Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 Betting Odds & Race Preview

The latest edition of the Edward Manifold Stakes ran on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at Flemington as part of Turnbull Stakes Day and saw the Ciaron Maher-trained Saintly Dancer ($6.50) relish a wet track for a six-length demolition job. 

The Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 is one of the premier fillies’ races of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, attracting some of Australia’s most promising three-year-old fillies to Flemington Racecourse for a crucial mile test. Run over 1600 metres at Group 2 level, the race has long served as a key lead-up to major spring targets including the Thousand Guineas and VRC Oaks, making it an important form reference for punters and racing fans alike. For those following the latest Edward Manifold Stakes odds 2026 and Edward Manifold Stakes betting 2026 markets, the race regularly showcases emerging stars on the rise and future Group 1 contenders. With leading stables targeting the feature as a spring launching pad, the Edward Manifold Stakes offers plenty of betting opportunities and valuable insights into the season’s top fillies. Stay up to date with the latest Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 betting odds, market movers, field news, and expert betting analysis right here at Ladbrokes.

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Results

The official Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be published below once the race takes place on Saturday, October 3, 2026.

Saintly Dancer ($6.50) emerged as a major Group 1 Thousand Guineas contender with a stunning six-length demolition in the 2026 Edward Manifold Stakes results at Flemington, relishing the testing Heavy (10) conditions and confirming her status as one of the spring’s most exciting three-year-old fillies. The Ciaron Maher-trained daughter of St Mark’s Basilica controlled the race from the front under Ethan Brown before putting her rivals away in dominant fashion, scoring by six lengths over Joely with Beautiful You another 3¼ lengths back in third. The eye-catching performance not only booked her place in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield on October 17 but also triggered a significant market plunge with Ladbrokes, where Saintly Dancer has firmed dramatically from $26 into $6 equal second favourite. With Maher now expected to press on towards the Guineas and Brown confident the filly is still improving, punters have quickly identified Saintly Dancer as a genuine chance to become the first filly since Amphitrite in 2018 to complete the Edward Manifold Stakes–Thousand Guineas double.

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Race Replay

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Odds & Finishing Order

The top Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 betting odds and links to our Flemington racing markets on the Group 2 race for fillies this spring will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned followed by the official finishing order after the event.

Edward Manifold Stakes Tips

Good Edward Manifold Stakes tips include taking a single-figure priced filly in the market with strong lead-up form in similar company and experience in Melbourne Group races.

Another Edward Manifold Stakes betting tip is to back a double at the bookies with the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m), formerly the Norman Robinson Stakes, on Caulfield Cup Day.

Ladbrokes Tip: Fillies might back-up from the Edward Manifold into the Thousand Guineas later in the spring

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Predictions & Best Bets

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Edward Manifold Stakes betting tips for 2026 will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the best fillies to back this spring.

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Edward Manifold Stakes Tips & Predictions: Best Bets

1 Oct • Darren Cole

We have Edward Manifold Stakes tips and predictions for the Group 2 1600m race at Flemington on Saturday. Edward Manifold Stakes odds present a very even betting field, where punters get value odds for every runner in the field. SAINTLY DANCER (9) ran second in a similar field last start behind Icelady, and there is no reason why she can’t go one better on Saturday. She showed her ability when winning earlier this preparation at Sandown, and although beaten comfortably by Pretty Baby two starts ago, she didn’t lose many admirers with that performance. Rising in distance to 1400m was ideal…

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The Edward Manifold Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies contested at Flemington Racecourse on Turnbull Stakes Day in early October. One of the earlier Group 1 race meetings of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the card is headlined by the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) for Caulfield Cup types.

The Edward Manifold is one of the key support races at the meeting and is one of three Group 2 events along with the Gilgai Stakes (1200m) and Blazer Stakes (1400m) which is currently run as the Rose Of Kingston Stakes.

Offering $300,000 in total prize money the mile clash is run at set weights and fillies often back-up in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield Racecourse. The last filly to complete the Edward Manifold – Thousand Guineas double was Amphitrite (2018).

The event also serves as a key lead-up into the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) held the Thursday after the Melbourne Cup in early November. In 2019 the Edward Manifold third placed Miami Bound went on to win the VRC Oaks later that spring.

Zardozi (2023) was the last filly to complete the Edward Manifold Stakes – VRC Oaks double.

Edward Manifold Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1932

Edward Manifold Stakes Betting

The Edward Manifold Stakes odds are led by in-form fillies, often from local Melbourne stables with previous experience the Melbourne way of racing and form up to at least 1400m.

A past win over the mile (1600m) and Group race experience in earlier campaigns also sees fillies sit higher up the Edward Manifold Stakes betting markets each spring.

