Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024

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

The Thousand Guineas Prelude is a Group 2 race open to three-year-old fillies that currently runs on Caulfield Cup Day in late October during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Boogie Dancer. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

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), was formerly held in September before a number of scheduling changes to the line-up ahead of the 2023 carnival.

It now runs alongside the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) at a meeting that also features events including the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) and Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m).

The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the traditional preparatory run for fillies heading into the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) back at the track November. 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 October 19, 2024 as part of Caulfield Cup Day 2024 and saw the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Too Darn Hot filly, Too Darn Lizzie ($7.50), put two lengths on her closest rival in an improved run. 

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Results

The official Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 results & finishing order will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 19, 2024.

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Too Darn Lizzie. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #4 Too Darn Lizzie
• 2nd: #6 Zeitung
• 3rd: #3 Geegees Mistruth

The wins for sire Too Darn Hot continued on Caulfield Cup Day with an excellent front-running effort by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Too Darn Lizzie ($7.50) who put two lengths on her rivals in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 results on way to the Thousand Guineas on November 16.

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Odds

The latest Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 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 Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
• 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 earlier spring lead-up races like 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.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with Bon’s A Pearla winning at Thousand Guineas Prelude odds of $31.

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.

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 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.

A typically even Prelude field with many of the fillies coming via the same lead-up races. Have landed on Matisse who will be improving second-up and gets space without being too wide out in gate eight for Michael Dee. Fresh she was fifth in the Group 3 Champagne Stakes at The Valley. Anthony & Sam Freedman’s daughter of Microphone was just under three lengths off the winner Bellatrix Star who franked the form with her excellent Group 2 Schillaci win last weekend. Matisse was third in the Blue Diamond Preview and Prelude races only a half-length off Hayasugi in both before running seventh in the big one only 2.7 lengths off that same filly in the Group 1. Can surprise a few with an improved run here.

Thousand Guineas Prelude Field

The Thousand Guineas Prelude race 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). In 2015 Miss Gunpowder ran third in the Quezette Stakes before her Prelude win two runs later.

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.

In 2022 the Thousand Guineas Prelude third placegetter She’s Licketysplit also finished third in that year’s Thousand Guineas trifecta with a Flemington win in between in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes.

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Field

The official Thousand Guineas 2024 Prelude Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.

The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 final field features a class line-up of Group 1-bound fillies led in betting by Anthony & Sam Freedman’s Group 2 winning daughter of Tassort, Ameena.

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Nominations

The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 Nominations are taken the Monday of race week. 

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 VRC 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.

The upset 2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Bon’s A Pearla franked the form running third in the following autumn’s 2022 Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m). The form was further franked with the Prelude third place-getter Elusive Express winning the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) next start before an eye-catching fourth in that year’s Group 1 VRC Oaks results.

2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Form Guide

A link to our detailed Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Thousand Guineas Prelude Results

The Thousand Guineas Prelude race 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).

Miss Pennymoney holds the current Thousand Guineas Prelude race record winning in 1999 in a time of 1 minute 22:58 seconds.

Past Thousand Guineas Prelude Winners

Recent Thousand Guineas Prelude winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024?

What is the prize money for the Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.