The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024

The Cummings Stakes (formerly the RA Lee Stakes) is a Group 3 mile race run and won over 1600m at Morphettville Racecourse each May during the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival.

Open to horses aged three-years-old and above, the set weights plus penalties event offers $220,000 in prize money and is officially registered as the Robert A. Lee Stakes.

It was renamed The Cummings Stakes ahead of the 2024 edition having previously been named in honour of South Australian Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductee Robert A. Lee (2011) and was first contested in 1979.

Formerly part of Adelaide Cup Day, The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) now takes place on The Goodwood Day with racing at the meeting headlined by the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m).

The other key The Goodwood Day support acts include the Group 3 SA Fillies Classic (2500m), Group 3 Proud Miss Stakes (1200m), and the Group 3 National Stakes (1200m) currently run as the David Coles AM Stakes.

The event has held Group 3 status since 2006.

The latest edition of the RA Lee Stakes ran on Saturday May 11, 2024 at Morphettville Racecourse as The Cummings Stakes and was won in an impressive upset by Puissance De Lune mare En Francais ($17).

2024 The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Results

The full The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024 results and finishing order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday May 11, 2024.

• 1st: #17e En Francais
• 2nd: #11 Jimmy The Bear
• 3rd: #6 Chicago Storm

2024 The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes Odds)

The latest The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024 betting odds will be available below as soon as markets on The Goodwood Day support act are released the week of the race.

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Race Info

• Date: 2024
• Track: Morphettville Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Set Weights plus Penalties; 3YOs & Above
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $220,000
• First Run: 1979

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Betting

The RA Lee Stakes betting odds on the race now run as The Cummings Stakes are led by the season’s top performing milers, especially locally-trained in-form runners that ran well in a lead-up race against similar company in Adelaide.

Trainer Darren Weir has an excellent recent record in the race preparing three straight winners from 2016-18 so any of his gallopers often sit high up the RA Lee Stakes markets.

There’s been plenty of recent upsets in the race including in 2020 when Chapel City won at RA Lee Stakes odds of $101!

There was another upset in 2024 with En Francais winning at $17 The Cummings Stakes odds.

Land Of Plenty ($2.70 in 2018) followed by Foxy Frida ($1.65 in 2023) are the latest favourites in RA Lee Stakes betting – now The Cummings Stakes – to salute for the punters.

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Field

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) race field is made up of classy local and interstate milers, some of which may be gearing up for similar features in Queensland during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Any mares in the RA Lee Stakes field may come via a lead-up run at the same track and distance a fortnight earlier in the Group 2 Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m) and in 2020 Seabrook ran second in both events.

The latest RA Lee Stakes winners to come via the Queen Of The South Stakes are Belle Plaisir (4th in 2022), Foxy Frida (2nd in 2023) and En Francais (5th in 2024).

Nominations for The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) are taken on the Monday of race week, with the final The Cummings Stakes field of acceptors out on the Wednesday.

2024 The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Field

The official The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024 race field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below showing the top horses engaged to face off in the autumn showdown.

The 2024 The Cummings Stakes final field features a capacity line-up of autumn milers led in betting by the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Group 1 place-getter Pounding.

2024 The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Nominations

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024 nominations close the Monday ahead of the race and will be listed below once confirmed by the SAJC.

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Tips

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) tips include backing proven runners with previous Group 3 or above form and those with a good record over the 1600m distance.

Backing the boys over the girls is a good RA Lee Stakes betting tip with the only female gallopers to win since then three-year-old filly Majestic Music (2010) being Belle Plaisir (2022), Foxy Frida (2023) and En Francais ($17 in 2024).

2024 The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Tips

The Ladbrokes’ insider The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024 betting tips and Morphettville race selections on the May showdown will be detailed right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top gallopers to back for a win in the Group 3.

• To Win: #5 El Soleado ($9 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Wide barrier (15) for Robbie Laing’s in-form four-year-old to overcome, but think El Soleado can get the job done with a bit of luck in Adelaide on Saturday. The Toronado gelding has a good 1600m record (5:2-0-2) including winning Bendigo’s Listed Golden Mile over the distance two back from out wide defeating a quality field. At his latest at Caulfield on May 4, beaten under a length with 58kg after sitting on the speed throughout. On the quick back-up now, fit and ready to fire back down to 55.5kg. Can surprise on the short turnaround.

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Form Guide

The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) race form guide revels to punters all the relevant information they need to place a successful bet on the race like the barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up form of all the runners in the field.

The RA Lee Stakes form has gone on to hold in tougher events a number of times over the years including in 2013 when Linton backed up from his second win in the race to take out Brisbane’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap next start.

The 2022 RA Lee Stakes form was franked with the winner Belle Plaisir going on to finish a close fourth in Sydney’s $2 million The Invitation race that October. The form was further franked with the RA Lee third place-getter Excelida winning the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) at Flemington that spring and finish third in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).

2024 The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive The Cummings Stakes (RA Lee Stakes) 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

The Cummings Stakes / RA Lee Stakes Results

There has been a number of multiple RA Lee Stakes winners over the years with Blast The Glass (1988-89), More Action (1999-2000), Sylvaner (2002-03), and Linton (2012-13).

Other notable RA Lee Stakes winners in recent years include Group 1 winner Serious Speed (2009), Rhythm To Spare (2014), and Burning Front (2017).

From 2024 the event runs as The Cummings Stakes.

Past The Cummings Stakes / RA Lee Stakes Winners

Recent The Cummings Stakes / RA Lee Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 1979 are detailed in the below table.