The latest edition of the Bobbie Lewis Quality ran on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Flemington Racecourse as a lead-up to the carnival’s major Group 1 sprit races and was won in a half-length upset by the seven-year-old Richard & Chantelle Jolly-trained Losesomewinmore ($12).
The Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026 is a spring straight track staple at Flemington, and in 2026 it again gives punters a prime early look at the sprinters ready to make an impact across the Melbourne carnival. This 1200m Group 2 sets the tone for the major sprints ahead, attracting fresh horses with sharp trial form, seasoned Group performers returning to their pet trip, and straight track specialists who thrive down the famous Flemington run. With big fields, genuine tempo and plenty of early value, the Bobbie Lewis Quality is a must bet race for punters chasing strong form lines to follow into the spring Group 1 sprints and market movers. Stay tuned for our Bobbie Lewis Quality tips, odds updates and runner insights as the spring sprinting ranks begin to take shape.
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Results
The official Bobbie Lewis Quality results for 2026 and complete finishing order on the Group 2 event will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday, September 12, 2026.
- #13 Losesomewinmore
- #3 Hedged
- #12 Enxuto
Losesomewinmore ($12) delivered a shock victory in the 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality results, storming up the Flemington straight under Craig Williams to edge out Hedged and roughie Enuxto in a tight finish, stopping the clock in 1:08.98. Sticking to the inside after Williams judged the track “pretty even”, the Richard and Chantelle Jolly‑trained gelding thrived with just 53kg, extending his strong Flemington record and confirming the Gilgai Stakes as the logical next step. With eight wins from 18 starts and a proven straight‑track profile, he now shapes as a key Ladbrokes spring sprint player.
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Race Replay
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Odds & Finishing Order
The top Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026 odds for this season along with direct links to our top Flemington racing markets will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned to get behind your favourite spring sprinters, followed by the official finishing order after the event.
Bobbie Lewis 2026 Results
| 13. Losesomewinmore (4) 53kg01453 | |||
| 3. Hedged (3) 57.5kg326×5 | |||
| 12. Enxuto (1) 53kg2396x | |||
| 2. Arkansaw Kid (2) 57.5kg73×30 | |||
| 5. Oliveanotherday (7) 57kg111×1 | |||
| 1. Desert Lightning (5) 59kg180×6 | |||
| 4. King Of Roseau (8) 57.5kgx100x | |||
| 8. Enriched (14) 53.5kg200×5 | |||
| 14. De Bergerac (12) 53kg22136 | |||
| 7. Disneck (6) 53.5kg160×6 | |||
| 15. Royal Insignia (11) 53kg75622 | |||
| 9. Recon (10) 53.5kg160×6 | |||
| 11. Wonder Boy (13) 53kg1218x | |||
| 6. Abounding (9) 55.5kg7109x | |||
| 10. Catch The Glory (4)SCRATCHED: | |||
Bobbie Lewis Quality Tips
Bobbie Lewis Quality tips include looking for sprinters with previous winning form at Flemington down the famous straight track, in-form runners coming off nice runs in late winter / early spring and those with a good 1200m record. If horses are kicking off their Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival campaigns in the race, a good Bobbie Lewis Quality betting tip is to check their first-up record.
Any classy sprinters that contested the previous year’s Bobbie Lewis often make a nice bet if they’re in form and returning for another run in the same spring showdown.
Ladbrokes Tip: The Bobbie Lewis is a nice lead-up to the Group 1 sprints in Melbourne over the spring
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Predictions & Best Bets
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026 betting tips and exotic Flemington racing selections will be detailed below a couple of days out from the race so you have a guide on the sprinters to back and sack in the spring showdown this season.
| 5. Oliveanotherday (7) 57kg111×1 |
| 4. King Of Roseau (8) 57.5kgx100x |
| 3. Hedged (3) 57.5kg326×5 |
Latest News
The Bobbie Lewis Quality is a Group 2 sprint held at Flemington Racecourse on Makybe Diva Stakes Day during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Run on a Saturday in early to mid-September each year, the quality handicap clash is open to horses aged four-years-old and above and is contested over 1200m.