A number of upsets have occurred in recent years including Se Sauver ($16 in 2013), Bring Me Roses ($17 in 2017), the massive boilover by Moonlight Maid ($41 in 2019), Zardozi ($10 in 2023), and Getta Good Feeling ($17 in 2025) so looking further down the Edward Manifold Stakes betting markets can prove profitable.

Amphitrite ($3.20 in 2018), Thermosphere ($3.60 in 2020), Elusive Express ($3.80 in 2021) and she’s Licketysplit ($3.10 in 2022) are the latest favourites in Edward Manifold Stakes betting to salute.

Edward Manifold Stakes Field

The Edward Manifold Stakes race field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising fillies displaying staying potential.

Many of the youngsters in the race are early into their Spring Carnival campaigns and come off a non-Black Type lead-up, while others previously may have had a run in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) in late September. Elusive Express (3rd in 2021), She’s Licketysplit (3rd in 2022) and Saintly Dancer (2nd in 2026) are the last Edward Manifold Stakes winners to come off a Thousand Guineas Prelude run.

Fillies often use the race as a lead-up to the Thousand Guineas and in 2015 the Edward Manifold Stakes winner Badawiya ran third in the Group 1 next start, while the 2011 winner Mosheen ran second to Atlantic Jewel in that year’s Thousand Guineas before going on to win the VRC Oaks. In 2018 Amphitrite completed the Edward Manifold Stakes / Thousand Guineas double.

In 2021 Yearning improved on her Edward Manifold Stakes second to win the Thousand Guineas next-up, while that year’s Edward Manifold winner Elusive Express finished runner-up in the Group 1 event reversing the quinella.

In 2023 the Thousand Guineas moved from the weekend after the Edward Manifold Stakes to late November.

Runners may also be progressing towards a November run in Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. In 2013 the Edward Manifold Stakes third placegetter Solicit ran second in the Ethereal Stakes, third in the Wakeful Stakes and third in that season’s VRC Oaks.

In 2017 Bring Me Roses won the Edward Manifold and later ran second in the VRC Oaks quinella.

The 2019 VRC Oaks results featured two of the fillies from the Edward Manifold Stakes trifecta. Oaks winner Miami Bound improved on her third, while the upset Edward Manifold winner ran a brave third in the Group 1.

Zardozi won the Edward Manifold – VRC Oaks double in 2023 with a Wakeful Stakes second on Derby Day in between.

The Edward Manifold Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Sunday with the final field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday of that week.

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Field

The official Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 Final Field & Barriers will be published below once acceptances close the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what fillies make the cut in the Thousand Guineas and VRC Oaks lead-up.

The 2026 Edward Manifold Stakes final field features a bumper line-up of three-year-old fillies led in betting by Profligate coming off a third in the Thousand Guineas Prelude.

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Nominations

The early Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 Nominations are out the Monday ahead of the event and will be published below once announced by Racing Victoria.

Edward Manifold Stakes Form Guide

The Edward Manifold Stakes form guide features all the must-know information on the race and its runners including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the fillies in the field.

The Edward Manifold Stakes form has stacked up in other Group races during the carnival season many times including in 2015 when the third placegetter My Poppette won the Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m) on Cox Plate Day next start.

In recent years the Edward Manifold Stakes form has also proved that to follow into the Caulfield Classic. In 2014 Fontein Ruby completed the double and the Edward Manifold third place-getter Crafty ran second in the same Group 3 back-up.

The Edward Manifold Stakes 2021 form was franked with the runner-up Yearning going on to beat the winner Elusive Express in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas results. The Edward Manifold third-placed Glint Of Hope meanwhile returned in 2022 to win Adelaide’s Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) the following autumn.

The 2022 Edward Manifold Stakes form was franked with the winner She’s Licketysplit running a next-up third in that year’s Thousand Guineas trifecta.

The 2023 Edward Manifold Stakes form was franked with the winner Zardozi running a next-up second in that year’s Wakeful Stakes before her Group 1 VRC Oaks victory.

The 2025 Edward Manifold Stakes winner Getta Good Feeling went on to frank the form with a Thousand Guineas third and Group 2 Wakeful Stakes victory at her next two starts.

2026 Edward Manifold Stakes Form Guide

A link to our insider Edward Manifold Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Past Edward Manifold Stakes Results

The Edward Manifold Stakes race results have been dominated by single-priced fillies coming off a Thousand Guineas Prelude over the past 10 years that the event has been running.

Notable recent Edward Manifold Stakes winners include subsequent VRC Oaks winner Zardozi (2023), Amphitrite (2018), Badawiya (2015), Mosheen (2011), Serenade Rose (2005), and Alinghi (2004).

She’s Licketysplit holds the current Edward Manifold Stakes race record winning over 1600m in 2022 in a time of 1 minute 35.41 seconds.

In 2026 Saintly Dancer won the Edward Manifold Stakes by a record six lengths.

Recent Edward Manifold Stakes Winners

Recent Edward Manifold Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.