Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Eskimo Prince Stakes serves as a nice early lead-up into the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) each autumn.

The Eskimo Prince Stakes is a Group 3 sprint race conducted in either late January or early February as a lead-up into the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Run at set weights plus penalties, the event is open only to three-year-olds and offers $250,000 in prize money.

Contested over 1200m, the Eskimo Prince Stakes was first run in 1984 and gained Group 3 status in 2015.

Having been run and won over various racecourses around Sydney, it currently takes place at Royal Randwick Racecourse as the sole Group status race on the standalone card.

The event is named in honour of the 1964 Golden Slipper Stakes winner Eskimo Prince.

Horses that do well in the Eskimo Prince Stakes may have bigger autumn targets in sight including the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) in March.

Kementari (2018) was the last horse to complete the Eskimo Prince Stakes – Randwick Guineas double.

In 2022 Converge improved on a third in the Eskimo Prince Stakes results to win the Randwick Guineas and run second in that year’s Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

The 2023 Randwick Guineas also came via a lead-up run in the Eskimo Prince with Communist improving on his third in the Group 3.

The latest edition of the Eskimo Prince Stakes ran on Saturday February 10, 2024 at Royal Randwick Racecourse and was won in style by the now Bjorn Baker-trained Caballus ($7) who is two-from-two for the stable after transferring from Chris Waller.

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes Results

The full Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be known on Saturday February 10, 2024 and published right here so stay tuned.

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes winner Caballus was strong late posting a good Group 3 win at Randwick. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #4 Caballus
• 2nd: #9 Makarena
• 3rd: #3 Encap

The now Bjorn Baker-trained I Am Invincible colt Caballus ($7) made it two-from-two for his new stable backing up from a win fresh at Rosehill to stride up on the outside to draw clear and easily account for his rivals in the 2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes results at Randwick. 

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes Odds

The updated Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 betting odds will be available below as soon as released.

Eskimo Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday February 10, 2024
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: 3YO Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1984

Eskimo Prince Stakes Betting

Eskimo Prince Stakes betting markets traditionally open after the field is announced on the Wednesday prior to the event running at Randwick Racecourse towards the very start of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. 

Three-year-olds with previous Group 3 or higher winning form, those that performed well the previous spring in similar grade races and the proven Randwick runners traditionally dominate Eskimo Prince Stakes odds.

Colts and geldings also dominate the Eskimo Prince Stakes betting markets with just one filly winning the race from 2009 – 2024 with Ichihara (2013). 

Paulele ($3.10 in 2022) and Aft Cabin ($2.20 in 2023) are the last Eskimo Prince Stakes betting favourites to salute. 

Eskimo Prince Stakes Field

The Eskimo Prince Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of three-year-old gallopers each autumn, many racing first-up for the season. If not on resuming in the event, horses may have run in similar or higher races the spring prior including the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m).

Many Eskimo Prince Stakes hopefuls go on to contest the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) next-up at Rosehill Gardens. 

Man From Uncle (2017) and subsequent Randwick Guineas champion Kementari (2018) are the last horses to do the Eskimo Prince – Hobartville Stakes double. 

Eskimo Prince Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race with final acceptances and barriers out on the Wednesday.

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes Field & Barrier Draw

The official Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 Field & Barriers are announced by Racing New South Wales on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so stay tuned for the full line-up of top autumn three-year-olds.

Group 1 Caulfield Guineas winner Griff and Godolphin’s Group 1 Spring Champion victor Tom Kitten both resume in a star-studded Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 final field in Sydney on Saturday.

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes Nominations

The Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 nominations are taken on the Monday leading-up to the event and the list of early entries will be available below once announced.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Eskimo Prince Stakes Tips

Eskimo Stakes tips include backing previous Group winners in the mix, looking for the horse with a good Randwick strike-rate and steering clear of the fillies who have a dismal recent record against the colts and geldings in this race.

Any gallopers that raced in Group 1 company during the previous spring also make a good Eskimo Prince Stakes betting tip as do those proven over more distance but that are resuming over the 1200m.

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes Tips

Our expert Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 tips will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #1 Griff ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open edition of the Eskimo Prince with plenty of consistent hopefuls getting their autumn bids underway including the Ciaron Maher-trained Griff. This Trapeze Artist colt won three on the trot during an outstanding spring campaign including of course the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). He took that out by nearly two lengths in a 30/1 upset. Sydney form earlier not quite as strong, but is a class horse that has trialled well and looks a big hope to pick up where he left off. 

Eskimo Prince Stakes Form Guide

The Eskimo Prince Stakes form guide details all of the key race information including the jockeys, trainers and lead-up races of the runners in the mix along with their barrier draws and weights. Looking at the Eskimo Prince Stakes form for first-up three-year-olds that have a previous win in similar class races on their record is a good tip.

The Eskimo Prince Stakes form has held up in tougher grade autumn races many times over the years including in 2022 when the winner Paulele ran third in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) that prep, finished runner-up in both the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) and Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) in Brisbane, before winning Perth’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) that November.

2024 Eskimo Prince Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Eskimo Prince Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Eskimo Prince Stakes Results

The Eskimo Prince Stakes race results have been dominated by colts and geldings under $10 in the betting markets. 

Notable Eskimo Prince Stakes winners include Snippetson (2005), Ichihara (2013), Scissor Kick (2015), Kementari (2018), and Paulele (2022).

Eskimo Prince Stakes Winners

Past Eskimo Prince Stakes winners and place-getters going back to 1984 are detailed in the below table.