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 runs on Saturday October 19, 2019.

Tristarc Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 19, 2019
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Mares – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $200,000
• 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) and Streama ($10 in 2012).

2019 Tristarc Stakes Betting

The season’s latest Tristarc Stakes 2019 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.

Tristarc Stakes Tips

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.

2019 Tristarc Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Tristarc Stakes 2019 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.

• Best Roughie: #1 Invincibella ($14) 

With all the favourites drawing wide in this year’s Tristarc Stakes, a rails draw from the Chris Waller-trained Invincibella puts this always honest six-year-old right in the mix at a nice price. She won the Dane Ripper – Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara double in Brisbane over the winter and is second-up here. Fresh she put in a good effort when fourth in the Group 2 Golden Pendant in Sydney, form that can stack-up here in Melbourne.

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.

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.

2019 Tristarc Stakes Field

The official Tristarc Stakes 2019 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.

Fifteen mares make-up the 2019 Tristarc Stakes field including Chris Waller’s Tatt’s Tiara winner Invincibella in barrier one. Race favourite Pohutukawa has a double-digit barrier (11) to overcome, while her stablemate Savatiano remains near the top of betting despite coming up with the outside gate (15).

• Scratchings: #5 Celebrity Dream (13) 

2019 Tristarc Stakes Nominations

The Tristarc Stakes 2019 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 2019 Tristarc Stakes nominations attracted 16 potential runners including Blazer Stakes placegetters Pohutukawa (2nd) and Angelic Ruler (3rd) looking to frank that form out of Flemington.

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.

2019 Tristarc Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Tristarc Stakes 2019 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).

2019 Tristarc Stakes Results

The full Tristarc Stakes 2019 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 19, 2019.

Tristarc Stakes Winners