Ranvet Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Verry Elleegant Stakes (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes) produces more Ranvet Stakes winners than any other lead-up race.

The Ranvet Stakes is one of five elite level Group 1 races run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Golden Slipper Day in March during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

2022 Ranvet Stakes winner Montefilia. Photo: Steve Hart.

While the meeting’s feature race is the Group 1 $4.92 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) for two-year-olds, plenty of talented gallopers run across the card including in the Ranvet Stakes field. The event is contested over 2000m under weight-for-age conditions and offers $1,000,000 in total prize money including $580,000 for the Ranvet Stakes winner as of 2023.

The traditional Ranvet Stakes lead-up is the Verry Elleegant Stakes (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes) and the double was last achieved by that year’s subsequent Melbourne Cup champion, the ill-fated Verry Elleegant (2021).

The Ranvet Stakes winner is also exempt from ballot for a number of other upcoming features during The Championships in April with many backing up in the Tancred Stakes (formerly The BMW), Queen Elizabeth Stakes and or the Sydney Cup over the two miles.

Avilius (2019) was the last galloper to complete the Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double, while UK raider Addeybb backed-up from his 2020 Ranvet victory to take out the Queen Elizabeth Stakes next-up.

In 2021 the same two horses from the previous year ran the Ranvet Stakes quinella in a thriller with Verry Elleegant reversing the order with her win over Addeybb.

The following year, Verry Elleegant returned as the odds-on favourite only to run second to Montefilia in an upset while Angel Of Truth ran third for the second year in a row.

In 2023 another UK raider prepared by William Haggas, Dubai Honour, completed the Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double emulating the feat of his stablemate Addeybb from 2021.

The internationals dominated the Ranvet Stakes 2024 results with the Yu Long Investment imports Via Sistina and Place Du Carrousel running one-two on debut down under.

The latest edition of the Ranvet Stakes ran on Saturday March 23, 2024 with $1 million in stakes on offer and was won by the Chris Waller-trained European expat, Via Sistina ($2.30F), saluting for the punters in her first Australian start. 

2024 Ranvet Stakes Results

The full Ranvet Stakes Results 2024 and Finishing Order will be known on Saturday March 23, 2024.

2024 Ranvet Stakes winner Via Sistina is onto the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes a first-up winner down under for Chris Waller. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #6 Via Sistina 
• 2nd: #7 Place Du Carrousel
• 3rd: #3 Buckaroo

Chris Waller’s imported Fastnet Rock mare Via Sistina ($2.30F) was well supported for her Australian race debut and was too strong late coming off a slow pace to round up a small but quality field and salute for the punters in the Ranvet Stakes 2024 results.

2024 Ranvet Stakes Odds

The top Ranvet Stakes 2024 betting odds will be available below as soon as we’ve opened betting on one of the key Golden Slipper Stakes support races in the autumn so stay tuned.

Ranvet Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday March 23, 2024
• Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
• Distance: 2000m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 1903

Ranvet Stakes Betting

Ranvet Stakes betting odds are usually dominated by proven weight-for-age horses with winning form at least up to 1600m. Horses that finished first or second in their lead-up runs also feature up the top half of Ranvet Stakes betting each year especially last start winners.

Of 18 the Ranvet Stakes winners from 2006 – 2024 all but six finished either first or second in their lead-up run. The Chipping Norton Stakes (now Verry Elleegant Stkaes) produced eight of those winners with another five coming out of the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m), most recently Gailo Chop (2nd in 2018) and Avilius (5th in 2019), run over the same distance at Flemington in Melbourne the week before.

In 2022 Montefilia improved on a seventh in the Chipping Norton to turn the tables on Verry Elleegant and post an upset win in the Ranvet Stakes at $9.50.

The 2024 Ranvet Stakes winner Via Sistina won the race in her first start in Australia for Chris Waller as a world class import.

Favourites in Ranvet Stakes betting have an imposing record over the past decade or so with 10 saluting from 2005 – 2024 – most recently Avilius ($4.40 in 2019) and Via Sistina ($2.30 in 2024) – including six on the trot from 2005 – 2009. In that time there were also a number of standout upsets with Zavite scoring at 100/1 in 2011 and Foreteller jumping at 30/1 for his 2013 win.

Gai Waterhouse-trained horses are also prominent in the Ranvet Stakes markets as she has prepared seven winners since 1996 including four consecutive champions from 2007 – 2010.

Ranvet Stakes Field

The Ranvet Stakes race field traditionally attracts under its capacity number of starters and hadn’t attracted more than 13 runners since McGinty won the 1984 edition defeating 14 rivals until 2019 when Avilius beat home 13 other runners. Under 10 horses started in the 2024 (6), 2023 (7), 2022 (6), 2021 (9), 2020 (7), 2018 (8), 2017 (7), 2016 (9), 2015 (7), and 2014 (9) Ranvet Stakes fields and favourites have dominated the race over the past decade.

