Caulfield Sprint 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Caulfield Sprint is a lead-up to Flemington’s VRC Sprint Classic

The Caulfield Sprint – run in 2024 as the Millennium Sprint – is a Group 2 race contested at Caulfield Racecourse on Caulfield Cup Day in mid-October each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Caulfield Sprint winner Asfoora. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Run over a short distance of 1000m the open handicap is held at the same Saturday meeting as the Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m).

Along with the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) and Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m), the Caulfield Sprint is one of the major support acts on the card. Other features on the line-up include the Group 3 Caulfield Classic, Group 3 Moonga Stakes and Group 3 Ethereal Stakes.

Offering $300,000 in prize money the Caulfield Sprint is a good lead-up for runners looking to back-up in tougher spring sprints during the carnival including the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) for three-year-olds on Derby Day and the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington on the first Saturday in November.

The last horse to complete the Caulfield Sprint – Coolmore Stud Stakes double was Sepoy (2011), while the Caulfield Sprint – VRC Sprint Classic double hasn’t been achieved since Rubitano (2002).

The latest edition of the Caulfield Sprint took place on Saturday October 19, 2024 as part of the Caulfield Cup Day 2024 and was known as the Millennium Sprint which the Ciaron Maher-trained I Am Invincible mare Estriella ($5.50) narrowly won. 

2024 Caulfield Sprint Results

The full Caulfield Sprint 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 19, 2024.

2024 Caulfield Sprint winner Estriella was brave with the 59kg topweight. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #1 Estriella
• 2nd: #8 Rey Magnerio
• 3rd: #2 Spacewalk

The Group 1 Champions Sprint on November 9 at Flemington could be on the cards for Ciaron Maher’s brave mare Estriella ($5.50) who carried 59kg on a Soft (7) third-up off some luckless Group 1 performances to narrowly account for the better-weighted Rey Magnerio in the 2024 Caulfield Sprint results.

2024 Caulfield Sprint Odds

The updated Caulfield Sprint 2024 betting odds and links to our Group 2 Caulfield Sprint markets this Caulfield Cup Day will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned for access to the top spring racing offers.

Caulfield Sprint Race Info

• 2024 Race Name: Millennium Sprint
• Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1000m
• Conditions: Handicap
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1983

Caulfield Sprint Betting

Caulfield Sprint odds are led each season by proven short-distance performers with winning form over 1000m – 1200m, betting opening at bookmakers around the country once the final field is released the Wednesday before Caulfield Cup Day.

Previous experience the Melbourne way of going in Group company, a good inside barrier draw and a top three run last time out also help a horse to move higher up the Caulfield Sprint betting markets.

Single and double-figure chances have recent winning form when in 2015 Lumosty ($4.60) and Éclair Choice ($26) ran a dead heat for first. Prior to that however the other most recent horse over $10 in betting to win the Caulfield Sprint was Biscayne Bay ($10 in 2006). In 2017 the Caulfield Sprint favourite Snitty Kitty was able to salute for the punters. Eduardo ($2.90 2018) made it back-to-back wins for the Caulfield Sprint favourites.

The favourites in Caulfield Sprint betting continued their dominance in 2019 when the co-favourites Miss Leonidas and God Of Thunder ran one-two respectively.

In 2021 Oxley Road won at $4, Asfoora was at $4.20 in 2022, and Estriella paid $5.50 for her 2024 success. 

Caulfield Sprint Tips

Good Caulfield Sprint tips include looking for runners that won’t find the short sprint too sharp, previous Group 1 / 2 performers coming off good spring form in Melbourne and those drawn close to the fence.

Favourites and runners under $10 in Caulfield Sprint betting also have a gun record in the race over the past decade so backing the top fancies in the markets is another tip to take to the bookies.

2024 Caulfield Sprint Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Caulfield Sprint 2024 betting tips and Group 2 Caulfield Sprint racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the sprinters to back and sack this spring.

