Ladbrokes Tip: The Prelude is the best guide to Caulfield Guineas betting each October

The $2 million Caulfield Guineas is one of Australia’s premier racing event for three-year-old colts and geldings and is rated one of the country’s most important stallion-making events. The Caulfield Guineas is held over 1600 metres at the Caulfield Racecourse a week before the Caulfield Cup and is one of the most highly anticipated races during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. The Group 1 event always draws the cream of the crop and has been won by the likes of Ajax, Hydrogen, Tulloch, Storm Queen, Vain, Surround, Luskin Star, Manikato, Red Anchor, Mahogany, Redoute’s Choice, Lonhro, Weekend Hussler and All Too Hard.

In a bid to draw some of the attention away from the punting purists’ Caulfield Guineas Day action, in Sydney Racing NSW ran the richest turf race in the world for the first time on the same day in 2017 – The Everest Randwick race now worth a record $15 million. The Everest Day now takes place a week later on Caulfield Cup Day with Sydney hosting the $1 million Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) on Melbourne’s Guineas Day instead.

This year the Caulfield Guineas ran on Saturday October 10, 2020 and was won by Sydney’s Golden Rose champ Ole Kirk. 

2020 Caulfield Guineas Results

The 2020 Caulfield Guineas Results and full race Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 10, 2020.

• 1st: #3 Ole Kirk
• 2nd: #10 Aysar
• 3rd: #13 Grandslam

Ole Kirk ($4.20F) became the second horse in three years to do the Golden Rose – Caulfield Guineas double saluting for the punters with a gutsy effort over two well-bred roughies – Aysar ($19) and Grandslam ($6) – in a lucrative 2020 Caulfield Guineas trifecta. 

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	OLE KIRK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike		7	56.5kg		$4.20EF
	2	10	AYSAR	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damian Lane	0.4L	13	56.5kg		$19
	3	13	GRANDSLAM	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	2.4L	6	56.5kg		$61
	4	6	CROSSHAVEN	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	2.8L	14	56.5kg		$12
	5	8	LUNAR FOX	Paul Preusker	Brett Prebble	3.55L	4	56.5kg		$41
	6	7	AMISH BOY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	3.75L	1	56.5kg		$31
	7	9	MO’UNGA (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	4.75L	10	56.5kg		$7
	8	15	CAPTAIN CORELLI (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	5.5L	2	56.5kg		$71
	9	2	KING’S LEGACY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	5.7L	11	56.5kg		$6.50
	10	11	CAMBOURNE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	7.2L	9	56.5kg		$10
	11	14	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Jordan Childs	9.95L	8	56.5kg		$41
	12	12	NATIONAL CHOICE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Newitt	11.2L	5	56.5kg		$71
	13	4	MAMARAGAN	John Thompson	Michael Rodd	14.95L	12	56.5kg		$31
	14	1	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Craig Williams	18.45L	3	56.5kg		$4.20EF
		5	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.     

Caulfield Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 10, 2020
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3yos – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $2 million
• First Run: 1881

Caulfield Guineas Odds

The Caulfield Guineas is always an interesting betting race, but most years there is a standout colt or gelding that starts the race as a fairly short-priced favourite. However, from 1983 – 2020 only 13 favourites have won the Caulfield Guineas and the likes of Rich Enuff (2014), Pierro (2012) and Encosta De Lago (1996) were beaten as odds-on favourites.

The latest favourites in Caulfield Guineas betting to salute for the punters were the odds-on The Autumn Sun ($1.75 in 2018) followed by Ole Kirk ($4.20 in 2020) who both won the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes in the lead-up. 

There have not been a great deal of upsets in the history of the Caulfield Guineas but Econsul (2004), In Top Swing (2003), Centro (1990), Procol Harum (1989), Marwong (1987) and Abaridy (1986) all won the race at lengthy quotes. That was until the 2017 Caulfield Guineas results, when $101 roughie Mighty Boss saluted at triple figures.

2020 Caulfield Guineas Odds

The latest Caulfield Guineas 2020 betting odds and links to our Group 1 spring racing markets will be provided for punters below so stay tuned to back your favourite three-year-olds.

Caulfield Guineas Field

The Caulfield Guineas field is released on the Tuesday morning before the race and features a capacity field of 16 runners plus four emergencies. The Caulfield Guineas field last ran at capacity in 2019 when Super Seth defeated 15 rivals. In 2017 the sole emergency for the Caulfield Guineas field – Mighty Boss – made the line-up and won in a massive boilover at odds of $101.

Gallopers may come into the Caulfield Guineas field via a number of different spring lead-ups, but the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) run a fortnight earlier is the traditional lead-up run. Recent winners of the Prelude – Caulfield Guineas double include Anacheeva (2010) and Helmet (2011).

The 2018 Caulfield Guineas field attracted a quality line up, led by Chris Waller’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes winner The Autumn Sun and Darren Weir’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude winner Native Soldier. It was The Autumn Sun who dominated in the end, saluting as the odds-on favourite by 4.5 lengths!

2020 Caulfield Guineas Final Field

The Caulfield Guineas 2020 Final Field and Barriers are set for release at 9:00am (local time) on October 6, 2020 and will be published in full below.

Fifteen class three-year-old mile types make-up the 2020 Neds Caulfield Guineas field this weekend including Golden Rose winner Ole Kirk and the undefeated Mo’unga for Chris Waller. 