The event is held at the same meeting as the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m), and the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) for Melbourne Cup hopefuls.
Offering $300,000 in total prize money, the Bobbie Lewis Quality is a good lead-up race into the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The last galloper to complete the Bobbie Lewis Quality – Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes double was Bon Hoffa (2007).
It is also a nice lead-up to the Group 1 sprint races over the carnival including the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) back at HQ over the Cup Carnival, an event won in 2022 by the Bobbie Lewis Quality runner-up Roch ‘N’ Horse.
Bobbie Lewis Quality Race Info
- Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Track: Flemington Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 4YOs + Up – Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1974
Bobbie Lewis Quality Betting
Bobbie Lewis Quality betting is led each spring by class sprinters with good lead-up form in similar company Melbourne races. Horses with proven ability down the Flemington straight and in tougher class races from other campaigns also sit high up the Bobbie Lewis Quality odds.
Single-figure hopefuls have a good Bobbie Lewis Quality record, but outsiders have also proved value bets in recent years including Losesomewinmore ($12 in 2026), Baller ($21 in 2022), Splintex ($13 in 2021), Speediness ($20 in 2013) and Lone Rock ($21 in 2011).
The latest favourites in Bobbie Lewis Quality betting to salute for the punters are Redkirk Warrior ($4 in 2017) followed by Zoutori ($4.60EF in 2020) and Arkansaw Kid ($3.20 in 2025).
Bobbie Lewis Quality Field
The Bobbie Lewis Quality race field attracts a line-up of the spring’s top sprinters and middle-distance gallopers. Many come off earlier spring runs in Melbourne in lead-up races like the Group 3 The Heath 1100 (1100m) at Caulfield the previous month.
Arkansaw Kid (2nd in 2025) was the last The Heath 1100 graduate to win the Bobbie Lewis at his next start.
Another possible lead-up run is the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) over the same track / distance a month before. In 2013 Temple Of Boom ran second in both the Aurie’s Star and the Bobbie Lewis Quality, he was also runner-up in the 2014 Bobbie Lewis Quality.
Runners out of the Bobbie Lewis Quality field often back-up in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes or are saved for the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) the next month back at Flemington.
Zoutori (2020) was the last horse to do the Bobbie Lewis Quality – Gilgai Stakes double having also won the 2019 edition of the Bobbie Lewis.
In 2022 the Bobbie Lewis winner Baller ran thirds in both the Gilgai Stakes and Group 1 VRC Champions Sprint, while the second-placed mare Roch ‘N’ Horse ran second in the Gilgai before her shock win in the Group 1 during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Field
The official Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be provided below as soon as released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to race day.
The Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026 final field features 15 smart sprinters including Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman’s Group 1 The Goodwood champ Desert Lightning and the flying Tom Dabernig-trained Oliveanotherday chasing a sixth win on the trot after taking out the Caulfield’s Group 3 The Heath 1100 Stakes first-up.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Desert Lightning
J: Luke Nolen
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
4180x6 | G | 5 | 59kg | |
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2. Arkansaw Kid
J: Mark Zahra
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
273x30 | G | 2 | 57.5kg | |
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3. Hedged
J: Blake Shinn
T: Gavin Bedggood |
1326x5 | G | 3 | 57.5kg | |
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4. King Of Roseau
J: Tom Sherry
T: Peter Snowden |
1x100x | G | 8 | 57.5kg | |
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5. Oliveanotherday
J: Harry Coffey
T: Tom Dabernig |
1111x1 | G | 7 | 57kg | |
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6. Abounding
J: Ethan Brown
T: Robert Heathcote |
67109x | M | 9 | 55.5kg | |
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7. Disneck
J: Jason Collett
T: Bjorn Baker |
x160x6 | G | 6 | 53.5kg | |
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8. Enriched
J: Jye Mcneil
T: Michael Freedman |
7200x5 | H | 14 | 53.5kg | |
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9. Recon
J: Michael Dee
T: Pat Carey & Harris Walker |
5160x6 | G | 10 | 53.5kg | |
| 10. Catch The Glory (4) Scratched: | |||||
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11. Wonder Boy
J: Craig Newitt
T: Jerome Hunter |
21218x | G | 13 | 53kg | |
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12. Enxuto
J: Patrick Moloney
T: Robbie Griffiths |
32396x | G | 1 | 53kg | |
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13. Losesomewinmore
J: Craig Williams
T: Richard & Chantelle Jolly |
x01453 | G | 4 | 53kg | |
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14. De Bergerac
J: Declan Bates
T: Grahame Begg |
622136 | G | 12 | 53kg | |
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15. Royal Insignia
J: Luke Cartwright
T: Grahame Begg |
x75622 | G | 11 | 53kg | |
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Nominations
The Bobbie Lewis Quality nominations for 2026 close on the Monday leading-up to Makybe Diva Stakes Day and will be available below in full.
