Ladbrokes Tip: The Ethereal Stakes serves as a key lead-up for fillies into the VRC 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.

2023 Ethereal Stakes winner Autumn Angel won the following year’s Group 1 Australian Oaks. 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.
It also serves as a guide to the following year’s Group 1 Australian Oaks in the autumn. Autumn Angel (2023/24) was the last Ethereal Stakes – ATC Oaks double winner as a three-year-old.
The latest edition of the Ethereal Stakes ran on Saturday October 19, 2024 as part of Melbourne’s Caulfield Cup Day 2024 race card and was won by the brave favourite Too Darn Discreet ($3.90F) who made it a hat-trick on way to the Wakeful and VRC Oaks this spring.
2024 Ethereal Stakes Results
The full Ethereal Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 19, 2024.
2024 Ethereal Stakes winner Too Darn Discreet looks on track for the VRC Oaks. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
- 1st: #1 Too Darn Discreet
- 2nd: #2 Jenni’s Meadow
- 3rd: #3 Femminile
The VRC Oaks 2024 on November 7 looks a genuine target now for the in-form Dan O’Sullivan-trained Too Darn Hot filly, Too Darn Discreet ($3.90F), following her strong win for the punters despite digging in on the straight to make it a hat-trick and back-to-back Group wins in the Ethereal Stakes 2024 results on Caulfield Cup Day.
2024 Ethereal Stakes Odds
The season’s latest Ethereal Stakes 2024 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.
Early market betting odds on the 2025 Ethereal Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.
Ethereal Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
- 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).
Too Darn Discreet (2024) was the last filly to complete the Edward Manifold Stakes – Ethereal Stakes double.
Too Darn Discreet ($3.90 in 2024) 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.
2024 Ethereal Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Ethereal Stakes 2024 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: #1 Too Darn Discreet ($3.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW
The Dan O’Sullivan-trained favourite, Too Darn Discreet, chasing a hat-trick of wins this prep looks a hard to knock punters’ elect in the Ethereal. She gives away the weight advantage but is drawn a treat in gate four for Michael Dee. The nicely bred daughter of Too Darn Hot has been the picture of consistency as a three-year-old including rising in grade to win the Group 2 Edward Manifold over the mile at Flemington on Turnbull Day. Sees the 2000m for the first time but going well enough to suggest she’ll see out the trip and maybe further.
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.
2024 Ethereal Stakes Field
The official Ethereal Stakes 2024 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 2024 Ethereal Stakes final field features a quality line-up of potential VRC Oaks-bound fillies including the last start Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes winner Too Darn Discreet.
2024 Ethereal Stakes Nominations
The Ethereal Stakes 2024 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.
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.
2024 Ethereal Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Ethereal Stakes 2024 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.
Year |
Winner |
Trainer/s |
Jockey |
Weight |
Time |
2024 |
Too Darn Discreet |
Dan O’Sullivan |
Michael Dee |
58 kgs |
2:07.84 |
2023 |
Autumn Angel |
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman |
Billy Egan |
56 kgs |
2:03.43 |
2022 |
Renaissance Woman |
Bjorn Baker |
Joshua Parr |
56 kgs |
2:07.43 |
2021 |
Daisies |
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) |
Damian Lane |
56 kgs |
2:06.47 |
2020 |
Chica Fuerte |
Anthony & Sam Freedman |
Ben Melham |
56 kgs |
2:07.20 |
2019 |
Gamay |
Archie Alexander |
Declan Bates |
55 kgs |
2:04.42 |
2018 |
Verry Elleegant |
Darren Weir |
John Allen |
55 kgs |
2:05.56 |
2017 |
Pinot |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
Stephen Baster |
55 kgs |
2:02.71 |
2016 |
Eleonora |
Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman |
Damien Oliver |
55 kgs |
2:05.31 |
2015 |
Dawnie Perfect |
Clarry Conners |
Jim Cassidy |
55 kgs |
2:02.79 |
2014 |
Set Square |
Ciaron Maher |
Nicholas Hall |
55 kgs |
2:04.54 |
2013 |
Arabian Gold |
David Vandyke |
Peter Robl |
55 kgs |
2:04.15 |
2012 |
Alzora |
David Hayes |
Nicholas Hall |
55 kgs |
2:04.98 |
2011 |
Gliding |
Bart Cummings |
Darren Beadman |
55 kgs |
2:04.54 |
2010 |
Dizlago |
Lee Freedman |
Nicholas Hall |
54.5 kgs |
2:08.44 |
FAQ
When is the Ethereal Stakes 2024?
Saturday October 19, 2024
What is the prize money for the Ethereal Stakes 2024?
$200,000
Where is the Ethereal Stakes 2024?
Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.