• Scratched: #5 Glenfiddich (8) due to throat issue that needs minor surgery. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31x4124x36	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Craig Williams	3	56.5kg		102
2	315x911x73	KING’S LEGACY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	12	56.5kg		105
3	1343×221	OLE KIRK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	7	56.5kg		103
4	133×366	MAMARAGAN	John Thompson	Michael Rodd	13	56.5kg		88
5	2502162×31	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	8	56.5kg		100
6	11×611	CROSSHAVEN	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	15	56.5kg		85
7	35413×22	AMISH BOY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	1	56.5kg		80
8	x52116x644	LUNAR FOX	Paul Preusker	Brett Prebble	4	56.5kg		80
9	1×11	MO’UNGA (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	11	56.5kg		75
10	31×16	AYSAR	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damian Lane	14	56.5kg		71
11	114	CAMBOURNE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	10	56.5kg		68
12	13×903	NATIONAL CHOICE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Newitt	5	56.5kg		72
13	517×42	GRANDSLAM	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6	56.5kg		66
14	231	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Jordan Childs	9	56.5kg		66
15	215	CAPTAIN CORELLI (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	2	56.5kg		64

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Caulfield Guineas Second Acceptances

The 2020 Caulfield Guineas Second Acceptances further narrow down the potential line-up and are set to be announced on September 22, 2020.

The Caulfield Guineas 2020 Second Acceptances have been announced with 47 three-year-olds still in the mix for the stallion-making feature including King’s Legacy, Blue Diamond champ Tagaloa and all-in favourite Mo’unga.

2020 Caulfield Guineas First Acceptances

The 2020 Caulfield Guineas First Acceptances close on September 8, 2020 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The 2020 Caulfield Guineas First Acceptances are now out with 113 remaining hopefuls led by Group 1 winning juveniles Tagaloa (Blue Diamond), King’s Legacy (ATC Sires’ – Champagne Stakes) and Farnan (Golden Slipper).

2020 Caulfield Guineas Nominations

The early Caulfield Guineas 2020 Nominations are taken on August 4, 2020 and are set to attract over 200 colts and geldings. The field is then determined after First & Second Acceptances in September.

The 2020 Caulfield Guineas nominations are now out with 264 early entries led by the Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa and dual Group 1 champion King’s Legacy.

Caulfield Guineas Tips

The Caulfield Guineas is the feature race on the opening day of the Caulfield Carnival and because of this the majority of racing experts have a set of Caulfield Guineas tips every year. The majority of horses that contest the Caulfield Guineas come through a similar form line, but this does not necessarily make it easy to pick the winner.

Good Caulfield Guineas betting tips include looking for the colts and geldings that ran well in key lead-up races including the Caulfield Guineas Prelude and the Stan Fox Stakes.

From 2014-20 three of the Caulfield Guineas winners had their final lead-up in the Stan Fox Stakes including Shooting To Win (2014) and Press Statement (2015) who both completed the double.

In 2018 The Autumn Sun ran third in the Stan Fox Stakes ahead of Caulfield Guineas win, but also won Rosehill’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes in between.

Ole Kirk (2020) meanwhile was the latest horse to do the Golden Rose Stakes – Caulfield Guineas interstate double. 

2020 Caulfield Guineas Tips

Our insider Caulfield Guineas 2020 betting tips and Group 1 racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack in the $2 million classic.

Caulfield Guineas Form Guide

The Caulfield Guineas form guide is a hot commodity in the lead-up to the Group 1 event and is essential reading in order to pick the winner of the race. The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is the major lead-up race for the Caulfield Guineas and it has produced plenty of winners over the past decade, but the Stutt Stakes as well as the Stan Fox Stakes and George Main Stakes in Sydney have also been key form references in recent years.

No winner of the Caulfield Guineas since 2004 had finished worse than fourth in their final lead-up race until Super Seth (2019) improved on a lead-up fifth in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude results to win the Group 1.

Caulfield Guineas Form Facts

• Sydney’s Stan Fox Stakes produced all five Caulfield Guineas winners from 2014-18 including upset $101 winner Mighty Boss (4th in 2017) and The Autumn Sun (3rd in 2018) who won the Golden Rose in between
• No horse since Econsul (Stan Fox Stakes 6th in 2004) had finished worse than fourth before winning the Caulfield Guineas until Super Seth (Prelude 5th in 2019)
• While open to fillies, no female has won the Caulfield Guineas in over 30 years, the last to try was Catchy (3rd in 2017)
• Sydney-trained gallopers won all five editions of the Caulfield Guineas from 2012-16 before the Caulfield-trained Mighty Boss for Mick Price in 2017 and Mornington’s Anthony Freedman won in 2019 with Super Seth
• Barrier one produced four Caulfield Guineas winners from 2009-16 including Divine Prophet (2016)

2020 Caulfield Guineas Form

A link to our detailed Caulfield Guineas 2020 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the $2 million classic.

Caulfield Guineas Results

The Caulfield Guineas results will be available on a Saturday in mid-October every year. As well as listing the complete Caulfield Guineas finishing order the results show the trainer and jockey of each horse as well as the margin between each place, the weight they carried and their starting price in the betting markets.

Caulfield Guineas Winners