Tight top-half of the market and there’s early money for Rey Magnerio. Happy to follow the money trail on this consistent Magnus five-year-old who is a six-time winner from 13 starts to date. Hasn’t been disgraced when racing in Group 1 company at this track, is a slick sprinter with winning form at this short distance, and comes off a very close third behind Jimmysstar over 1100m here. Back in trip and down to just 53kg with Jye McNeil aboard from a good gate in a small field. Can win.

Caulfield Sprint Field

The Caulfield Sprint race field attracts a host of in-form short-distance specialists looking to back-up in an upcoming Group 1 feature in Melbourne during the spring.

2021 Caulfield Sprint Winner Oxley Road. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Runners come off a variety of different lead-ups into the Caulfield Sprint field including Moonee Valley’s Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) held at the start of October. 

In 2024 Estriella ran 4th in the Moir Stakes and 7th in the Manikato Stakes at elite level before her Caulfield Sprint victory. 

Another possible lead-up is the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) held at Flemington on Turnbull Stakes Day a fortnight earlier, which last produced a winner with Eduardo (2nd in 2018).

Earlier the Caulfield Sprint winner Sepoy (2011) came off a win in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley making him the latest to complete the Manikato Stakes – Caulfield Sprint double. 

Caulfield Sprint graduates often back-up on Victoria Derby Day in the Group 2 Salinger Stakes (1200m), the double last achieved by Éclair Choice (2015) who ran a dead-heat with Lumosity in the first leg.

The Caulfield Sprint nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday followed by the final field and barriers out on the Wednesday.

2024 Caulfield Sprint Field

The official Caulfield Sprint 2024 Final Field & Barriers will be announced below the Wednesday leading-up to Caulfield Cup Day so bookmark this page to view what sprinters make the cut in the short-distance showdown.

The 2024 Caulfield Sprint – run in 2024 as the Millennium Sprint – field features ten final acceptors with updated markets led by the rails-drawn Ciaron Maher-trained Inglis Sprint winning mare Estriella.

2024 Caulfield Sprint Nominations

The early Caulfield Sprint 2024 nominations are taken the Monday of race week. 

Caulfield Sprint Form Guide

The Caulfield Sprint form guide provides punters with crucial information and statistics like the track / distance record of the runners in the race along with their jockeys, trainers and barriers.

Mares have a good recent record in the race with Snitty Kitty (2017), Miss Leonidas (2019), Asfoora (2022), and Estriella (2024) the latest to salute, following on from Lumosty (=1st in 2015) and Miracles Of Life (=1st in 2014), so looking for the in-form female gallopers on the Caulfield Sprint form guide can prove profitable for punters.

Caulfield Sprint form has stacked up in better spring races a number of times in recent times including in 2011 when Sepoy won the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) next start as a three-year-old at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The last Caulfield Sprint winner to run top three in the Darley Classic in the same year was Sunburnt Land (3rd in 2008).

The 2022 Caulfield Sprint form was franked with the winner Asfoora going on to win a Group 3 at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival before returning in the following autumn to run third in the 2023 Oakleigh Plate, fourth in the Group 1 The Galaxy and then run fourth in the first edition of Perth’s $4 million The Quokka race.

2024 Caulfield Sprint Form Guide

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

Caulfield Sprint Results

Incredibly there have been two recent dead heats in the Caulfield Sprint results. In 2015 Lumosty and Éclair Choice were tied for first place just 12 months after Miracles Of Life and Bel Sprinter were unable to be split on the line in the 2014 edition.

Other notable recent Caulfield Sprint winners include Snitty Kitty (2017) who set a race record, Spirit Of Boom (2013), Sepoy (2011), and Jet Spur (2005).

Sepoy (2011) was the last three-year-old Caulfield Sprint winner.

Estriella  (2024) was the last Caulfield Sprint winning mare.

Past Caulfield Sprint Winners

Recent Caulfield Sprint winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2024 Caulfield Sprint?

The 2024 Caulfield Sprint was won by the Ciaron Maher-trained Estriella who saluted at $5.50 with Ben Melham in the saddle.

When is the Caulfield Sprint 2024?

What is the prize money for the Caulfield Sprint 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Caulfield Sprint 2024?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.