Kewney Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Kewney Stakes is a good autumn lead-up into the Vinery Stud Stakes.

The A.V. Kewney Stakes is a Group 2 race run at Flemington Racecourse on Newmarket Handicap each March during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

2022 Kewney Stakes winner Barb Raider. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Run over 1400m the set weights feature is open only to three-year-old fillies and offers $300,000 in prize money including $120,000 to the Kewney Stakes winner and connections.

It is held at the same meeting as the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) it makes a nice lead-up to later autumn features in Sydney including the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) in April. Faint Perfume (2010) was the last filly to complete the Kewney Stakes – Vinery Stud Stakes double.

The latest edition of the Kewney Stakes took place on Saturday March 9, 2024 at Flemington and was won in a close thriller by the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained improver Autumn Angel ($4.60). 

2024 Kewney Stakes Results

The full Kewney Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race takes place on Saturday March 9, 2024.

2024 Kewney Stakes winner Autumn Angel was strong holding on in a close finish. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #5 Autumn Angel
• 2nd: #7 Basilinna
• 3rd: #6 Mollynickers

The Autumn Sun filly Autumn Angel ($4.60) was good to the line coming strongly late before holding off the challengers to take out the 2024 Kewney Stakes results on Newmarket Day.

2024 Kewney Stakes Odds

The updated Kewney Stakes 2024 odds on the fillies heading into the Group 2 Flemington race field will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned to get the top autumn racing markets on the Newmarket Handicap Day event.

Kewney Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday March 9, 2024
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1952

Kewney Stakes Betting

Kewney Stakes betting odds favour fillies with proven winning form at least up to 1200m and experience at Flemington and the famous straight track.

Favourites have a poor recent record for the punters with upsets not uncommon so it is often worth looking further down the Kewney Stakes betting markets for fillies offering value. In 2018 however the equal favourite in Kewney Stakes betting Bella Martini ($5.50) saluted for the punters, followed by a win for the punters in 2020 with Rubisaki ($3).

Fillies coming off good runs in lead-up races like the Typhoon Tracy Stakes and Angus Armanasco Stakes traditionally sit high up the Kewney Stakes betting odds each Super Saturday. The Typhoon Tracy Stakes produced the 2018 winner Bella Martini who improved on a lead-up sixth in the Moonee Valley race as well as the 2019 Kewney champ Spanish Whisper (2nd).

More recently the upset 2021 Kewney Stakes winner Starelle improved on a lead-up third in Flemington’s Group 3 The Vanity (1400m), while in 2022 Barb Raider became the latest filly to complete The Vanity – Kewney Stakes double.

In 2023 Revolutionary Miss won the Kewney Stakes third-up in Melbourne off a Group 1 Surround Stakes fifth in Sydney.

Kewney Stakes Field

Solicit (2014) is a well-known recent Kewney Stakes winner. Photo Credit: Race Horse Photos Australia.

The Kewney Stakes race field attracts a field of classy middle-distance performing fillies.

Many three-year-olds in the line-up come out of an earlier Flemington run in the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) and the double was last achieved by Solicit (2014) who continued on to run second in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill next start followed by Barb Raider (2022).

In 2015, Wawail also improved off a third in The Vanity to win the Group 2.

Another telling lead-up into the Kewney Stakes is the Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Stakes Day and the last filly to take out that race and the Flemington follow-up was Zarita (2008).

Autumn Angel (6th in 2024) was the last Angus Armanasco graduate to go on and win the Kewney.

Graduates out of the Kewney Stakes field may back-up in the Group 2 Sunline Stakes (1600m) over the Moonee Valley mile on William Reid Stakes night and I Am A Star (2017) was the last to do the double.

Another potential easier next-up option for fillies out of the Kewney Stakes is a trip to Sydney for the Group 3 PJ Bell Stakes (1200m) and Rubisaki (2020) was the last to do the double.

Kewney Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and the barriers out on the Wednesday.

2024 Kewney Stakes Field

The official line-up of three-year-old fillies contesting the Kewney Stakes 2024 field will be published below as of Wednesday March 6, 2024.

The 2024 Kewney Stakes final field features 13 three-year-old fillies including The Vanity winner Grinzinger Belle, runner-up French Endeavour, and third place-getter Mollynickers who is favourite to turn the tables.

2024 Kewney Stakes Nominations

The early Kewney Stakes 2024 nominations are taken the Monday ahead of Newmarket Handicap Day at Headquarters and will be updated below once announced by Racing Victoria.

Kewney Stakes Tips

Kewney Stakes tips include looking for previous winners at Flemington and fillies with proven form over similar distance in Melbourne lead-up races especially The Vanity.

Laying the favourite if there is other in-form fillies with the right lead-up form is another good Kewney Stakes betting tip as double figure hopes have saluted many times in the past decade.

2024 Kewney Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Kewney Stakes betting tis 2024 will be detailed below leading up to the event so bookmark this page to check out what fillies to back for the win this autumn.

• To Win: #4 Grinzinger Belle ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Great edition of the Kewney with a host of in-form fillies with genuine claims at the title. For a touch of value, Grinzinger Belle was good winning the Group 3 The Vanity here last time out and might just win again. Has the fitness now, proven at the course, and drawn the same wide alley (12) that did nothing to hamper her last time out. Narrow Group 2 runner-up at a mile at The Valley in the spring so the distance looks a non-issue. Going well enough to support again.

Kewney Stakes Form Guide

The Kewney Stakes form guide provides punters with all of the important information on the fillies in the field including their barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up form. The Vanity held at the track over the same distance earlier in the autumn is the most successful form race to follow into the Group 2 Kewney Stakes in recent years.

The Kewney Stakes form has also stacked up in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) in Sydney in recent years so taking the winner at Flemington to place in the Rosehill classic can prove a good punt.

The 2022 Kewney Stakes form was franked with the winning filly Barb Raider finishing runner-up in both the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) and Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) that year.

2023 Kewney Stakes winner Revolutionary Miss was too good for her rivals at Flemington back in Melbourne off a Group 1 run in Sydney’s Surround Stakes. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

2024 Kewney Stakes Form Guide

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

Kewney Stakes Results

Recent upset AV Kewney Stakes results include Flying Snitzel ($15 in 2013) and Do Ra Mi ($10 in 2011).

Some of the more notable Kewney Stakes winners in recent times include Solicit (2014), Empress Rock (2012), and Faint Perfume (2010).

Kewney Stakes Winners

Past Kewney Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.