Blamey Stakes

Ladbrokes Tip: The Futurity Stakes has produced a number of Blamey Stakes winners in recent years

The latest edition of the Blamey Stakes took place on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Flemington on Australian Guineas Day and saw the Chris Waller-trained favourite Birdman ($3.50F) salute for the punters with a huge late run up the middle to storm into Australian Cup contention. 

2026 Blamey Stakes Results

The official 2026 Blamey Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be published in full below once the Group 2 takes place at Flemington on Saturday, February 28, 2026.

Chris Waller’s progressive five-year-old stayer Birdman ($3.50F) raced up to expectations when perfectly rated by Ben Melham to soar up the middle on the home straight and charge away for a dominant 1.75 length win for the punters in Saturday’s 2026 Blamey Stakes results. Luckless last time out, he was given more room in the run second-up and relished the step up in trip to race into contention for the Group 1 Australian Cup on March 28 back at the Flemington track.

2026 Blamey Stakes Odds

The autumn’s leading Blamey Stakes 2026 betting odds will be available below the week of the race complete with links to our markets on the Group 2 Flemington feature followed by the official Blamey Stakes results after the event – so, stay tuned!

Blamey Stakes Tips

The best Blamey Stakes tips are to look for a single-figure chance with form over a mile coming out of a solid and or luckless Futurity Stakes run at Caulfield in tougher company the start before.

Favourites have a hit-and-miss record so laying the favourite if another better priced runner ticks a number of boxes is another good Blamey Stakes betting tip.

2026 Blamey Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Blamey Stakes 2026 betting tips online will be available right here a day or so out from the Flemington autumn showdown so stay tuned for the milers to back and sack in the Group 2 this season.

The Blamey Stakes is a Group 2, mile showdown that takes place at Flemington in late February or early March during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

Run at set weights plus penalties over 1600m, the mile feature has no sex or class restrictions and is open to gallopers aged three-years-old and above.

It was previously held on the same day as the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) but was recently moved to run a week earlier than ‘Super Saturday’ on the Australian Guineas Day card.

Fifty Stars (2020), who also won the 2019 Blamey, is the last galloper to complete the Blamey Stakes – Australian Cup double.

Australian Guineas Day also features the lucrative $1 million Inglis Sprint (1200m) for three-year-old graduates. 

The race offers $300,000 in prize money with the Blamey Stakes winner taking out $180,000 for connections, and the Blamey Stakes Day card runs on the same day as the Chipping Norton Stakes Day in Sydney.

The Blamey Stakes winner is now also guaranteed a start in the The All-Star Mile race in mid-March and in 2021 the Blamey winner Star Of The Seas ran a next-up sixth in the event. In 2022 Zaaki improved on a Blamey Stakes second to win that year’s All-Star Mile next start.

Blamey Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 3YOs & Up
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1955

Blamey Stakes Betting

Blamey Stakes betting markets are traditionally led by gallopers with proven form over the mile.

Horses stepping back from a Group 1 run in the Futurity Stakes are also usually popular in Blamey Stakes odds, as are those with previous winning experience at Flemington racecourse. The Futurity Stakes last produced a Blamey Stakes winner with Humidor (4th) in 2018.

Single figure hopes have a solid recent record in the race as do those that contested past editions of the event.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Nonconformist winning the event first-up at Blamey Stakes odds of $19.

Atishu ($4 in 2024) and Birdman ($3.50 in 2026) are the latest favourites in Blamey Stakes betting to win.

Blamey Stakes Field

The Blamey Stakes race field has a capacity of 16 runners plus four emergencies.

Milers come off a variety of different lead-up runs, but a drop down from Group 1 class in the Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield the previous month is a popular one.

In 2014 Lidari ran seventh in the Futurity Stakes before winning the Blamey Stakes, while the following year Suavito won the Futurity Stakes – Blamey Stakes double. Suavito also won the following year’s Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m). The 2017 Blamey Stakes winner Palentino also came off a Futurity run improving on his sixth in the lead-up, as did the 2018 champ Humidor whose Futurity lead-up was a fourth-place effort fresh.

In 2013 the Futurity Stakes also produced the Blamey Stakes winner with Whobegotyou improving on his third in the Group 1.

More recently, dual Blamey Stakes winner Fifty Stars came off a lead-up CF Orr Stakes run for both his victories running 11th in 2019 and 4th in 2020. He also returned to run second to Star Of The Seas when attempting a third straight win in the 2021 Blamey Stakes results.

In 2024 Atishu improved on her lead-up eighth fresh in the CF Orr to win the Blamey Stakes.

Blamey Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.

2026 Blamey Stakes Field

The official Blamey Stakes 2026 final field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below so bookmark this page to see what horses are in one of the last Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival features.

The Blamey Stakes 2026 final field features 10 smart milers including flying Fiorente five-year-old Apulia chasing a hat-trick after back-to-back Group 2 wins in Perth.

Flemington R7 - Tab Blamey Stakes (G2)

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Willydoit J: Declan Bates T: Ciaron Maher	x879x0	G	5	59kg
	2. Apulia J: Michael Dee T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	x11011	H	2	58kg
	3. Onesmoothoperator J: Harry Coffey T: Tim Fitzsimmons	84010x	G	10	58kg
	4. Casino Seventeen J: Billy Egan T: Gavin Bedggood	2510x9	G	7	57kg
	5. Birdman J: Ben Melham T: Chris Waller	1768x4	G	6	57kg
	6. Holymanz J: Ben Allen T: Ciaron Maher	x83153	G	1	56kg
	7. Air Assault J: Damian Lane T: Andrew Gluyas	1168x7	G	3	56kg
	8. Enxuto J: Patrick Moloney T: Robbie Griffiths	3424x3	G	4	55kg
	9. Mark Twain J: Lachlan Neindorf T: Phillip Stokes	60009x	G	8	55kg
	10. Plymouth J: Luke Currie T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	6120x4	G	9	55kg

View Results

2026 Blamey Stakes Nominations

The early Blamey Stakes 2026 nominations are announced on the Monday of race week and will be available below.