Horses come into the Ranvet Stakes field via a number of different autumn lead-ups but the traditional preparatory run is in the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m), run as the Chipping Norton Stakes up until 2024, three weeks earlier.

Ranvet Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.

2024 Ranvet Stakes Field

The official Ranvet Stakes Final Field for 2024 will be announced on the Wednesday of race week leading up to Golden Slipper Stakes Day and published in full below.

Eight runners make up the official Ranvet Stakes 2024 field with eight-year-old Think It Over coming off a lead-up Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes win over the mile heading the final acceptances and betting markets.

2024 Ranvet Stakes Nominations

The early Ranvet Stakes Nominations in 2024 close on the Monday of race week attracting a host of graduates out of the Verry Elleegant Stakes, the official entries to be published right here.

The Kerry Parker-trained last start Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes winner Think It Over heads all-in betting on the dozen early 2024 Ranvet Stakes nominations for this weekend in Sydney.

Nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) on 19/03/2024

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Ranvet Stakes Tips

Ranvet Stakes tips favour in-form weight-for-age horses that finished first or second in the Verry Elleegant Stakes in the lead-up.

Tipping the Ranvet Stakes favourite has proved a goldmine for punters over the past two decades with the shortest priced in the markets coming up trumps more often than not.

The weight-for-age conditions of the race favour experienced performers and Ranvet Stakes tips often sway towards horses aged five or over with just three horses younger than five winning from 2006 – 2024 most recently Montefilia (4yo mare in 2022).

2024 Ranvet Stakes Tips

Bookmark this page to view our Ladbrokes’ insider Ranvet Stakes 2024 betting tips out the week of the race.

• To Win: #1 Think It Over ($2.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
  

With Riff Rocket out to take on his own age in the Rosehill Guineas, really hard to go past the Kerry Parker-trained favourite Think It Over in the Ranvet. Nash Rawiller rides from an inside draw with the eight-year-old evergreen and showing plenty of zest for racing. He is proven at the Rosehill track and comes off a good Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes win at a mile beaten a strong field. Third-up and fit now and even better over this distance (12:6-1-1). Huge chance to salute for the punters and enjoy successive Group 1 wins.

UK raider Dubai Honour saluted first-up down under in the 2023 Ranvet Stakes by a big margin. Photo: Steve Hart.

Ranvet Stakes Form Guide

The Ranvet Stakes form guide shows punters all the essential information from the barrier positions to the jockeys and trainers of each runner in the field.

Looking out for Gai Waterhouse’s name in the Ranvet Stakes form guide is always a good idea as she has prepared more Ranvet Stakes winners than any other trainer, most recently dual champion Theseo (2009-10).

Mares also have a solid record against the boys and are worth doing the Ranvet Stakes form of with six saluting between 2003 – 2024 including Silent Achiever (2014), Verry Elleegant (2021), Montefilia (2022), and Via Sistina (2024).

Ranvet Stakes Form Facts

• In the 20 years from 2005 – 2024 ten Ranvet Stakes winners jumped favourite for the punters.
• Via Sistina (2024), Montefilia (2022), Verry Elleegant (2021) and Silent Achiever (2014) are the latest mares to top the Ranvet Stakes results since Tuesday Joy (2008).
• Montefilia (2022) became the first four-year-old to win the Ranvet Stakes since Tuesday Joy in 2008.
• Six-year-olds have dominated the Ranvet Stakes winners’ list over the past decade.
• The only winners from a double-digit Ranvet Stakes barrier since Better Loosen Up (11 of 13 in 1990) have been Theseo (12 of 12 in 2010) and Avilius (10 of 14 in 2019).

2024 Ranvet Stakes Form Guide

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

Ranvet Stakes Results

The Ranvet Stakes race results and finishing order are decided on Golden Slipper Day in March each autumn and show not only that year’s winner but also the winning margin and time.

Upset Ranvet Stakes results over the past decade aren’t as common as in other races however Zavite won as an eight-year-old paying $101 for the win in 2011 as the longest-priced winner in the race’s history.

Noteworthy Ranvet Stakes winners in recent years include Verry Elleegant (2021), Addeybb (2020), Contributer (2015), Desert War (2007), and Tie The Knot (2000 – 2001).

Via Sistina (2024) is the last Ranvet Stakes winning mare.

Gold Guru (1998) was the last three-year-old Ranvet Stakes winner.

Past Ranvet Stakes Winners

Recent Ranvet Stakes winners and place-getters going back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.