Ladbrokes Tip: Four-year-olds have the best recent record in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes results

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is a handicap clash for middle distance sprint types held at Caulfield Racecourse in late September. Having previously been run on Underwood Stakes Day each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the race is now the feature on its own Caulfield race meeting that also features two Group 3 support acts.

Raced over 1400m and worth $500,000 in prize money it serves as a good lead-up into the Toorak Handicap held back at the track over 1600m. Trust In A Gust (2014) was the last galloper to complete the popular Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes – Toorak Handicap double.

Inaugurated in 1951 when Jovial Lad scored the race was originally known as the Invitation Stakes and it has held Group 1 status since a 1979 upgrade. It was renamed in honour of former Victorian Amateur Turf Club chairman Sir Rupert Clarke after his death in 2005. Many notable horses have won the race including Stratum Star (2015), Moment Of Change (2012), Exceed And Excel (2003), dual Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes champ Testa Rossa (1999 & 2000) and Encosta De Lago (1996).

The latest edition of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes ran on Saturday September 19, 2020 and was won in a brilliant effort by the top-weight Behemoth. 

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday September 19, 2020
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Open Handicap
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $500,000
• First Run: 1951

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results

The official Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results for 2020 will be available in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 19, 2020.

• 1st: #1 Behemoth
• 2nd: #6 Dollar For Dollar
• 3rd: #13 Pretty Brazen

Memsie Stakes winner Behemoth ($3.80F) was too good again, the top-weight bursting through off a luckless run to take out the 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes results for the punters. 

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams		5	60kg		$3.80F
	2	6	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Nolen	1L	7	56.5kg		$26
	3	13	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	1.1L	10	54.5kg		$10
	4	10	ACHERNAR STAR	Lindsey Smith	Jamie Mott	1.4L	1	55.5kg		$51
	5	9	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	1.6L	11	56kg		$41
	6	15	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	1.8L	12	54kg		$11
	7	16	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	1.9L	6	54kg		$7
	7	7	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	1.9L	16	56kg		$21
	9	8	MANDELA EFFECT	Scott Brunton	Craig Newitt	2.4L	2	56kg		$51
	10	11	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	2.5L	13	55.5kg		$10
	11	4	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2.8L	8	58kg		$8.50
	12	5	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	3.2L	15	57kg		$11
	13	3	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	Daniel Bowman	Declan Bates	3.4L	4	58kg		$26
	14	17e	HARLECH (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	3.5L	9	54kg		$26
	15	2	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Daniel Stackhouse	6.25L	14	58.5kg		$41
	16	12	DEBT AGENT (NZ)	Jim Conlan	Billy Egan	21.25L	3	54.5kg		$101
		19e	GOLD FIELDS	Logan McGill			0
		20e	RUNSON	Leon & Troy Corstens			0
		14	ROHERYN	James Cummings	John Allen		0
		18e	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Odds

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting odds are usually dominated by in-form four-year-old horses in the field with four-year-olds winning all seven editions of the race from 2010 – 2018.

Wide barriers are a non-issue but a good lead-up run ensures a shorter price in the markets, especially for graduates of the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) at Flemington, which is the traditional Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes lead-up producing four winners from 2007 – 2018.

Favourites in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting have a solid recent record in the race winning three times on the trot from 2012 – 2014, but there have also been notable upsets including Santa Ana Lane ($26 in 2017) and the European raider Jungle Cat ($11 in 2018).

In 2019 the favourite in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting Begood Toya Mother saluted on the back of a lead-up sixth in the Memsie Stakes, while in 2020 Behemoth also won as the top fancy in betting coming off a win in the Memsie. 

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Odds

The season’s top Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2020 betting odds and market links to the Caulfield Group 1 will be available below once released.

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes final field has a capacity of 18 starters, a number the race has run at a number of times in recent years, most recently in 2015 when Stratum Star beat home 17 rivals from a wide barrier 15 draw.

Horses may come into the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field via an earlier Group 1 spring run in the season’s opening elite level race, the Memsie Stakes.

Begood Toya Mother (6th in 2019) was the last Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner to come out of the Memsie, held at the same track and distance, before Behemoth (2020) became the first to do the double since  Regal Roller (2004). 

Trust In A Gust (2014) saluted for the punters in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting. Photo: Race Horse Photos Australia.

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Field

The official Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week with the full line-up to be published below.

David Jolly’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes winner Behemoth heads a capacity 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field for Saturday carrying the 60kg top weight as the punters’ pick. 

• Scratchings: #14 Roheryn (14), #18e I Am Superman (15), #19e Goldfields (19), #20e Runson (16)  

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Nominations

The early Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2020 nominations close the Monday ahead of the event and the full list of entries to be announced below.

The 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes nominations feature 24 hopefuls led in betting by Grant & Alana Williams’ Showmanship chasing a seventh consecutive win, his All-Star Mile second placed stablemate Superstorm and the defending champion Begood Toya Mother. 

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Tips

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes tips favour the shorties in the markets with the favourite saluting plenty of times in the past decade including three times on the trot with Moment Of Change (2012), Rebel Dane (2011) and Trust In A Gust (2014) all getting the job done for the punters, along with Begood Toya Mother in 2019 and Behemoth in 2020. 

Many Sir Rupert Clarke tipsters also like to predict Craig Williams’ mount to run well as the top hoop has ridden six Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winners since 2005, most recently aboard Behemoth (2020). 

Other key Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting tips including backing the in-form four-year-olds in the field with seven four-year-olds winning on the trot from 2010 – 2016 and only two winners having finished worse than fourth in their lead-up run from 2002 – 2020 including the internationally-trained 2018 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Jungle Cat who came off a lead-up win in Dubai’s Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) that March.

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2020 betting tips will be detailed in full below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the horses to back and sack in the Sunday racing feature this spring.

• Best Roughie: #13 Pretty Brazen ($16 at time of publish) 

Big field, big value on offer for Tony & Calvin McEvoy’s class Brazen Beau mare Pretty Brazen. No doubt Behemoth deserves top spot in betting after the Memsie, but he’s giving away plenty of weight in a capacity field. This four-year-old was outstanding defeating Arcadia Queen in the Group 2 Let’s Elope at Flemington last start and presents fitter again here. No doubt she prefers HQ to Caulfield, and this is a genuine class rise, but she comes back from 58kg to 54.5kg and can run a cheeky race at odds.