Tramway Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Tramway Stakes is a key Epsom Handicap lead-up in the spring.

The Tramway Stakes, formerly the Tramway Handicap, is a Group 2 race held on Chelmsford Stakes Day at Royal Randwick Racecourse in early September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

The meeting is host to a trio of Group 2 races with the Tramway Stakes running on the same card as the Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) and the Furious Stakes (1200m). There is also an early $20 million The Everest lead-up race held on Chelmsford Stakes Day in the form of the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m).

2022 Tramway Stakes winner Zaaki successfully defended his title in the event as the odds-on favourite. Photo: Steve Hart.

Previously run under handicap conditions and known as the Tramway Handicap the race is now a set weights plus penalties clash contested over 1400m and offers a total of $300,000 in prize money as of 2023.

The Tramway Stakes is a key early spring lead-up for gallopers heading to bigger and better races over the carnival including the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) previously run as the George Main Stakes before being renamed and moved ahead of the 2023 edition.

The last horse to complete the Tramway Stakes – George Main Stakes double was Sincero (2011). The Tramway winner is also exempt from ballot for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) back at the track in early October.

In 2020 the Chris Waller-trained Kolding improved on his lead-up second in the Tramway behind dual champion Dreamforce to win the George Main Stakes next start.

Hauraki (2016) was the latest galloper to win the Tramway Stakes – Epsom Handicap double, the galloper finishing runner-up in the George Main between those two spring wins.

Zaaki is one of the more famous Tramway Stakes winnings going back-to-back in 2021 and 2022.

The latest edition of the Tramway Stakes ran on Saturday September 7, 2024 at Royal Randwick Racecourse and saw the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained US import, Royal Patronage ($16), make an immediate impact down under ahead of the spring majors. 

2024 Tramway Stakes Results

The official Tramway Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be published in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 7, 2024.

2024 Tramway Stakes winner Royal Patronage won his Australian race debut for the Waterhouse/Bott stable. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #12 Royal Patronage
• 2nd: #8 Amelia’s Jewel
• 3rd: #1Kovalica

Unwanted in betting, the now Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained former US galloper Royal Patronage ($16) put the writing on the wall for a big spring down under coming from an off pace run to outlast his rivals fresh in the Tramway Stakes 2024 results in Sydney. 

2024 Tramway Stakes Odds

The latest Tramway Stakes 2024 betting odds & market links will be available right here the week of the race, so bookmark this page to back your favourites in the Epsom lead-up.

Tramway Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday September 7, 2024
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1886

Tramway Stakes Betting

The Tramway Stakes odds are led each year by horses with previous good Sydney form from past campaigns. Until recently the favourites had a poor recent record in the race up before back-to-back wins by Dreamforce who started top of the odds ($3.30) in both 2019 and 2020 followed by Zaaki ($2.30 in 2021 and $1.90 in 2022) who also dually saluted for the punters.

There was another upset Tramway Stakes result in 2024 with the import Royal Patronage saluting at $16 in his first run down under. 

Runners that came off a nice earlier run at the track in the Winx Stakes also often feature high up the Tramway Stakes betting markets.

Any horses that are dominating early Epsom Handicap betting that spring often also tend to be at shorter Tramway Stakes odds for a lead-up run into the mile feature.

Tramway Stakes Field

Dual Tramway Stakes winner Dreamforce. Photo: Steve Hart.

The Tramway Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of strong middle-distance gallopers and milers looking to head into races like the George Main (now King Charles III Stakes) and Epsom Handicap also run at Randwick in the spring.

Many horses contest the Tramway Stakes first-up in their spring preparation or come off an earlier spring run in the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at the same track and distance in August.

Following a run in the Tramway Stakes field horses may return to Randwick a fortnight later for a shot at the $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) held on The Shorts Day for the first time in 2023 in place of the George Main Stakes.

2024 Tramway Stakes Field

The official Tramway Stakes 2024 Field & Barriers are announced by Racing NSW the Wednesday leading-up to Chelmsford Stakes Day, with the full line-up of Group 1-bound gallopers to be published right here.

