The latest edition of the Futurity Stakes took place on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at Caulfield Racecourse as part of Blue Diamond Day and saw the Bjorn Baker-trained Pericles ($5.50) finally break through for his maiden Group 1 victory.
2026 Futurity Stakes Results
The official Futurity Stakes Results 2026 and Finishing Order will be published below when the race is run and won on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
- #1 Pericles
- #2 Buckaroo
- #7 Treasurethe Moment
Pericles ($5.50) set himself up for a clash with the fellow Godolphin raced Tom Kitten in next month’s Group 1 All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington after returning an impressive first-up winner in the 2026 Futurity Stakes results at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Day. In his first run since placing second to Ceolwulf in the spring’s Champions Mile (1600m) at HQ, Pericles put the writing on the wall for a big autumn when given a perfectly timed ride by big race specialist Craig Williams to charge down the heavily backed favourite Treasurethe Moment and secure his first elite-level success at his 16th start.
2026 Futurity Stakes Odds & Results
The Futurity Stakes 2026 betting odds will be available below as soon as markets on the Blue Diamond Stakes Day support act are out followed by the official Futurity Stakes results after the event.
| 1. Pericles (3) J: Craig Williams 59kg 1342xT: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 2. Buckaroo (4) J: Jye Mcneil 59kg 2320xT: Chris Waller | ||
| 7. Treasurethe Moment (5) J: Damian Lane 57kg 2234xT: Matt Laurie | ||
| 3. Evaporate (6) J: Jamie Melham 59kg 1233xT: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 9. Leica Lucy (8) J: Ethan Brown 57kg x432xT: Chris Waller | ||
| 5. Watch Me Rock (1) J: William Pike 59kg 3112xT: Mark Walker | ||
| 6. Feroce (2) J: Billy Egan 59kg 380×2T: Dominic Sutton | ||
| 4. Veight (7) J: Luke Currie 59kg x0x23T: Tony & Calvin Mcevoy |
Futurity Stakes Tips
The best Futurity Stakes tips are to look for horses coming off a Group race win and to look for horses drawn in barriers 4 – 6 as those gates produced seven winners between 2010 and 2026.
Other good Futurity Stakes betting tips include backing the favourite and steering away from runners that didn’t have their final lead-up in a Melbourne race. That said, in 2019 Alizee saluted for the punters on the back of a lead-up Group 2 Expressway Stakes win in Sydney.
2026 Futurity Stakes Tips
Our insider Ladbrokes’ Futurity Stakes 2026 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack in the autumn Group 1.
| 7. Treasurethe Moment (5) J: Damian Lane 57kg 2234xT: Matt Laurie |
| 5. Watch Me Rock (1) J: William Pike 59kg 3112xT: Mark Walker |
| 4. Veight (7) J: Luke Currie 59kg x0x23T: Tony & Calvin Mcevoy |
The Futurity Stakes is one of three Group 1 Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival features traditionally held at Caulfield Racecourse on Blue Diamond Stakes Day in late February each year. The weight-for-age feature runs over 1400m and offers $750,000 in total prize money.
There are three elite level races at the meeting, which is headlined by the two-year-olds facing off in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).
Previously, the traditional lead-up race into the Futurity Stakes was the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) which was conducted at the same track and distance a fortnight earlier before the Orr moved to the spring in November of 2025.
From 2013-20 five of the Futurity Stakes winners came off a CF Orr Stakes run, including Black Heart Bart (2017) who did the double and the also Darren Weir-trained Brave Smash (2018) who improved on a lead-up third on the Orr Stakes.
In 2022 the CF Orr winner Tofane went on to run third in that year’s Futurity Stakes results.
More recently, Sierra Sue improved on a lead-up fourth to score an upset win in the 2022 Futurity Stakes at $14.
In 2024 Mr Brightside became the latest horse to complete the CF Orr Stakes – Futurity Stakes double.
Mr Brightside returned in 2025 to improve on a second in the CF Orr Stakes to successfully defend his Futurity Stakes double.
The Futurity Stakes also serves as a key guide to the now Group 1 All-Star Mile field each autumn.
Futurity Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $750,000
- First Run: 1897
Futurity Stakes Betting
Futurity Stakes betting is normally dominated by horses coming off a win with all but six of the 17 Futurity Stakes winners from 2010-26 not having won their lead-up race.