2026 Blamey Stakes nominations extended until 10:00am (AEDT) – 24/02/2026

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	64x81168x7	AIR ASSAULT	G	5	Andrew Gluyas	100
2	8x23x11011	APULIA	H	5	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	109
3	9x251768x4	BIRDMAN (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	104
4	76582510×9	CASINO SEVENTEEN	G	8	Gavin Bedggood	104
5	2122x310x	CHIEF LITTLE ROCK (IRE)	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	90
6	8x753424x3	ENXUTO	G	5	Robbie Griffiths	96
7	8237×83153	HOLYMANZ (NZ)	G	6	Ciaron Maher	102
8	31x860009x	MARK TWAIN (NZ)	G	6	Phillip Stokes	95
9	35x840x10x	ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (USA)	G	8	Tim Fitzsimmons	105
10	63x06120x4	PLYMOUTH	G	4	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	98
11	122x6110x2	SABAJ	G	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	99
12	x8591351x5	WHISKY ON THE HILL (GB)	G	6	Glen Thompson	101
13	1014x879x0	WILLYDOIT (NZ)	G	4	Ciaron Maher	103

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Blamey Stakes Form Guide

The Blamey Stakes form guide has all of the need-to-know information on the horses in the field including jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form.

The best form to follow into the race is the Futurity Stakes run the previous month over 200m shorter, which has produced more Blamey Stakes winners than any other race most recently Humidor (4th in 2018).

The Blamey Stakes form often goes on to hold up in better races throughout the year including in 2022 when the runner-up Zaaki won the All-Star Mile next start before a host of Group 1 placings and eventually a successful title defence that spring back at Flemington in the Group 1 VRC Champions Stakes (2000m).

The 2024 Blamey Stakes form was franked with the winner Atishu going on to run third next-up in the Australian Cup before a second in Sydney’s Queen Of The Turf Stakes. She also returned in the spring to win the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on Derby Day.

2026 Blamey Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Blamey Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided by punters below the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 BLAMEY STAKES FORM GUIDE

Past Blamey Stakes Results

Blamey Stakes race results in the past decade have been dominated by classy milers sitting at single figures in betting, the last double figure winner being Green Moon ($10 in 2012) who went on to win that year’s Melbourne Cup in November.

Notable recent Blamey Stakes winners include Fifty Stars (2019-20), Humidor (2018), Suavito (2015), Puissance De Lune (2013), and Whobegotyou (2011).

Marble Arch (2025) was the last Blamey Stakes winning mare.

Star filly Surround (1977) was the last three-year-old Blamey Stakes winner.

Recent Blamey Stakes Winners

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

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third	Time
2026	Birdman	Enxuto	Mark Twain	1:35.05
2025	Marble Arch	Attrition	Zardozi	1:34.42
2024	Atishu	Holymanz	Ayrton	1:36.40
2023	Nonconformist	Pounding	Bankers Choice	1:35.5
2022	Inspirational Girl	Zaaki	Corner Pocket	1:39.1
2021	Star Of The Seas	Fifty Stars	Buffalo River	1:35.1
2020	Fifty Stars	Secret Blaze	Admiral’s Joker	1:34.5
2019	Fifty Stars	So Si Bon	Cool Chap	1:35.8
2018	Humidor	Cool Chap	Hellova Street	1:36.8
2017	Palentino	Tosen Stardom	Harlem	1:35.4
2016	He Or She	The United States	Stratum Star	1:34.9
2015	Suavito	Sertorius	Kourkam	1:36.9
2014	Lidari	Foundry	Sertorius	1:38.1
2013	=1 Budriguez	=1 Puissance De Lune	Wall Street	1:36.3
2012	Green Moon	Pied A Terre	Wall Street	1:35.8
2011	Whobegotyou	Dao Dao	Fanjura	1:36.5
2010	Lord Tavistock	Vigor	Dao Dao	1:36.3
2009	Largo Lad	Playright	Just Look	1:38.1
2008	The Fuzz	Barlinnie	Orange County	1:36.9
2007	Apache Cat	Bon Hoffa	Molotov	1:37.7
2006	Rosden	Great Is Great	Roman Arch	1:33.8
2005	Grey Song	Roman Arch	Gallic	1:33.9
2004	Gold Wells	Lord Erin	Pretorius	1:36.2
2003	Walk On Air	Mr Murphy	Mr Magoo	1:35.1
2002	Tears Royal	Weasel Will	Consular	1:37.2
2001	Market Price	Emission	Second Coming	1:37.4
2000	Oliver Twist	Royal Voyage	Noircir	1:35.2

FAQ

Who won the 2026 Blamey Stakes?

The 2026 Blamey Stakes was won by five-year-old Free Eagle gelding Birdman at $3.50 favouritism for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Ben Melham aboard on 57kg from barrier 6 to win by 1.75 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:35.05.

Who won the 2025 Blamey Stakes?

The 2025 Blamey Stakes was won by Marble Arch at $5.50 for Ben, Will & JD Hayes with jockey Michael Dee aboard from barrier 6 on 53kg to salute by 2 lengths in a time of 1:34.42.

When is the Blamey Stakes 2026?

Saturday, February 28, 2026

What is the prize money for the Blamey Stakes 2026?

$300,000

Where is the Blamey Stakes 2026?

Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.

How do I bet on the 2026 Blamey Stakes?

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Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.

Which horse will win the 2026 Blamey Stakes?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Blamey Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.