Bobbie Lewis Quality Form Guide
The Bobbie Lewis Quality form guide details crucial information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of all the horses in the race. Check the guide for horses coming off a last start run in the top three and those whose records over the track / distance are solid.
The Bobbie Lewis Quality form has stacked up in better spring races many times over the years including the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, a Group 1 race Toorak Toff won in 2011 after a first-up fifth to Lone Rock in the Bobbie Lewis that season.
The next year (2012), We’re Gonna Rock won the Bobbie Lewis before a second in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and third at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m).
More recently the 2017 Bobbie Lewis Quality winner Redkirk Warrior went on to win the following autumn’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning – Newmarket Handicap double at Flemington.
Dual Bobbie Lewis Quality champion Zoutori (2019, 2020) also franked the form the next year taking out the Group 1 Newmarket in 2021.
Star Patrol’s victory in the Bobbie Lewis Stakes in 2023 was further validated by his next-up Group 2 Gilgai Stakes victory and the subsequent performances of his rivals. The runner-up, King Of Sparta, won the $1 million Magic Millions Sprint in January 2024, while third-placed Benedetta captured the Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide the following May. These strong performances solidify the Bobbie Lewis Quality’s impressive form.
Often runners out of the Bobbie Lewis in the spring return the following autumn to target more top-level sprint races. This was the case in the 2024-25 season when the Bobbie Lewis runner-up, Skybird, returned to HQ in February of 2025 and scored a huge upset in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning at $25!
2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past Bobbie Lewis Quality Results
The Bobbie Lewis Quality race results have been a mixed bag over the past decade with an almost even split between the favourites and roughie hopes.
Notable recent Bobbie Lewis Quality winners include back-to-back winner Zoutori (2019-20), Redkirk Warrior (2017), Chautauqua (2014), Swift Alliance (2009), and dual champion Bon Hoffa (2007-08).
Lone Rock (2011) was the last Bobbie Lewis Quality winning mare.
Chautauqua holds the current Bobbie Lewis Quality race record winning over 1200m in 2014 in a time of 1 minute 08.11 seconds.
Arkansaw Kid (2024-25) was the last dual Bobbie Lewis Quality winner.
