Ladbrokes Tip: First-up runners with a good fresh record are worth backing to win the Memsie Stakes

The Memsie Stakes is the opening Group 1 race of the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and takes place at Caulfield Racecourse in late August or early September. The headline race at the meeting, the weight-for-age clash is run over 1400m and gives the season’s top milers and stayers an early chance at elite level glory. Worth a lucrative $1 million in prize money, the Memsie Stakes is often contested by horses heading towards the season’s majors including the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup.

Note: In 2020 the prize money for the Memsie Stakes totaled $750,000 due to COVID-19.

Elevated to a Group 1 race in 2013 it has been won by many notable horses including Atlantic Jewel (2013), So You Think (2010), Weekend Hussler (2008), Miss Finland (2007), Makybe Diva (2005), dual champ Sunline (2000 & 2001) and Dane Ripper (1998).

The latest edition of the Memsie Stakes took place on Saturday August 29, 2020 and was won by the favourite Behemoth. 

Memsie Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday August 29, 2020
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1 million ($750,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)
• First Run: 1899

2020 Memsie Stakes Results

The official Memsie Stakes 2020 results & finishing order will be published in full right here once the Group 1 race is run and won on Saturday August 29, 2020.

• 1st: #7 Behemoth
• 2nd: #6 Mr Quickie
• 3rd: #15 Glenfiddich

The David Jolly-trained Behemoth ($3.30) saluted for the punters in the Memsie Stakes 2020 results, the $6,000 bargain buy enjoying a well-deserved Group 1 Melbourne win on the back of a Group 3 sprint victory in Adelaide.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams		2	59kg		$3.30F
	2	6	MR QUICKIE	Phillip Stokes	Dwayne Dunn	1.5L	5	59kg		$14
	3	15	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Craig Newitt	2.25L	10	50.5kg		$6
	4	9	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2.35L	8	59kg		$6
	5	4	SO SI BON	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	2.45L	3	59kg		$21
	6	10	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	Daniel Bowman	Declan Bates	2.85L	7	59kg		$21
	7	2	HARLEM (GB)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Jamie Mott	3.6L	6	59kg		$101
	8	14	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Ethan Brown	3.8L	12	57kg		$51
	9	8	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	4.55L	1	59kg		$81
	10	11	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Billy Egan	5.55L	4	57kg		$8
	11	5	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	5.75L	13	59kg		$15
	12	1	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	5.85L	9	59kg		$12
	13	3	GATTING	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	6.05L	11	59kg		$31
		12	ARCADIA QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	Damian Lane		0
		13	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Memsie Stakes Betting

Memsie Stakes betting is always popular as the markets usually feature some smart types returning from their winter spells. Favourites have a gun record in the race so looking for the horses at the top of the Memsie Stakes odds is always a good bet.

From 2007 – 2019 seven favourites in Memsie Stakes betting saluted for the punters, most recently Black Heart Bart (2016) and Vega Magic (2017).  Betting really heats up once the field is out and horses drawn well usually dominate the markets as just one Memsie Stakes winner has jumped from a double digit barrier since 2004 with King’s Rose (11 in 2011).

2020 Memsie Stakes Odds

The season’s top Memsie Stakes 2020 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.

The Memsie Stakes field has a capacity of 16 starters, but hasn’t run with its maximum number of contenders since 2000 when Sunline won the first of her two editions of the spring lead-up. The race field has attracted 11 or more starters every year since 2003 apart from in 2005 when Makybe Diva beat home only six rivals.

Black Heart Bart (2016) is one of the most notable recent Memsie Stakes winners. Photo Credit: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Horses traditionally run in the Memsie Stakes field first-up and in 2015-16 the winner had their last start in Brisbane’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap the previous June with Boban (2015) and Black Heart Bart (2016) both improving on seconds in that winter feature.

The best out of the Memsie Stakes field traditionally back-up a fortnight later at Flemington in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), the double last completed by Dissident (2014).

In more recent years horses out of the Memsie Stakes field have headed back to Sydney for a shot at the world’s richest race on turf – The Everest. In 2017 The Everest winner Vega Magic represented one of The Everest slot-holders and finished runner-up to Redzel in the inaugural edition of the event that is now worth $14 million in 2019.

The Memsie Stakes final acceptances are released on the Wednesday before the race runs on a Saturday and the nominations close that Monday.

2020 Memsie Stakes Field

The official Memsie Stakes 2020 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.

Fifteen horses make-up the 2020 Memsie Stakes final field including last-start Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes winning mare Savatiano (11) chasing her first Group 1 success and early favourite Behemoth (2) coming off a Group 3 win in Adelaide.

• Scratchings: #12 Arcadia Queen (13) was scratched just eight minutes from the official scratchings deadline on Saturday morning due to the Cox Plate hopeful suffering from a stone bruise. #13 Savatiano was a late scratching about an hour out from the race on vet’s advice.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Memsie Stakes Nominations

Punters get an early indication of the horses that will line-up in the opening Group 1 race in Melbourne for the spring when the Memsie Stakes 2020 nominations are taken on the Monday leading-up to the race.

The 2020 Memsie Stakes nominations attracted 21 runners led in betting by first-up Group 2  PB Lawrence Stakes winner Savatiano for Godolphin. Class WA mare Arcadia Queen is the other best in the early markets, while the David Jolly-trained Behemoth coming off the Group 3 Spring Stakes win in Adelaide is also a standout nominee.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Memsie Stakes Tips

Memsie Stakes tips historically have the favourite predicted as the one to beat as history shows the shorter priced horses have an outstanding recent record in the weight-for-age race.

Classy miler – stayer types are also popular in the tipping as all seven winners from 2010 – 2016 had their lead-up run into the race in Group 1 company, including two that came out of an autumn run in the Doncaster Mile with Dissident (12th in 2014) and Sincero (4th in 2012).

2020 Memsie Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Memsie Stakes 2020 betting tips and early spring Group 1 race selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the horses to back and sack in the Caulfield classic.

Memsie Stakes Form Guide

The Memsie Stakes form guide has all the details you need to know before placing your bets on the season’s opening Group 1 clash. Along with the saddlecloth numbers, trainers, jockeys and barriers the form guide shows the recent lead-up runs of all the runners and their starting price in the markets. Looking for horses that have previous Group 1 experience, run well fresh and are drawn well are all important things the form guide will show you.

Memsie Stakes Form Facts

• All seven Memsie Stakes winners from 2010 – 2016 had their final lead-up run in Group 1 company
• The Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane produced back-to-back winners in 2015 and 2016
• Since 2003 just one victor has jumped form a double-digit barrier
• Favourites saluted in the race eight times from 2008 – 2020 most recently Behemoth ($3.30 in 2020)

2020 Memsie Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Memsie Stakes 2020 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Memsie Stakes Results

The results and finishing order are published when the WFA feature runs at Caulfield on the first major meeting of the spring in Melbourne. The results show the winner, successful quinella and trifecta as well as the margin and time run to see if any records are broken.

Memsie Stakes Winners