Scarborough Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Scarborough Stakes is a good betting guide for the Coolmore Stud Stakes each spring

The Scarborough Stakes – registered as the MVRC Champagne Stakes – is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies contested on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night at Moonee Valley on a Friday evening in late September or early October during the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Scarborough Stakes winner Queen Of The Ball. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Racing at the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) for sprinters. The other key support races on the card include the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) for the Cox Plate-bound gallopers, Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) for Caulfield Guineas types, and the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) for the mares.

When referred to by its registered name (MVRC Champagne Stakes) this event should not be confused with the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) for two-year-olds held in Sydney during the autumn.

Offering $200,000 in total prize money the Scarborough Stakes is run over 1200m at set weights and serves as a nice lead-up into Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) held during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2020 the Scarborough Stakes winning filly Swats That ran second in the Coolmore Stud Stakes quinella and also finished third to Nature Strip the following autumn in the 2021 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning.

The 2021 Scarborough Stakes form was franked with the winner Seradess returning the following winter to win Morphettville’s Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes in 2022.

The latest edition of the Scarborough Stakes ran on Friday September 27th, 2024 at Moonee Valley on Ladbrokes Maniakto Stakes Night and was won in style by former Kiwi filly Bellatrix Star ($9.50) in an impressive upset.

2024 Scarborough Stakes Odds

The season’s best Scarborough Stakes 2024 betting odds and links to our markets will be provided right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Moonee Valley racing odds this spring.

Scarborough Stakes Race Facts

• Registered Name: MVRC Champagne Stakes
• Date: Friday September 27th, 2024
• Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Three-year-old fillies – set weights
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1975

2024 Scarborough Stakes Results

The official Scarborough Stakes 2024 race results and finishing order will be provided below once the race takes place on Friday September 27th, 2024.

2024 Scarborough Stakes winner Bellatrix Star. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #3 Bellatrix Star
• 2nd: #4 Geegees Mistruth
• 3rd: #5 Tobeornotobe

The Mark Walker-trained New Zealand expat, Bellatrix Star ($9.50), ran out of her skin over the final 150m to dominate the Scarborough Stakes 2024 results at The Valley making it back-to-back Melbourne stakes wins off a perfectly timed Michael Dee ride.

Scarborough Stakes Betting

Scarborough Stakes odds are led by in-form fillies with form against similar company with proven ability in Group status races in Melbourne. Runners that have winning form at the distance and previous experience at the tight Moonee Valley circuit also sit high up the Scarborough Stakes odds.

Scarborough Stakes betting also favours graduates of earlier Melbourne lead-up runs for the fillies like the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) at the same track earlier in the month.

Scarborough Stakes Field

The Scarborough Stakes race field attracts a quality field of three-year-old fillies showing promise ahead of tougher Melbourne spring sprint races.

There’s also the potential for fillies out of the Scarborough Stakes field to contest Sydney’s $20 million The Everest (1200m) in October. In 2017 Houtzen, already a confirmed The Everest contender, won the Scarborough Stakes before running seventh in the inaugural edition of the world’s richest turf race behind Redzel.

The Scarborough Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Friday night, while the final field and barriers are out on the Wednesday.

2024 Scarborough Stakes Field

The official Scarborough Stakes 2024 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be available right here once acceptances are taken on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see the list of fillies set to face off under the lights at Moonee Valley in the potential Group 1 lead-up.

The 2024 Scarborough Stakes field features a talented field of three-year-old fillies led in betting by the resuming Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes winner Eneeza from the Moody/Coleman camp.

2024 Scarborough Stakes Nominations

The Scarborough Stakes Nominations for 2024 close on the Monday leading-up to Manikato Stakes Night.

Scarborough Stakes Tips

Good Scarborough Stakes betting tips to take in the spring include looking at fillies with ability at the track and distance, previous Group winners, past winners over the 1200m distance and those coming off lead-up runs in the Atlantic Jewel Stakes.

Single figure hopefuls have a dominant recent record in the race so another useful tip is to pick a runner in the top half of the markets.

2024 Scarborough Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Scarborough Stakes tips and Moonee Valley Group 3 betting selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the mares to get behind in the race this spring.

• To Win: #6 Matisse ($10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Tricky race for the punters with plenty of promising fillies but for value like Matisse here. Trainers Anthony & Sam Freedman obviously have a high opinion as the daughter of Microphone was one of just two fillies paid up for at first acceptance stage for the Caulfield Guineas later this spring. She’s drawn wide in barrier 11 for Tommy Berry but remains a livewire chance fresh. Previous winning form first-up, this Group 2 placegetter was last seen winning at Doomben back in June. Prior to that was seventh only 2.4 lengths beaten in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. The winning filly in that, Hayasugi, franked the form first-up this season when runner-up in the Moir. Matisse can further frank the form at a nice price and has a recent winning trial to bring her on fitness wise. 

Scarborough Stakes Form Guide

The Scarborough Stakes form guide features all the essential race information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the fillies in the field.

The Scarborough Stakes form has also stacked up in other elite level races including when the 2019 winner Loving Gaby continued on to take out the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance on Cox Plate Eve. She further franked the form with Group 1 placings in the 2019 VRC Classic (2nd), 2020 Black Caviar Lightning (3rd) and 2020 Newmarket Handicap (3rd) before another elite level Moonee Valley win in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes.

The 2023 Scarborough Stakes winner Coeur Volante won the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) next start before a fourth in that year’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas results.

2024 Scarborough Stakes Form Guide

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

Scarborough Stakes Results

The MVRC Champagne Stakes / Scarborough Stakes race results have been dominated over the past decade by classy Melbourne-trained fillies.

Notable MVRC Champagne Stakes / Scarborough Stakes winners throughout history include Canny Lass (1985), Snitzerland (2012), Houtzen (2017), Loving Gaby (2019), and Swats That (2020).

Courtza holds the current Scarborough Stakes race record winning over 1200m in 1989 in a time of 1 minute 09:70 seconds.

Courtza (1989) and Midnight Fever (1987) both had won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) as two-year-olds before their respective MVRC Champagne Stakes victories.

Past MVRC Champagne / Scarborough Stakes Winners

Recent Scarborough Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Scarborough Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Scarborough Stakes 2024?

$200,000

Where is the Scarborough Stakes 2024?

Moonee Valley Racecourse, Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039.