Tapp-Craig 2024

The $500,000 Tapp-Craig runs as part of Hill Stakes Day as a lead-up to the Callander-Presnell race

The Tapp-Craig ran for the first time in early October 2022 as a lead-in race to some of the more lucrative Sydney Spring Racing Carnival features over the month for three-year-olds.

The opening edition ran at Randwick Racecourse.

2022 Tapp-Craig winner Opal Ridge. Photo: Steve Hart.

For the second running in 2023 the $500,000 event took place at Rosehill Gardens in early October on Hill Stakes Day.

Racing at the meeting is headlined by the now $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m) and also features the lucrative $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes (1400m) along with the Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 The Nivison (1200m).

The Tapp-Craig is a set weights plus penalties event open only to three-year-olds.

It is the key lead-up into the now Group 2 $1 million Callander-Presnell (1600m) held at the end of October over a mile, which as of 2022 replaced the Stan Fox Stakes and Bondi Stakes (defunct).

The first, second and third placegetters out of the Tapp-Craig results are exempt from The Callander-Presnell ballot.

The event holds Listed states.

The third edition of the Tapp-Craig ran on Saturday October 12, 2024 as part of Rosehill’s Hill Stakes Day card in Sydney and was won in brilliant all-the-way fashion by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained favourite Anode ($2.80F).

2024 Tapp-Craig Results

The official Tapp-Craig 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the next edition of the $500,000 race is run and won on Saturday October 12, 2024.

• 1st: #2 Anode
• 2nd: #6 Just Party
• 3rd: #10 Deconstruction

The Group 2 $1 million Callander-Presnell over the mile on October 26 is the obvious next-up option for the talented I Am Invincible colt Anode ($2.80F) who improved on his unplaced Group 1 Golden Rose run to lead all-the-way and salute for the punters in Rosehill’s 2024 Tapp-Craig results.

2024 Tapp-Craig Odds

The Tapp-Craig 2024 racing odds will be provided below as soon as betting on the event is open this spring.

The Tapp-Craig Info

• Date: Saturday October 12, 2024
• Track: Rosehill Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: 3yos – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Listed
• Prize Money: $500,000
• First Run: 2022

Tapp-Craig Betting

Betting on the Tapp-Craig is lead by the season’s top performing, middle-distance three-year-olds eyeing a run in the Callander-Presnell race.

Any Group winners or Group 1 performed youngsters are kept safe in Tapp-Craig betting, and shorter Tapp-Craig odds are offered for proven Sydney runners.

Opal Ridge ($2.40 in 2022) saluted for the punters in the first edition of the race.

Anode ($2.80 in 2024) was the last favourite in Tapp-Craig betting to salute for the punters.

Tapp-Craig Field

The Tapp-Craig race field attracts a capacity or close to capacity line-up of three-year-old horses on the Callander-Presnell path.

Three-year-olds coming off earlier Group status spring races in Sydney, including the Group 1 $1 million Golden Rose Stakes (1400m), are likely to line-up in the Tapp-Craig field in October.

Anode (8th in 2024) was the last Golden Rose graduate to back-up and win the Tapp-Craig.

The Tapp-Craig field attracts a similar class and many of the same horses that continue on to run in Sydney’s Silver Eagle the following season as four-year-olds.

2024 Tapp-Craig Field

The official Tapp-Craig 2024 Final Field & Barriers will be announced on the Wednesday leading-up to the race and listed below as soon as released by Racing NSW.

The 2024 Tapp-Craig field features a smart line-up of Group 1-bound three-year-olds with the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained I Am Invincible colt Anode, eighth last start in the Golden Rose, favourite in the latest markets.

2024 Tapp-Craig Nominations 

Early nominations for the Tapp-Craig 2024 close the Monday of race week.

Tapp-Craig Tips

Top Tapp-Craig betting tips include looking for the in-form three-year-olds with winning form over at least 1200m, any graduates out of earlier Group status events in Sydney during the spring and those dominant gallopers in the frame for the $1 million Callander-Presnell later in the spring.

Looking for the in-form fillies in the mix is another key Tapp-Craig tip with the opening two editions won by fillies with Opal Ridge (2022) and Makarena (2023) before the 2024 win by the colt Anode.

2024 Tapp-Craig Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Tapp-Craig 2024 race tips will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the top three-year-olds to back this season.

• To Win: #12 More Territories ($6 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open field and varying form lines but think the fillies can make it a hat-trick in this event with More Territories a strong contender at a good price to beat home the boys fit now and well placed by the O’Shea & Charlton stable. She comes off an unplaced but brave Group 2 Tea Rose run when sixth only two lengths off Autumn Glow. Right distance, third-up now ready to fire, back down in weight with 53kg and drawn well. Can give the colts a run for their money.

Tapp-Craig Form

The Tapp-Craig form guide provides all the must know info on the $500,000 feature including the lead-up form, career statistics, track / distance records and the jockey / trainer / owner of all the horses in the field.

Using the Tapp-Craig form guide to uncover the value in the market is crucial and the Tapp-Craig form is expected to stack-up later in the spring.

The 2022 Tapp-Craig form was franked with the runner-up Pericles going on to run top three in a number of important, subsequent races including his Group 2 Autumn Classic (1800m) win and Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) second the following autumn in 2023.

2024 Tapp-Craig Form

A link to our comprehensive Tapp-Craig 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Tapp-Craig Results

The Tapp-Craig race results provide punters with the exact finishing order of all the three-year-olds in the event including the winning time and margin, plus show the starting price of all the contenders.

The Luke Pepper-trained filly Opal Ridge (2022) was the inaugural Tapp-Craig winner saluting for the punters.

The fillies were on top again in 2023 with the Team Hawkes-trained Makarena taking it out at odds of $4.40.

In 2024 Anode became the first colt to win the Tapp-Craig.

Past Tapp-Craig Winners

Past Tapp-Craig winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2022 are detailed in the below table.

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