Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes is a good betting guide for the Empire Rose Stakes during the spring

The W.H. Stocks Stakes – currently known as the Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes – is a Group 2 race for mares 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 Stocks Stakes winner Daisies. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Racing at the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) for sprinters. Other key races on the card including the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) for the Cox Plate hopefuls, Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) for Caulfield Guineas types, and the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes for potential Coolmore Stud Stakes-bound fillies.

Offering $300,000 in total prize money, the Stocks Stakes is run over 1600m (1514m in 2024) under weight-for-age conditions and makes a nice lead-up to other mares-only races in the spring including Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on Victoria Derby Day.

Pride Of Jenni improved on a second in the 2023 Stocks Stakes to complete that spring’s Empire Rose Stakes – Champions Mile double over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

She also further franked the Stocks Stakes form with a big autumn in 2024 headlined by her 6.5 length victory in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) in Sydney.

The latest edition of the Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes ran on Friday September 27, 2024 at Moonee Valley on Manikato Stakes Night and was won in a fast finishing burst by the Grant & Alana Williams-trained Alsephina ($3.70). 

2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Results

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

2024 Stocks Stakes winner Alsephina went back-to-back for WA-trained mares in the event. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #5 Alsephina
• 2nd: #6 Lady Jones
• 3rd: #1 Grinzinger Belle 

The Grant & Alana Williams-trained Group 1 runner-up, Alsephina ($3.70), franked the form out of the Let’s Elope Stakes when relishing firmer ground at The Valley to flash home over the final 100m and run down Lady Jones and beaten favourite Grinzinger Belle in the 2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes results. 

2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Odds

The season’s best Stocks 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.

WH Stocks Stakes Race Facts

• Date: Friday September 27, 2024
• Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m (1514m in 2024)
• Conditions: Mares – Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1973

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Betting

Stocks Stakes odds are led by in-form mares with form against similar company with proven ability at weight-for-age and over the mile. Runners that have winning form at the distance and previous experience at the tight Moonee Valley circuit also sit high up the Stocks Stakes odds.

Betting also favours graduates of earlier Melbourne lead-up runs for the mares like Caulfield’s Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) and the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington a fortnight before the race.

Amelia’s Jewel (2023) was the last mare to complete the Let’s Elope Stakes – Stocks Stakes double.

In 2024 the Stocks Stakes winner, Alsephina, improved on a lead-up Let’s Elope Stakes third to win the Group 2 while that year’s Let’s Elope winner Grinzinger Belle finished third in the Stocks Stakes trifecta as the beaten favourite. 

Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35 in 2023) was the last Stocks Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Field

The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes race field attracts a quality field of weight-for-age mares with ability over the mile.

Many come into the race on the back of a lead-up run earlier in the spring in something like the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

Stocks Stakes winner Atlantic Jewel (2013) came off a lead-up victory in that year’s Memsie Stakes. Photo Credit: Race Horse Photos Australia.

The WH Stocks 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 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Field

The official Ladbrokes Stocks 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 mares set to face off under the lights at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 lead-up.

The 2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes field has drawn a class line-up of mares for the last on Manikato Stakes Night led in betting by Danny O’Brien’s impressive four-length Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes winner Grinzinger Belle. 

2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Nominations

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

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Tips

Good WH Stocks Stakes betting tips to take in the spring include looking at mares with ability at the track and distance, previous Group winners, past winners over the mile distance and those coming off lead-up runs in the Let’s Elope 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. Any mares coming down in class off an earlier Group 1 spring race also make for a nice Stocks Stakes winning tip.

2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider WH Stocks Stakes tips and Moonee Valley Group 2 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: #1 Grinzinger Belle ($3.10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

A couple of livewire chances in the Stocks Stakes but Grinzinger Belle saluted last time and won’t get off her just yet. Danny O’Brien’s Kiwi-bred Shamexpress mare is up in weight carrying top kilos here with 58kg but she was absolutely enormous fresh winning by four lengths on a Heavy (9) at Flemington in the Group 2 Let’s Elope a fortnight back. Had to do all the work from barrier 13 that run, will eat up this distance and Damian Lane retains the ride in a very winnable race for a potential spring star. 

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Form Guide

The WH Stocks Stakes form guide features all the essential race information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the mares in the field. Group 1 form to follow into the Group 2 can come via the Memsie Stakes (1400m) held the month before as Atlantic Jewel completed that Group 1 spring double in 2013.

The Stocks stakes form has also stacked up in other elite level races including when Atlantic Jewel (2013) ran second next start in Caulfield’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) before a win in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) that October.

2024 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Form Guide

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

Stocks Stakes Results

The WH Stocks Stakes race results have been dominated over the past decade by classy Melbourne-trained mares coming off a run in the Let’s Elope Stakes.

Notable recent Stocks Stakes winners include the odds-on favourite Amelia’s Jewel (2023), dual champion I Am A Star (2017-18), Fenway (2015), Dear Demi (2014), Atlantic Jewel (2013), Zarita (2009), and Tuesday Joy (2008).

Amelia’s Jewel holds the current WH Stocks Stakes race record winning over 1600m in 2023 in a time of 1 minute 34.37 seconds.

In 2024 the Stocks Stakes ran over a lesser distance of 1514m and was won by Alsephina in a time of 1 minute 32.33 seconds. 

Past Stocks Stakes Winners

Recent WH Stocks Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Stocks Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Stocks Stakes 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Stocks Stakes 2024?

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