Probabeel (2021) backing up from a Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes success to take out the feature, the resuming Champions Mile winner from the spring prior Alligator Blood (2023), and last start CF Orr champ Mr Brightside (2024) who did the double are the most recent last start winners to take out the Futurity Stakes.
Mr Brightside (2nd in 2025) for his second Futurity Stakes success was the last CF Orr graduate to take out the Blue Diamond Day event.
Favourites in the markets have solid recent record with 12 saluting for the punters from 2010-2026 most recently Alizee ($2.80 in 2019), fellow mare Probabeel ($3.50EF in 2021), Alligator Blood ($2.80 in 2023), and the track/distance specialist Mr Brightside ($1.50 in 2024 and $1.70 in 2025).
In-form mares also usually sit high up the Futurity Stakes betting markets with the mares beating home the boys seven times from 2007-2026 – the latest being Probabeel (2021) and Sierra Sue (2022).
Futurity Stakes Field
The Futurity Stakes race field limit is 16 starters, but the weight-for-age classic has only run at capacity once since 1983 back in 1986 when the Bart Cummings-trained three-year-old Campaign King won.
Many horses targeted the CF Orr Stakes – Futurity Stakes double and the double has been achieved four times since 2010 with Typhoon Tracy (2010), All Too Hard (2013), Moment Of Change (2014), Black Heart Bart (2017), and Mr Brightside (2024).
Nominations are taken the Monday before the race with the final Futurity Stakes field of acceptances released on the Wednesday.
2026 Futurity Stakes Field
The official Futurity Stakes 2026 final field and barriers will be released on the Wednesday of race week and detailed in full below.
The Futurity Stakes 2026 nominations attracted a quality line-up of middle-distance stars led in all-in betting by Matt Laurie’s triple Group 1 winner and Cox Plate third placed mare Treasurethe Moment.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Pericles
J: Craig Williams
T: Bjorn Baker |
x1342x | G | 3 | 59kg | |
|
2. Buckaroo
J: Jye Mcneil
T: Chris Waller |
32320x | G | 4 | 59kg | |
|
3. Evaporate
J: Jamie Melham
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
51233x | G | 6 | 59kg | |
|
4. Veight
J: Luke Currie
T: Tony & Calvin Mcevoy |
0x0x23 | G | 7 | 59kg | |
|
5. Watch Me Rock
J: William Pike
T: Mark Walker |
x3112x | G | 1 | 59kg | |
|
6. Feroce
J: Billy Egan
T: Dominic Sutton |
6380x2 | G | 2 | 59kg | |
|
7. Treasurethe Moment
J: Damian Lane
T: Matt Laurie |
12234x | M | 5 | 57kg | |
| 8. Vivy Air (3) Scratched: | |||||
|
9. Leica Lucy
J: Ethan Brown
T: Chris Waller |
4x432x | M | 8 | 57kg | |
2026 Futurity Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the Futurity Stakes 2026 close the Monday leading up to Blue Diamond Stakes Day with the full list of early entries to be published here.
2026 Futurity Stakes nominations extended until 10:00am (AEDT) – 17/02/2026
The Futurity Stakes 2026 nominations attracted a quality line-up of middle-distance stars led in all-in betting by Matt Laurie’s triple Group 1 winner and Cox Plate third placed mare Treasurethe Moment.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 970x32320x | BUCKAROO (GB) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 115 |
| 2 | 421x51233x | EVAPORATE (NZ) | G | 4 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 110 |
| 3 | 316x6380x2 | FEROCE (NZ) | G | 4 | Dominic Sutton | 107 |
| 4 | 11114x432x | LEICA LUCY (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 5 | x845x1342x | PERICLES | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 113 |
| 6 | 573x5453x1 | TOM KITTEN | G | 5 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 114 |
| 7 | 111x12234x | TREASURETHE MOMENT | M | 4 | Matt Laurie | 115 |
| 8 | 1x090x0x23 | VEIGHT | G | 5 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 109 |
| 9 | 522x21218x | VIVY AIR | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 108 |
| 10 | 4111x3112x | WATCH ME ROCK | G | 5 | Mark Walker | 109 |
| 11 | 10x86276x3 | WELWAL (GB) | G | 7 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 103 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Futurity Stakes Form Guide
The Futurity Stakes form guide shows punters the trainers, jockeys, barriers and other crucial information on the horses in the field. Previously, the guide showed the CF Orr Stakes was the best form to follow into the Futurity Stakes field each year with 10 winners of the latter coming out of the earlier event from 2005-2020.
