Vain Stakes 2022

Ladbrokes Tip: Vain Stakes horses can go on to run in the Coolmore Stud Stakes

The Vain Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-old colts and geldings run during August at Caulfield Racecourse during the early stages of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions the race takes place over a short sprint distance of 1100m and offers $200,000 in total prize money. This is one of two Group 3 races on the Caulfield card for PB Lawrence Stakes Day along with the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m), which is the fillies’ equivalent.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m). The Vain Stakes is a good early season lead-up for three-year-olds heading towards tougher sprint races over the carnival including the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington Racecourse on Victoria Derby Day. The last horse to complete the Vain Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double was Sepoy (2011).

In 2019 the Vain Stakes winner Bivouac went on to win Sydney’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes that preparation and finished runner-up in the Coolmore Stud Stakes. He also returned in the autumn of 2020 to win the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) down the famous Flemington ‘Straight Six’.

The next edition of the Vain Stakes runs on Saturday August 13, 2022. 

2022 Vain Stakes Results

The official Vain Stakes 2022 Results & Finishing Order will be announced below once the Group 3 race is run and won on Saturday August 13, 2022.

• 1st: #6 Giga Kick ($4.00)
• 2nd: #5 Alpha One
• 3rd: #3 Millane

Vain Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday August 13, 2022
• Track: Caulfield
• Distance: 1100m
• Conditions: 3YO Colts & Geldings – Set weights plus Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1992

Vain Stakes Betting

Vain Stakes betting markets open the Wednesday before the race following the field and barrier draw for the Group 3 sprint showdown. Each year the Vain Stakes odds are led by resuming three-year-olds with a good first-up record that have previous experience over the distance.

Melbourne runners and past Caulfield performers that had a good two-year-old season last time in also sit high up the race’s betting odds. Upsets are not uncommon and the last winner to jump at double-figures in the Vain Stakes markets was Our Playboy ($12 in 2020).

Bivouac ($3 in 2019) was the last favourite in Vain Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2022 Vain Stakes Odds

The best P.B. Lawrence Stakes Day betting markets on the Group 3 Vain Stakes 2022 will be available right here as soon as Vain Stakes betting opens.

Vain Stakes Field

2019 Vain Stakes champion Bivouac. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Vain Stakes graduates have a host of next-up options including the Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) at the same track / distance a fortnight later, a double last completed by Gold Symphony (2015). In 2013 the runner-up Fast ‘N’ Rocking also backed-up to win the McNeil Stakes two weeks later.

The Vain Stakes field attracts a line-up of smart young male sprinters heading towards other similar Group events for their age group over the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Most of the three-year-old colts and geldings in the field are contesting the race first-up off a winter spell.

The Vain Stakes nominations close the Monday of race week followed by the release of the final field and barriers on the Wednesday before the Group 3 runs on the Saturday.

2022 Vain Stakes Field

The official Vain Stakes 2022 Final Field & Barrier Draw for the Coolmore Stud Stakes spring lead-up will be published below following acceptances.

2022 Vain Stakes Nominations

The early Vain Stakes 2022 nominations are taken by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week and will be detailed below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x251x	SEMILLION	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	1	58kg		86
2	54x11x	CANNONBALL	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	2	57kg		72
3	1x	MILLANE	C	3	Peter G Moody	3	57kg		72
4	4×3111	THRON BONE	G	3	Jerome Hunter	4	56kg		79
5	634×111	ALPHA ONE	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	5	56kg		73
6	129x	STUPENDO	C	3	Danny O’Brien	6	56kg		68
7	1×1	GIGA KICK	G	3	Clayton Douglas	7	56kg		69
8	1x520x	MAN IN THE MIRROR	C	3	Annabel Neasham	8	56kg		71
9	5x3813x	SPACEWALK	C	3	James Cummings	9	56kg		69
10	23×221	EROS	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	10	56kg		62
11	61x	LATVIAN	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	11	56kg		66
12	1	KEITEL	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	12	56kg		63
13	4x	GREAT BARRIER REEF	C	3	Chris Waller	13	56kg		61
14		BEWS	C	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	14	56kg		61

Vain Stakes Tips

Good Vain Stakes tips to consider before placing your spring bets include looking at resuming runners with a strong record when fresh, past winners over the distance and youngsters with form the Melbourne way of going.

Favourites also have a strong recent record in the race so sticking with the punters’ pick is also a top Vain Stakes betting tip with Tony Nicconi ($2.15 in 2018) and Bivouac ($3 in 2019) going back-to-back for the punters’ picks.

2022 Vain Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Vain Stakes 2022 betting tips for the Group 3 on PB Lawrence Stakes Day will be detailed below the week of the race.

• To Win: TBD

Vain Stakes Form Guide

The Vain Stakes form guide is released as soon as the field of final acceptors is out the week of the race and features crucial information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the line-up.

The Vain Stakes form has stacked up in other Melbourne Group races many times in recent years including the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington the next month with Jukebox (2017) recently backing-up from his Vain Stakes success to run second in the Danehill.

In 2011 Sepoy won the Vain Stakes – Danehill Stakes double and also went on to win three more times later in the Carnival including in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley and the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

More recently the 2021 Vain Stakes winner Ingratiating went on to run third in that year’s Manikato Stakes trifecta.

Another key race to follow the Vain Stakes form line through to is the lucrative Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) held on the Wednesday of the Caulfield Cup Carnival. In 2017 the Vain Stakes winner Jukebox ran second in the Blue Sapphire, while Tony Nicconi ran third in the race a year later following his Vain Stakes success in 2018.

2022 Vain Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Ladbrokes’ Vain Stakes 2022 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Vain Stakes Results

The Vain Stakes results have been dominated by single-figure favourites with the most notable recent Vain Stakes winners being: Sepoy (2011);  Russian Revolution (2016) who went on to win the Group 1 The Galaxy (2017) and Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (2018); and Bivouac (2019) who won that season’s Golden Rose Stakes (2019) and the following year’s Newmarket Handicap (2020).

Vain Stakes Winners