Thousand Guineas Prelude 2021

Ladbrokes Tip: The Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double is a popular spring bet!

Held on a weekend in mid to late September during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Caulfield Racecourse, the Thousand Guineas Prelude is a Group 2 race open to three-year-old fillies.

The set weights plus penalties race, also known as the Tranquil Star Stakes in honour of dual Cox Plate winning mare Tranquil Star (1942, 1944), is one of five Group races at the meeting that is headlined by the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1800m). The equivalent race for colts and geldings, the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m), also runs on the same card as a lead-up to the Caulfield Guineas as does the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) for Caulfield Cup hopefuls and the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) for mares.

The Thousand Guineas Prelude is obviously the traditional preparatory run for fillies heading into the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) back at the track in three weeks. The last filly to complete the Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double was Irish Lights (2009).

The latest edition of the Thousand Guineas Prelude ran on Saturday September 18, 2021 and was won in an upset by Bon’s A Pearla at 30/1. 

2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude Results

The official Thousand Guineas Prelude 2021 results & finishing order will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 18, 2021.

• 1st: #4 Bon’s A Pearla
• 2nd: #1 Heresy
• 3rd: #5 Elusive Express

The Kevin Corstens-trained Bon’s A Pearla ($31) went to another level coming off a maiden win to score an upset over the Godolphin-raced favourite Heresy in a gun late run in the 2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude results. 

Thousand Guineas Prelude Race Info

• Date: Saturday September 18, 2021
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1983

Thousand Guineas Prelude Betting

Thousand Guineas Prelude odds are led each spring by in-form fillies coming off good lead-up form in earlier races against similar class.

A popular Thousand Guineas Prelude betting option is to back the winner to go on to win the Thousand Guineas, a punt that has paid off a number of times over the years. Fillies that ran well in lead-up races like the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington a fortnight earlier also sit high up the Thousand Guineas Prelude odds online each spring.

Instant Celebrity ($2.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in Thousand Guineas Prelude betting to get the job done.

2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude Odds

The latest Thousand Guineas Prelude 2021 betting odds and links to our Caulfield racing markets will be open below as soon as released so stay tuned for the top odds on the Thousand Guineas-bound fillies this spring.

Thousand Guineas Prelude Tips

Good Thousand Guineas Prelude tips to take to the bookies during the spring include looking for fillies coming off a lead-up win in Melbourne, runners with ability over 1400m and those drawn near the rails at Caulfield. Previous Group 1 performed fillies at the track from the autumn out of races like the Blue Diamond Stakes also make a good tip in Thousand Guineas Prelude betting each spring.

2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas Prelude 2021 betting tips and Group 2 racing picks for the Thousand Guineas lead-up race will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the fillies to lock-in for the win and to take in Group 1 futures markets on the mile feature next race.

• To Win: #1 Heresy ($2.70 at time of publish) 

The clear and deserving favourite, it’s not a great price but she’s the class filly here coming off the right form and will be hard to beat. Only a quarter-length beaten against the boys when third here last time out in the Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes and before that was also brave running second from a wide gate fresh in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes. Fit and ready to get a win on the board for the spring third-up. 

Thousand Guineas Prelude Field

The Thousand Guineas Prelude field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising middle-distance fillies heading towards a run over the mile in the Thousand Guineas.

Fillies in the Thousand Guineas Prelude field can come off a number of possible runs including the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) the month before. In 2015 Miss Gunpowder ran third in the Quezette Stakes before her Prelude win two runs later.

Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Legless Veuve (2016) scored an upset win as a $12 shot in betting. Photo Credit: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Another lead-up race is the Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m), a double last achieved by Lady Of Harrods (2012).

The likely next-up option for Thousand Guineas Prelude graduates is the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m). Jameka ran third in the Thousand Guineas Prelude in 2015 before a second to Stay With Me in that year’s Thousand Guineas. She also went on to win the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) and Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) that spring.

In 2014 the Thousand Guineas Prelude runner-up Amicus won the Thousand Guineas next start, while in 2013 the Prelude winner Gregers finished third in the Group 1 next time out. The previous year (2012) the Prelude runner-up Commanding Jewel ran second in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) next start before her Thousand Guineas success.

2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude Field

The official Thousand Guineas 2021 Prelude Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.

Ten fillies make-up the 2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude field this year led by the James Cummings-trained Heresy coming off a narrow third in the Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes against the boys at the same track. 

2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude Nominations

The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2021 Nominations are taken the Monday of race week and the list of early entries will be provided below once announced.

Thousand Guineas Prelude Form Guide

The Thousand Guineas Prelude form guide details to punters all the need-to-know information from trainers and jockeys to barriers and lead-up runs.

The Thousand Guineas Prelude form has also stacked up in tougher spring races in recent years including the Crown Oaks during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in 2015 when Prelude third-placegetter Jameka won the staying clash at Flemington three runs later. Jameka also won the 2016 Caulfield Cup, further franking the previous season’s Thousand Guineas Prelude form.

In 2020 the Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Instant Celebrity ran third in the Thousand Guineas trifecta and went on to win the 2021 Robert Sangster Stakes and run third in that year’s Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide.

2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude Form Guide

A link to our detailed Thousand Guineas Prelude 2021 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Thousand Guineas Prelude Results

The Thousand Guineas Prelude results have been dominated by single-figure chances in the past decade, but a number of fillies have managed at upset at double-figures including Lady Of Harrods ($15 in 2012), Legless Veuve ($12 in 2016), Acting ($21 in 2019) and blowout winner Bon’s A Pearla ($31 in 2021). 

Notable recent Thousand Guineas Prelude winners include Instant Celebrity (2020), Miss Gunpowder (2015), Divorces (2010), Irish Lights (2009), Ortensia (2008) and Miss Finland (2006).

Thousand Guineas Prelude Winners