Ladies’ Day Vase 2024

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

The Ladies’ Day Vase – currently run as the Catanach’s 150 Years 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 2024 Ladies’ Day Vase ran on Saturday October 12, 2024 as part of the Caulfield Guineas Day card in Melbourne and was narrowly won by Danny O’Brien’s recent Let’s Elope Stakes winning four-eyar-old Grinzinger Belle ($5.50).

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Results

The official Ladies’ Day Vase 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 12, 2024.

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase winner Grinzinger Belle. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #2 Grinzinger Belle
• 2nd: #10 Private Legacy
• 3rd: #3 See You In Heaven

The Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes over the Melbourne Cup Carnival looks a nice spring target for the Danny O’Brien-trained Shamexpress mare Grinzinger Belle ($5.50) who was given a perfectly timed ride by Damian Lane to atone for her lead-up third in The Valley’s Stocks Stakes to return to winning form in the 2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Results on Caulfield Guineas Day.

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Odds

The season’s top Ladies’ Day Vase 2024 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.

Ladies’ Day Vase Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 12, 2024
• 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.

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Field

The official Ladies’ Day Vase 2024 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Nominations

The early Ladies’ Day Vase 2024 Nominations close the Monday prior to the race.

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.

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Ladies’ Day Vase 2024 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: #7 Lady Jones ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Typically open edition of the Guineas Day Vase race for mares but have landed on the Stephen Brown-trained Lady Jones who is drawn a treat in gate 4 for Ethan Brown. This consistent five-year-old is a three-time placegetter from four previous Caulfield assignments and is proven over the mile distance. Gold Bracelet winner at Bendigo back in April before a Group 2 placing in Adelaide and looks to be building to a race like this now in the spring. Comes via the right form races with decent performances in the Let’s Elope when fifth in the wet at Flemington and Stocks Stakes second at The Valley last time out. Needs to turn the tables on the likes of Grinzinger Belle but can do that at Caulfield now fit and ready to fire.

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.

2024 Ladies’ Day Vase Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Ladies’ Day Vase 2024 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 placegetters dating back to the year 2011 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Ladies’ Day Vase 2024?

What is the prize money for the Ladies’ Day Vase 2024?

$200,000

Where is the Ladies’ Day Vase 2024?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145