Group 1 winning mare and WA expat Amelia’s Jewel leads betting on Saturday’s 2024 Tramway Stakes field in Sydney. 

2024 Tramway Stakes Nominations

The early Tramway Stakes 2024 Nominations close the Monday ahead of the race.

Tramway Stakes Tips

Good Tramway Stakes tips to take include looking for horses with a good Randwick record, runners that have winning form over 1400m – 1600m, gallopers that have previous Group 1 race experience from past campaigns, and those at double-figures with the favourites failing to have a strong recent record.

Another Tramway Stakes betting tip is to look at the mares in the mix with a number of female gallopers finishing in the money over the years.

2024 Tramway Stakes Tips

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

• To Win: #14 Arctic Glamour ($6.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Multiple Group 2 placed Frosted mare looks in a lovely race now to get her own victory at this level on the CV. The Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou-trained four-year-old hasn’t won since October last year, but her run fresh in the Group 2 Missile Stakes at this level was good seeing her run a very close second with improvement to come now with the first run done and dusted. 

Tramway Stakes Form Guide

The Tramway Stakes form guide features all the must-know information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

The Tramway Stakes form has also stacked up in the upcoming Group 1 races of the spring in recent years. In 2015 the Tramway Stakes runner-up Ecuador went on to finish second to Winx in the Epsom Handicap two runs later.

The previous year (2014) Lucia Valentina won the Tramway Stakes first-up before heading to Melbourne where two runs later she took out the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington and placed third in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).

In 2013 Royal Descent ran third to Malavio in the Tramway Stakes before a second to Streama in the George Main Stakes next start.

More recently, dual Tramway Stakes winner Dreamforce went on to run third and second respectively in the George Main Stakes results of 2019 and 2020.

In 2021 the Tramway Stakes winner Zaaki went on to win the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) next-up in Melbourne before a Caulfield Stakes third. He was scratched from the Cox Plate field as the favourite on race day morning before atoning during the Melbourne Cup Carnival with a consolation win in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m). Zaaki also returned for a strong 2022 autumn campaign that included a win in the $5 million The All-Star Mile (1600m).

Zaaki went back-to-back in both the Tramway Stakes and Mackinnon Stakes (run as the VRC Champions Stakes) in 2022.

Pericles won the Tramway in 2023 and franked the form with subsequent second placings in that spring’s $10 million Golden Eagle, the 2024 Futurity Stakes in Melbourne, and the 2024 Doncaster Mile. 

2024 Tramway Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Tramway Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be available for punters below the week of the race.

Tramway Stakes Results

The Tramway Stakes race results have been dominated by local Sydney-trained runners in the past 10 years.

Plenty of upsets have occurred over the last decade including Royal Patronage ($16 in 2024), Hooked ($18 in 2015), Lucia Valentina ($10 in 2014), Malavio ($21 in 2013), and Tagus ($26 in 2012).

Dreamforce ($3.30 in 2019) broke the hoodoo of favourites in the race however saluting for the punters. He successfully defended his title at the same price ($3.30) in 2020 becoming the first back-to-back winner since Grenoble (1959-60) who did so when the race was a handicap.

Zaaki also won as the favourite first-up in the 2021 Tramway Stakes results with the dual defending champion Dreamforce over-racing and running seventh that year.

Zaaki went back-to-back saluting as the odds-on favourite in the 2022 Tramway Stakes.

Other notable recent Tramway Stakes winners include Rangirangdoo (2009), Sincero (2011), and Happy Clapper (2017).

Lucia Valentina (2014) was the last Tramway Stakes winning mare.

Diamond Dane holds the current Tramway Stakes race record winning in 2001 in a time of 1 minute 18:28 seconds.

No three-year-old has won the Tramway Stakes since Farnworth (1964).

Past Tramway Stakes Winners

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

FAQ

When is the Tramway Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Tramway Stakes 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Tramway Stakes 2024?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.