil continues associations and drawn the same gate (8) she won the Group 3 from last start. Ticks lots of boxes. 

Bobbie Lewis Quality Results

The Bobbie Lewis Quality race results have been a mixed bag over the past decade with an almost even split between the favourites and roughie hopes.

Notable recent Bobbie Lewis Quality winners include back-to-back winner Zoutori (2019-20), Redkirk Warrior (2017), Chautauqua (2014), Swift Alliance (2009), and dual champion Bon Hoffa (2007-08).

Lone Rock (2011) was the last Bobbie Lewis Quality winning mare.

Chautauqua holds the current Bobbie Lewis Quality race record winning over 1200m in 2014 in a time of 1 minute 08.11 seconds.

Past Bobbie Lewis Quality Winners

Recent Bobbie Lewis Quality winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024?

What is the prize money for the Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Bobbie Lewis Quality 2024?

Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.