Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) can serve as a lead-up for some fillies into the Group 1 Australian Guineas.

The Kevin Hayes Stakes – run in 2024 as the Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes – is a Group 3 sprint race run now run over 1100m (down from 1200m as of 2023) for three-year-old fillies each February on C.F. Orr Stakes Day.

The set weights plus penalties event offers $200,000 in prize money and is one of the support acts on the Caulfield* race card dominated by the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m).

*In 2023 the 2023 Kevin Hayes Stakes and C.F. Orr Stakes Day card ran at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown.

First run in 1984, the Kevin Hayes Stakes has held Group 3 status since 2014 and plenty of nice fillies have won the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival showdown including the subsequent ill-fated 2010 Australian Racehorse of the Year Typhoon Tracy (2009).

It was renamed the Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes ahead of the 2024 edition in honour of the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) Chairman, Peter Le Grand.

The latest edition of the Kevin Hayes Stakes ran on Saturday February 10, 2024 on CF Orr Stakes Day as the Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes at Caulfield and was won in barnstorming style by the Ciaron Maher-trained favourite Estriella ($3.90F).

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Results

The official Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be known on Saturday February 10, 2024 and published in full below.

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes winner Estriella was far too good for her rivals in the last on Orr Day. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #8 Estiella
• 2nd: #3 Lazzago
• 3rd: #4 Brazen Style

The Ciaron Maher-trained I Am Invincible filly Estriella ($3.90F) from a long way back stormed home strongly down the outside off a perfectly-timed ride by jockey Blake Shinn to run over the top of her rivals and salute for the punters with a powerhouse two length victory in the 2024 Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes results to round out CF Orr Stakes Day at Caulfield. 

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Odds

The official Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 betting odds will be available here each autumn as soon as released.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand) Race Info

• Date: Saturday February 10, 2024
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1100m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 3YO Fillies
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1984

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Betting

Kevin Hayes Stakes betting markets on the race currently run as the Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes are led by the proven young fillies in the field that enjoyed a solid spring the campaign before and that are proven over the shorter sprint distance.

Last start winners usually dominate the Kevin Hayes Stakes odds and all three winners from 2019 – 2021 came off a lead-up victory.

In 2023 the Kevin Hayes Stakes winner Rich Fortune had won her latest start the December prior before her upset win at $12 fresh.

Favourites have an excellent recent record with the latest to win being Crack The Code ($2.25 in 2019), How Womantic ($4 in 2020), La Mexicana ($2.90 in 2021), and Estriella ($3.90 in 2024).

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Field

The Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes / Kevin Hayes Stakes race field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising three-year-old fillies that may have their eye on bigger races over the coming weeks.

A good next-up option for fillies out of the Kevin Hayes Stakes field is the Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight later on Blue Diamond Stakes Day. Sabatini (2015) is the last runner to complete the Kevin Hayes Stakes – Angus Armanasco Stakes double.

Some of the better Kevin Hayes Stakes fillies may even take on the colts and geldings over the Flemington mile in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) the following month.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) nominations close on the Monday before the race runs on a Saturday followed by the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Field & Barrier Draw

The official Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what progressive fillies are in the mix for the short distance clash on Orr Day this autumn.

Last autumn’s Group 1 Golden Slipper sixth-placed filly Blanc De Blanc returns on Saturday after a lengthy let up as favourite in the Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 final field.

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Nominations

Racing Victoria takes the early Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 Nominations on the Monday of CF Orr Stakes week, the full list of entries to be published below once announced.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Tips

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) tips include backing fillies with form in Melbourne over distance that have previously won at the track.

Looking for the best out of the tougher races the previous spring that are drawn well is another good Kevin Hayes Stakes betting tip as is getting behind last start winners who have an excellent recent record in the Group 3 sprint.

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Tips

Our exclusive Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 tips will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #4 Brazen Style ($21 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Going for a blow-out in the last on Orr Day with Brazen Style first-up at 20/1 looking value fresh after a good campaign last time in. Shane Nichols’ consistent Brazen Beau filly is well-bred and putting together a nice record. She’s had three starts for two wins that came back-to-back at her latest two before a spell. Group 3 winner here in November’s Thoroughbred Club Stakes narrowly at a huge price and looks forgotten again. Good in her lead-up trial, great barrier (5), and Craig Newitt retains the ride. Can surprise. 

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Form Guide

The Kevin Hayes Stakes form guide details all the information punters need to know before placing a bet on the CF Orr Stakes Day showdown including the lead-up form and barrier draw of all the runners in the field.

The Kevin Hayes Stakes form has stacked up in plenty of tougher Group 1 races in both Melbourne and Sydney over the autumn and spring in recent years including Randwick’s Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m).

The 2022 Kevin Hayes Stakes form was franked with the third place-getter Asfoora returning that spring to win the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) and Flemington’s Group 3 Begonia Belle Stakes (1100m).

2024 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be available below the week of the race.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes) Results

The Kevin Hayes Stakes race results are usually dominated by last start winning fillies with previous 1200m form in Melbourne.

Notable recent Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes / Kevin Hayes Stakes winners include Gilded Lily (1989), Hollow Bullet (2005), Typhoon Tracy (2009) who now has a race named in her honour – the Group 3 Typhoon Tracy Stakes at Moonee Valley, Set For Fame (2010), Sabatini (2015), and Booker (2018).

Kevin Hayes Stakes / Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes Winners

Past Kevin Hayes Stakes / Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes winners and place-getters going back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.