Concorde Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Concorde Stakes is a good early lead-up into the $20 million The Everest.

The Concorde Stakes is a popular Group 3 short-distance sprint contested at Royal Randwick on Chelmsford Stakes Day in early September each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. 

2022 Concorde Stakes winner Eduardo. Photo: Steve Hart.

The set weights plus penalties showdown now offers $1 million in prize money having had a major boost ahead of the 2023 edition, and it has been run and won since 1990. 

The Concorde Stakes now serves as a potential lead-up into the world’s richest turf race, the $20 million The Everest (1200m) taking place at the same track in October. 

In 2017 and 2018 the champion Redzel completed the Concorde Stakes – The Everest double twice on the trot and returned in 2019 to become a three-time Concorde Stakes hero. 

In 2020 the Concorde Stakes winner Gytrash ran a next-up third in that year’s The Everest results before taking out Rosehill’s Winners Stakes – race renamed after the previous season’s The Everest winner each year.

The 2021 Concorde Stakes winner Nature Strip finally saluted as the odds-on favourite in the event at his third attempt before going on to win that year’s The Everest for Chris Waller.

A new race record time was set in 2024 with Ciaron Maher’s mare I Am Me flying home in a slick 55.97 seconds.

The latest edition of the Concorde Stakes took place on Saturday September 7th, 2024 offering $1 million in prize money as a potential The Everest race lead-up and was won in a race record by the Ciaron Maher-trained mare I Am Me ($4.80) who denied her better fancied stablemate Bella Nipotina ($4.40F) victory.

2024 Concorde Stakes Results

The official Concorde Stakes 2024 results and full finishing order of The Everest lead-up will be updated below once the race takes place on 2024 at Randwick.

2024 Concorde Stakes winner I Am Me set a new race record. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #7 I Am Me
• 2nd: #4 Bella Nipotina
• 3rd: #11 Way To The Stars

The 2024 The Everest in October could be calling for the Ciaron Maher-trained Group 1 placed mare I Am Me ($4.80) who was given a gun run by Nash Rawiller to come off the rails late and charge home ahead of her star stablemate Bella Nipotina with the front running Way To The Stars hold for a brave third in the Concorde Stakes 2024 results.

2024 Concorde Stakes Odds

The season’s top Concorde Stakes odds will be available right here as soon as betting on the Group 2 The Shorts and The Everest lead-up opens.

Concorde Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday September 7th, 2024
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1000m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 1990

Concorde Stakes Betting

Concorde Stakes betting markets are dominated by short-distance specialists with strong form over the 1000 – 1100m distance range.

Previous Group 1 winners or graduates from the previous season’s The Everest race also sit high up the Concorde Stakes odds, as do in-form sprinters with a good strike-rate at Randwick.

Horses that ran well in the previous year’s Concorde Stakes are also usually kept safe in betting with returning runners boasting a strong record in the race in the past few years including the three-peat of Redzel (2017-19).

In 2021 Nature Strip ($1.50) finally saluted as the favourite having twice been beaten in the race.

Eduardo ($2.70 in 2022) is the latest favourite in Concorde Stakes betting to win.

Concorde Stakes Field

The Concorde Stakes race field attracts a class line-up of sprint stars, many of which will have past form in tougher races.

Group 1 performers heading towards the bigger spring sprints including the $20 million The Everest in October often kick off their campaigns in the Concorde Stakes field.

Concorde Stakes nominations close on the Monday before the race with the field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.

2024 Concorde Stakes Field

The official Concorde Stakes 2024 Final Field & Barriers are released by Racing NSW the Wednesday leading-up to Chelmsford Stakes Day, the full line-up to be published below.

Former The Everest winner Giga Kick, multiple Group 1 winning mare Bella Nipotina, and the Joe Pride-trained Private Eye face off in a stellar edition of the 2024 Concorde Stakes field this weekend.

2024 Concorde Stakes Nominations

The early Concorde Stakes 2024 Nominations close the Monday of race week.

Concorde Stakes Tips

Looking for short-distance stars that have winning form over the 1000m distance, first-up runners with a strong record fresh and Group 1 winners kicking off their spring campaigns make the best Concorde Stakes tips.

Backing runners under $10 in the markets, horses that ran in the previous season’s The Everest and returning Concorde Stakes performers are also worth including in your best bets.

2024 Concorde Stakes Tips

Our insider Concorde Stakes 2024 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!

• To Win: #4 Bella Nipotina ($4 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Brillant race set for the Concorde Stakes with a field of major spring sprinters facing off. Giga Kick is intriguing in his return as a former The Everest winner, but better weighted and priced is Ciaron Maher’s Group 1 winning mare Bella Nipotina who had a terrific winter in Brisbane. She defeated I Wish I Win in the Doomben 10,000 before seconds in the Kingsford Smith Cup and Stradbroke. Tatt’s Tiara victory last time out and ready to fire fresh. First-up record is okay, and while the 1000m is sharp, she’s won at the distance before. Class mare in peak form with confidence to win. 

Concorde Stakes Form Guide

For all the information needed to place a bet on the Concorde Stakes, the form guide is what to consult as it lists everything from the jockeys and trainers to the lead-up form of the sprinters in the race.

Checking the Concorde Stakes form guide for runners proven at the short 1000m distance, past Randwick winners and first-up runners are all important factors.

The 2021 Concorde Stakes form was franked with the winner Nature Strip going on to win that year’s The Everest – VRC Sprint Classic double. He also travelled to Royal Ascot the following year and won the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes in the UK.

Bella Nipotina franked the 2023 Concorde Stakes form improving on her fourth to win that year’s Winners Stakes (now Russell Balding Stakes) before a 2024 return that included a sensational winter in Brisbane headlined by her Group 1 wins in the Doomben 10,000 and Tatt’s Tiara.

2024 Concorde Stakes Form Guide

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

Concorde Stakes Results

The Concorde Stakes race results have been dominated by classy Group 1 horses including Nature Strip (2021), Gytrash (2020), three-time hero Redzel (2017-19), Tiger Tees (2012), and Reward For Effort (2010).

I Am Me (2024) was the last Concorde Stakes winning mare when defeating her stablemate, the fellow Ciaron Maher-trained mare Bella Nipotina, home by a neck.

I Am Me holds the current Concorde Stakes race record winning in 2024 in a time of 55:97 seconds.

Past Concorde Stakes Winners

Recent Concorde Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Concorde Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Concorde Stakes 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Concorde Stakes 2024?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.