Ladies’ Day Vase 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ladies’ Day Vase serves as a potential lead-up into the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes.

The Ladies’ Day Vase is a 1600m mile race for older mares held at Caulfield Racecourse on a Saturday in mid-October as part of Caulfield Guineas Day.

Dual Ladies’ Day Vase winner Sirileo Miss claiming the race for a second year in 2022. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

It was previously run at a mid-week meeting for Thousand Guineas Day before a change-up to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival dates and major race days ahead of the 2023 edition.

The race now takes place alongside three Group 1 events with the Caulfield Guineas, Might And Power, and Toorak Handicap the features on the bumper 10-race card.

The Ladies’ Day Vase offers $200,000 and is run at set weights plus penalties.

It serves as a potential lead-up to Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day.

Run and won since 1994 and gained its current Group 3 status in 2013.

This season the 2023 Ladies’ Day Vase ran on Saturday October 14, 2023 as part of the Caulfield Guineas Day card in Melbourne and saw the favourite Wishlor Lass ($2.20F) dig deep to post her fifth win at career start number seven.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase Results

The official Ladies’ Day Vase 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 14, 2023.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase winner Wishlor Lass held on narrowly to salute for the punters. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #10 Wishlor Lass
• 2nd: #4 Barbie’s Fox
• 3rd: #1 Foxy Frida

It was a nervous watch for punters but the progressive Symon Wilde-trained mare Wishlor Lass ($2.20F) won her Group race debut fending off Barbie’s Fox to salute as favourite in the 2023 Ladies’ Day Vase results on Guineas Day.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase Odds

The season’s top Ladies’ Day Vase 2023 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.

Ladies’ Day Vase Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 14, 2023
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Mares 4YOs & Upwards – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1994

Ladies’ Day Vase Betting

Ladies’ Day Vase betting is led by in-form mares proven over the mile and any graduates from Group 2 lead-ups down in grade.

Sovereign Award ($3.10 in 2020), Sirileo Miss ($2.45 in 2021), and Wishlor Lass ($2.20 in 2023) are the most recent favourites in Ladies’ Day Vase betting to win.

Sovereign Award returned to successfully defend her title in a 2022 upset at Ladies’ Day Vase odds of $19.

Ladies’ Day Vase Field

The Ladies’ Day Vase race field attracts a line-up of the season’s top mares coming off lead-up runs in similar races including Flemington’s Group 2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes (1400m) – formerly known as the Blazer Stakes.

The Ladies’ Day Vase final acceptances are released on the Wednesday before the race runs on Caulfield Guineas Day with the early nominations closing on the Monday of race week.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase Field

The official Ladies’ Day Vase 2023 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.

The 2023 Ladies’ Day Vase field – run as the Catanach’s Jewellers Vase – features a quality line-up of mares facing off over a mile with markets led by the Symon Wilde-trained Wishlor Lass coming off a big 2.5 length win carrying 61.5kg to victory at Sandown on October 1.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase Nominations

The early Ladies’ Day Vase 2023 Nominations close the Monday prior to the race and will be updated in full below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Ladies’ Day Vase Tips

Top Ladies’ Day Vase tips include looking for any mares down in grade off a Group 2 lead-up run, proven milers and those with any past Group 1 experience.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Ladies’ Day Vase 2023 betting tips and Caulfield racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the mares to back and sack in the Group 3 this spring.

• To Win: #8 Nunthorpe ($4.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Happy to tip this four-year-old Playing God mare to keep the wins coming for Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman. She chases a third win on the trot having won back-to-back Benchmark 84 races at the track in September over the 1400m. Up in grade and distance now at a mile. She is down in weight though and Damien Oliver jumps on in another plus. Can win again.

Ladies’ Day Vase Form Guide

The Ladies’ Day Vase form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the mares’ showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the runners in the field.

The Ladies’ Day Vase has gone on to stack-up in better races in recent years including 2019 when the winner Spanish Reef went on to run third in that year’s Empire Rose Stakes trifecta.

2023 Ladies’ Day Vase Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Ladies’ Day Vase 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Ladies’ Day Vase Results

The Ladies’ Day Vase race results dating back to 2006 are detailed below.

Notable recent Ladies’ Day Vase winners include Hi Belle (2011) and I Am A Star (2018).

Multiple Ladies’ Day Vase winners: Sirileo Miss (2021, 2022) and Cyclone Watch (1994, 1995).

Past Ladies’ Day Vase Winners

Recent Ladies’ Day Vase winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2011 are detailed in the below table.