Recent Bobbie Lewis Quality Winners
Recent Bobbie Lewis Quality winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Losesomewinmore | Hedged | Enxuto | 1:08.98 |
| 2025 | Arkansaw Kid | Star Patrol | Media World | 1:08.93 |
| 2024 | Arkansaw Kid | Skybird | Buenos Noches | 1:12.21 |
| 2023 | Star Patrol | King Of Sparta | Benedetta | 1:09.19 |
| 2022 | Baller | Roch ‘N’ Horse | Swats That | 1:11.60 |
| 2021 | Splintex | Away Game | The Astrologist | 1:09.6 |
| 2020 | Zoutori | Banquo | Tofane | 1:09.2 |
| 2019 | Zoutori | Parsifal | Dothraki | 1:08.3 |
| 2018 | Dothraki | First Among Equals | Kemono | 1:09.8 |
| 2017 | Redkirk Warrior | Scales Of Justice | Land Of Plenty | 1:09.9 |
| 2016 | Faatinah | Tivaci | We’ve Got This | 1:09.1 |
| 2015 | Churchill Dancer | Under The Louvre | Gregers | 1:08.8 |
| 2014 | Chautauqua | Temple Of Boom | In Cahoots | 1:08.1 |
| 2013 | Speediness | Temple Of Boom | Albrecht | 1:09.4 |
| 2012 | We’re Gonna Rock | Spirit Of Boom | Title | 1:10.8 |
| 2011 | Lone Rock | Bel Sprinter | Danzylum | 1:08.8 |
| 2010 | Doubtful Jack | Beltrois | About Ready | 1:11.4 |
| 2009 | Swift Alliance | Gold Salute | Chasm | 1:09.9 |
| 2008 | Bon Hoffa | Grand Duels | Orange County | 1:09.8 |
| 2007 | Bon Hoffa | Swick | Flash Trick | 1:10.3 |
| 2006 | Bel Danoro | Perfectly Ready | Volitant | 1:09.6 |
| 2005 | Wildly | Calveen | Classiconi | 1:09.3 |
| 2004 | Face Value | Via De Lago | Scaredee Cat | 1:11.0 |
| 2003 | Titanic Jack | Bomber Bill | The Big Chill | 1:09.8 |
| 2002 | Chong Tong | Rubitano | Royal Code | 1:10.9 |
| 2001 | Scenic Peak | Calm Smytzer =2 | Dash For Cash =2 | 1:06.7 |
| 2000 | Ruthless Tycoon | Porto Roca | Manner Hill | 1:12.5 |
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Which horse will win the 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Bobbie Lewis Quality is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors).
Check out Ladbrokes in the lead up to the race for full form information.
When is the Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026?
The 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality is set to run at Flemington on Saturday September 12 at the start of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. It is scheduled as Flemington Race 7 at 3:40pm (AEST) on the 10-race card.
What is the prize money for the Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026?
The 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality prize money is set at $300,000 which is paid from 1st to 8th place including $180,000 going to the Bobbie Lewis Quality winner.
Where is the Bobbie Lewis Quality 2026?
The 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality is set to run a Melbourne's famous Flemington Racecourse, home to many iconic races including the Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November annually, which is located at 448 Epsom Road, Flemington, VIC.
What distance is the Bobbie Lewis Quality run over?
The Bobbie Lewis Quality is run over 1200 metres, making it one of Flemington’s signature straight‑track sprints of the early spring. The trip is a key factor in Bobbie Lewis Quality betting, with punters typically favouring horses proven down the straight or sprinters with strong fresh 1200m form heading into the carnival.
How many horses run in the Bobbie Lewis Quality?
The Bobbie Lewis Quality typically draws a capacity field of around 16 runners down the Flemington straight, making it one of the more competitive Group 2 sprints of the early spring. Big fields and straight track racing mean plenty of betting angles, and Bobbie Lewis Quality betting markets often stay wide open until late, giving Ladbrokes punters strong value across the board.
Who won the 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality?
The 2026 Bobbie Lewis Quality was won by seven-year-old All Too Hard gelding Losesomewinmore at $12 for trainers Richard & Chantelle Jolly with jockey Craig Williams aboard on 53kg from barrier 4 to win by 0.46 lengths in a time of 1:08.98 on a Good (3) track.
Who won the 2025 Bobbie Lewis Quality?
The 2025 Bobbie Lewis Quality was won by five-year-old Harry Angel gelding Arkansaw Kid who successfully defended his title at $3.20 favouritism for Ben, Will & JD Hayes with jockey Blake Shinn aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 2 to win by 0.5 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:08.93.