Ethereal Stakes 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ethereal Stakes serves as a key lead-up for fillies into the Kennedy Oaks field

The Ethereal Stakes is a Group 3 support race on the Caulfield Cup Day card at Caulfield Racecourse in mid-late October each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Ethereal Stakes winner Renaissance Woman. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) and features a host of other Group status support races including the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m), Group 2 Tristarc Stakes, Group 2 Caulfield Sprint, Group 3 Caulfield Classic, Group 3 Moonga Stakes, and the Ethereal Stakes.

Run over 2000m under set weights plus penalties, the Ethereal Stakes is open only to three-year-old fillies and offers $200,000 in prize money.

The Ethereal Stakes makes a nice lead-up into the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) held at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Set Square (2014) and Pinot (2017) are the only fillies to complete the Ethereal Stakes – VRC Oaks double.

The latest edition of the Ethereal Stakes ran on Saturday October 21, 2023 as part of Melbourne’s Caulfield Cup Day 2023 race card and saw the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Autumn Angel ($4.80) win in a fantastic Oaks trial after finally getting into clear running.

2023 Ethereal Stakes Results

The full Ethereal Stakes 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 21, 2023.

2023 Ethereal Stakes winner Autumn Angel is onto the Group 1 VRC Oaks during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #4 Autumn Angel
• 2nd: #1 Tropical Squall
• 3rd: #7 Basilinna

The Group 1 $1 million Kennedy Oaks is calling for the progressive The Autumn Sun filly Autumn Angel ($4.80) who, once in clear running, stormed home late to mow down the favourite Tropical Squall ($2.05F) in a sensational 2023 Ethereal Stakes result.

2023 Ethereal Stakes Odds

The season’s latest Ethereal Stakes 2023 odds and links to our Ethereal Stakes betting markets will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best prices on the VRC Oaks-bound fillies this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Ethereal Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 21, 2023
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 2000m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 2000

Ethereal Stakes Betting

Ethereal Stakes betting odds are led each season by quality fillies with proven Melbourne form, ability over 2000m plus and those coming off a run in a lead-up race like the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m). Chica Fuerte (3rd in 2020) was the last Ethereal Stakes winner to come via the Edward Manifold.

Verry Elleegant ($2.35 in 2018) was the last favourite in Ethereal Stakes betting to win.

Ethereal Stakes Tips

Good Ethereal Stakes tips include looking for fillies coming off a top three run in Group company, runners with winning form over the mile distance and any past Group 1 or 2 performers down in grade on their way to the VRC Oaks.

2023 Ethereal Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Ethereal Stakes 2023 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the Caulfield Cup Day support act this season.

• To Win: #4 Autumn Angel ($4.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

We have an odds-on favourite in Ethereal betting this year with the Flight Stakes winner in the mix, but happy to take Tropical Squall on with her weight. On top we have Autumn Angel who has been knocking on the door this prep. She comes off back-to-back thirds at The Valley after the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained daughter of superstar The Autumn Sun broke her maiden status at Sandown fresh. Latest run saw her beaten only 1.55 lengths in the Stutt Stakes behind Griff who franked that form with his subsequent Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) victory. The distance is the query, but if she runs it she wins.

Ethereal Stakes Field

The Ethereal Stakes race field attracts a collection of the season’s top staying fillies many eyeing a Group 1 VRC Oaks (formerly known as the Crown Oaks) run over further on the first Thursday of November.

Many fillies out of the Ethereal Stakes field may back-up in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) on Derby Day looking to gain an Oaks run just a few days later.

The Ethereal Stakes final field is announced the Wednesday of race week following the nominations taken the Monday leading-up to Caulfield Cup Day.

2023 Ethereal Stakes Field

The official Ethereal Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be released on the Wednesday of race week and detailed in full below so stay tuned to see what fillies line-up in the Oaks lead-up.

The 2023 Ethereal Stakes final field features a quality line-up of potential VRC Oaks-bound fillies including the Flight Stakes winner Tropical Squall with the 59kg top-weight from the Waterhouse/Bott stable.

2023 Ethereal Stakes Nominations

The Ethereal Stakes 2023 Nominations are first taken on the Monday leading-up to Caulfield Cup week and the full list of early entries will be available below once released.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Ethereal Stakes Form Guide

The Ethereal Stakes form guide gives punters all the crucial information from trainers, jockeys and barriers to the lead-up runs and track / distance records of the fillies in the race.

The Ethereal Stakes form has gone on to stack up in better races many times including the 2018 winner Verry Elleegant continuing on to salute in many Group 1 races over her career including the 2020 Caulfield Cup.

The Ethereal Stakes form from 2021 was franked with the second placed Glint Of Hope continuing on to win Adelaide’s Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) in the autumn of 2022. The third-placed Biscayne Bay meanwhile also finished third in the VRC Oaks trifecta that spring.

The Ethereal Stakes 2023 form was also franked when third Pavitra improved on her third place finish to run second the Wakeful Stakes and VRC Oaks that spring, before returning in 2023 to finish runner-up in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill.

2023 Ethereal Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Ethereal Stakes 2023 Form Guide will be available for punters the week of the race.

Ethereal Stakes Results

The Ethereal Stakes race results are confirmed on Caulfield Cup Day and detail the Ethereal Stakes winning filly, margin and time along with the place-getters in the Ethereal Stakes trifecta.

Notable recent Ethereal Stakes winners include Alzora (2012), Set Square (2014), Pinot (2017), and subsequent superstar mare Verry Elleegant (2018).

Past Ethereal Stakes Winners

Recent Ethereal Stakes winners dating back to the year 2010 are detailed in the below table.