Theo Marks Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Theo Marks Stakes is a good lead-up to the Epsom Handicap trifecta

The Theo Marks Stakes is a Group 2 race held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Run To The Rose Day in September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Contested on the same day as the Group 2 The Run To The Rose for Group 1 Golden Rose-bound three-year-olds, the Theo Marks race is open to horses aged three-years-old and over and is run under quality handicap conditions over 1300m.

2024 Theo Marks Stakes winner Encap. Photo: Steve Hart.

Offering a total of $300,000 in prize money as of 2023, the race makes a nice lead-up to tougher spring features like the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick the following month. The last horse to complete the Theo Marks Stakes – Epsom Handicap double in a single season was Winx (2015).

Many horses also now use the Theo Marks Stakes as a lead-up to the world’s richest race on turf – the $20 million The Everest (1400m) at Randwick in October.

The latest edition of the Theo Marks Stakes ran on Saturday, September 14, 2024 as a lead-up to the spring majors in Sydney and was won in a strong, late run by the Gary Portelli-trained Encap ($7). 

2024 Theo Marks Stakes Results

The official Theo Marks Stakes 2024 results and race finishing order will be known and published below when the event takes place on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

• 1st: #10 Encap
• 2nd: #9 Bases Loaded
• 3rd: #14e Boom Torque 

Encap ($7) looks in for a big spring campaign after the Gary Portelli-trained Capitalist four-year-old dug deep to charge home over the final furlong and run down Bases Loaded to head the 2024 Theo Marks Stakes results. 

2024 Theo Marks Stakes Odds

Our market links to the spring’s top Theo Marks Stakes 2024 odds will be provided below once betting on the Group 1 lead-up in Sydney opens.

Theo Marks Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024
• Track: Rosehill Gardens
• Distance: 1300m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1946

Theo Marks Stakes Betting

The Theo Marks Stakes betting markets are usually led by horses that ran well at Rosehill the start before in a race like the Show Country Quality, or first-up performers that have a strong fresh record.

While favourites in the Theo Marks Stakes odds have a strong recent record there has been some notable recent upsets including Golden Mile ($8.50 in 2023), Kiku ($18 in 2022), Chat ($31 in 2021), Riva De Lago ($11 in 2013), and Master Of Design ($13 in 2011).

Arcadia Queen ($1.95 in 2019) was the last favourite in Theo Marks Stakes betting to get the job done for the punters.

Theo Marks Stakes Field

The Theo Marks Stakes race field features a line-up of strong spring types, many heading towards Group 1 runs in Sydney later during the carnival.

Horses may contest the Theo Marks Stakes first-up, or come off an earlier run in a race like the Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m) at Randwick the month before. In 2017 Deploy completed the Show County Quality – Theo Marks Stakes double.

After running in the Theo Marks Stakes horses usually head towards a run in the Epsom Handicap via a race like the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) a fortnight later. In 2014 Ninth Legion ran third in the Theo Marks and Shannon Stakes before an Epsom Handicap fourth to He’s Your Man. That same year Bull Point ran third in the Show County and second in the Theo Marks before heading to Melbourne where he finished third in Caulfield’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

In 2013 Solzhenitsyn was runner-up to Riva De Lago in the Theo Marks Stakes before a third in the Sir Rupert Clarke and a win in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m). The 2011 Theo Marks Stakes winner Master Of Design also ran third in that year’s Sir Rupert in Melbourne next start.

Before Winx (2015) who completed the Theo Marks – Epsom double, the best result of a Theo Marks winner in the Epsom Handicap was Ambidexter (2nd) in 2012.

The 2023 Theo Marks Stakes winner Golden Mile ran third in the Epsom Handicap trifecta that year as well as running third in the $10 million The Golden Eagle race. 

2024 Theo Marks Stakes Field

The official Theo Marks Stakes 2024 field of potential The Everest or Epsom Handicap horses is announced the Wednesday leading-up to the race, the full line-up to be published below.

Deep Field four-year-old for Waterhouse & Bott, Bases Loaded, has drawn wide but remains firm favourite to win the 2024 Theo Marks Stakes this weekend on Run to the Rose Day. 

2024 Theo Marks Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Theo Marks Stakes 2024 race on Run To The Rose Day close on the Monday of race week and will be published right here.

Theo Marks Stakes Tips

Good Theo Marks Stakes tips include looking for the best out of the Show County Quality the month before, proven Sydney performers and horses with good form over the distance.

2024 Theo Marks Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Theo Marks Stakes 2024 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!

• To Win: #8 Punch Lane ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Big field for the Theo Marks and plenty of talent in the resuming runners but have landed on this consistent So You Think gelding prepared by Anthony & Sam Freedman. He is a six-time winner from a dozen starts to date including back-to-back victories before the break at the Sunshine Coast relishing Heavy going. At his latest he won the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) by 2.8 lengths. He also boasts good form on good tracks, so the current Slow range at Rosehill looks pretty ideal. Wider out but gate looks a non-issue. Well-weighted with 54kg for his shot at the Group 2. Two nice recent Randwick trials have him spot on. Can win. 

Theo Marks Stakes Form Guide

The Theo Marks Stakes form guide features all the must know information for punters like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

The Theo Marks Stakes form has stacked up in better spring races a number of times in recent years like Winx (2015) who went on to win the Epsom Handicap and Melbourne’s Cox Plate. The 2015 Theo Marks runner-up Sons Of John also backed-up with an Epsom Handicap third.

The 2021 Theo Marks Stakes form was franked with the third placed Big Parade winning the $500,000 Sydney Stakes on The Everest Day that October. He also ran fourth in that spring’s Winners Stakes before returning in the next autumn to finish runner-up in the Group 1 The Galaxy in 2022.

In 2022 Mr Mozart finished second in the Theo Marks Stakes as well as that year’s Silver Eagle.

2024 Theo Marks Stakes Form Guide

A link to our detailed Theo Marks Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Theo Marks Stakes Results

The Theo Marks Stakes race results have been dominated by class gallopers and future Group 1 winners in the past decade.

Notable recent Theo Marks Stakes winners include Arcadia Queen (2019), Winx (2015), More Joyous (2010), and two-time hero Racing To Win (2006 and 2009).

Kiku (2023) was the last Theo Marks Stakes winning mare.

Paratroopers (2005) was the last three-year-old Theo Marks Stakes winner.

Deploy holds the current Theo Marks Stakes race record winning in 2017 in a time of 1 minute 14:92 seconds.

Past Theo Marks Stakes Winners

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

When is the Theo Marks Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Theo Marks Stakes 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Theo Marks Stakes 2024?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.