Ladbrokes Tip: The Tristarc Stakes is a traditional Empire Rose Stakes lead-up in the spring

The Tristarc Stakes is a Group 2 support race on the Caulfield Cup Day card at Caulfield Racecourse in mid-late October each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) and along with the Tristarc Stakes the other Group 2 feature on the program is the Caulfield Sprint (1000m). Run over 1400m under set weights plus penalties, the Tristarc Stakes is open only to mares aged four-years-old and above and offers $300,000 in total prize money.

The Tristarc Stakes makes a nice lead-up into the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The last mare to complete the Tristarc Stakes – Myer Classic double was Red Tracer (2013).

The latest edition of the Tristarc Stakes ran on Saturday October 17, 2020 and was won in an upset by Madam Rouge. 

2020 Tristarc Stakes Results

The full Tristarc Stakes 2020 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 17, 2020.

• 1st: #2 Madam Rouge
• 2nd: # She Shao Fly
• 3rd: #4 Felicia

Jockey Ben Melham made it a hat-trick of wins in the last on Caulfield Cup Day saluting in the 2020 Tristarc Stakes results aboard Chris Waller’s potential Empire Rose Stakes-bound Madam Rouge ($10).

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ben Melham		3	57kg		$10
	2	6	SHE SHAO FLY	Kevin Corstens	Jamie Kah	0.3L	4	55kg		$7.50
	3	4	FELICIA	Dean Binaisse	Craig Williams	0.5L	6	57kg		$3.40
	4	8	THE CLOSER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	1.75L	8	55kg		$31
	5	1	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	2.15L	7	58kg		$4.80
	6	3	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2.25L	2	57kg		$3F
	7	5	INTO THE ABYSS	John Thompson	Damian Lane	2.45L	5	55kg		$41
	8	9	RICH HIPS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Dee	2.65L	1	55kg		$20
		7	BENITOITE	Clinton McDonald	Billy Egan		0

   Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Tristarc Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 17, 2020
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Mares – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1982

Tristarc Stakes Odds & Betting

Tristarc Stakes odds are led each season by quality mares with proven Melbourne form, ability over 1400m – 1600m and those coming off a run in a lead-up race like the Blazer Stakes.

Upsets are not uncommon however and recent winners to jump at double-figures in Tristarc Stakes betting include La Passe ($26 in 2015),  Streama ($10 in 2012) and Madam Rouge ($10 in 2020).

2020 Tristarc Stakes Betting

The season’s latest Tristarc Stakes 2020 odds and links to our Tristarc Stakes betting markets will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best prices on the Empire Rose Stakes-bound mares this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Good Tristarc Stakes tips include looking for a mare coming off a top three run in Group company, runners with winning form over the distance and Group 1 performers.

The favourites only have a fair strike rate in the race so looking further down the markets for a mare that ran well last time out at double figures is also a nice Tristarc Stakes betting tip to consider.

2020 Tristarc Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Tristarc Stakes 2020 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the mares to back and sack in the Caulfield Cup Day support act this season.

Tristarc Stakes Field

The Tristarc Stakes field attracts a collection of the season’s top middle-distance mares many eyeing a Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (formerly known as the Myer Classic) run over the mile on Derby Day a fortnight later.

The traditional lead-up into the Tristarc Stakes field is Flemington’s Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) run over the same distance two weeks earlier.

La Passe (2015) was the last mare to complete the Blazer Stakes – Tristarc Stakes double. That same year Jessy Belle ran third in both races. More recently, Savatiano (2019) won the Tristarc Stakes improving on a lead-up fourth in the Blazer.

Red Tracer (2013) was the last mare to complete the Tristarc Stakes – Myer Classic spring double. Photo Credit: Race Horse Photos Australia.

Many mares coming out of the Tristarc Stakes field go on to run in the Myer Classic. In 2014 Sweet Idea won the Group 2 before a second to Bonaria in the Myer Classic next start. That same year Catkins ran third in both races. Tristarc Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday followed by the final acceptances and barriers released on the Wednesday.

2020 Tristarc Stakes Field

The official Tristarc Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be released on the Wednesday of race week and detailed in full below so stay tuned to see what mares line-up in the capacity 16-starter Tristarc Stakes field.

Nine mares make-up the 2020 Tristarc Stakes field in the last on Caulfield Cup Day including the ultra-consistent Felicia (7) who won the Group 3 How Now here two back and the WA raider Perfect Jewel (3) to be ridden by William Pike fresh off his Group 1 double at the track last Saturday.

• Scratched: #7 Benitoite (1)

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Tristarc Stakes Nominations

The Tristarc Stakes 2020 Nominations are first taken on the Monday leading-up to Caulfield Cup week and the full list of early entries will be available below once released.

The 2020 Tristarc Stakes nominations attracted 16 in-form mares led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained Madam Rouge and also featuring last start Blazer Stakes winner Sierra Sue.

   Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Tristarc Stakes Form Guide

The Tristarc Stakes form guide gives punters all the crucial information from trainers, jockeys and barriers to the lead-up runs and track / distance records of the mares in the race.

In recent years the Tristarc Stakes form has held-up in the Myer Classic including in 2013 when Red Tracer completed the double for her Sydney trainer Chris Waller. Red Tracer also ran third in the 2012 Tristarc Stakes.

2020 Tristarc Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Tristarc Stakes 2020 Form Guide will be available for punters the week of the race.

Tristarc Stakes Results

The Tristarc Stakes results have been a mixed bag between single and double figure winners, but many of the successful mares have gone on to win in Group 1 company.

Notable recent Tristarc Stakes winners include Global Glamour (2018), Sweet Idea (2014), Red Tracer (2013), Streama (2012), More Joyous (2011) and Typhoon Tracy (2009).

Tristarc Stakes Winners