Other important Futurity Stakes form guide facts to consider include the solid form of three-year-olds over the past two decades, the strong record of trainer David Hayes and the winning strike rate in the race of jockey Damien Oliver who boasts four wins to date.
The Futurity Stakes form from 2022 franked with the second placed Mo’unga coming back that spring to finishing in the money in a number of key Group 1 events including the Makybe Diva Stakes (3rd), Underwood Stakes (2nd) and VRC Champions Stakes (2nd).
The 2023 Futurity Stakes form was franked by the winner Alligator Blood who finished fourth in The All-Star Mile results at his next start. That spring the ‘Gator had a massive preparation including taking out the Group 1 Underwood Stakes – Caulfield Stakes double.
Futurity form that year was further franked by the second placed Mr Brightside who went on to complete the All-Star Mile – Doncaster Mile interstate double that autumn before a big spring bid headlined by a Cox Plate second.
Mr Brightside also franked the 2024 Futurity form running a next-up second in the All-Star Mile before a host of other top three runs at elite level including victories in that year’s Makybe Diva Stakes and Champions Mile in the spring.
In 2025 the Futurity Stakes also produced that year’s All-Star Mile winner with the runner-up Tom Kitten going one better when turning the tables on Mr Brightside.
Futurity Stakes Form Facts
- Last start winners dominate recent the recent Futurity Stakes results with all but six of the 17 winners from 2010 – 2026 coming off a win.
- Alizee (11 of 12 in 2019) and Mr Brightside (Barrier 10 in 2025) are the only Futurity Stakes winners to jump from a double-digit barrier draw since Niconero (10 of 12 in 2008).
- The CF Orr Stakes has produced more Futurity Stakes champions than any other lead-up in the past two decades with Mr Brightside (2024) the last to do the double, however it is now run in November.
- Favourites in Futurity Stakes betting saluted for the punters 12 times in the 16 years from 2010 – 2026 most recently Mr Brightside ($1.50 in 2024 and $1.70 in 2025).
2026 Futurity Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Futurity Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 FUTURITY STAKES FORM GUIDE
Past Futurity Stakes Results
The Futurity Stakes race results and finishing order showing the placings of all the runners in the field along with the winning margins, trainer, jockey and time are out when the race runs in Melbourne as part of Blue Diamond Stakes Day.
The results also show the successful Futurity Stakes exotics like quinella and trifecta combinations.
Favourites have dominated the Futurity Stakes results over the past decade as have last start winners and notable champions of the race include More Joyous (2011), All Too Hard (2013), Black Heart Bart (2017), Alizee (2019), Probabeel (2021), Alligator Blood (2023), and Mr Brightside (2024 & 2025).
Sierra Sue (2022) was the last Futurity Stakes winning mare.
All Too Hard (2013) was the last three-year-old Futurity Stakes winner.
More Joyous holds the current Futurity Stakes race record winning in 2011 in a time of 1 minute 21:79 seconds.
Recent Futurity Stakes Winners
Past Futurity Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2006 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pericles | Buckaroo | Treasurethe Moment |
| 2025 | Mr Brightside | Tom Kitten | I Wish I Win |
| 2024 | Mr Brightside | Pericles | Buffalo River |
| 2023 | Alligator Blood | Mr Brightside | I’m Thunderstruck |
| 2022 | Sierra Sue | Mo’unga | Tofane |
| 2021 | Probabeel | Arcadia Queen | Mr Quickie |
| 2020 | Streets Of Avalon | Super Seth | Melody Belle |
| 2019 | Alizee | Malaguerra | Hartnell |
| 2018 | Brave Smash | Tosen Stardom | Showtime |
| 2017 | Black Heart Bart | Tosen Stardom | Ecuador |
| 2016 | Turn Me Loose | Murray Baker | Opie Bosson |
| 2015 | Suavito | Smokin’ Joey | Dissident |
| 2014 | Moment Of Change | Sertorius | Pinwheel |
| 2013 | All Too Hard | Glass Harmonium | King Mufhasa |
| 2012 | King Mufhasa | Pinker Pinker | Adamantium |
| 2011 | More Joyous | Whobegotyou | Dao Dao |
| 2010 | Typhoon Tracy | Dao Dao | Sniper’s Bullet |
| 2009 | Niconero | Light Fantastic | Alamosa |
| 2008 | Niconero | Cargo Cult | Miss Finland |
| 2007 | Aqua D’amore | Seachange | El Segundo |
| 2006 | Fields Of Omagh | Red Dazzler | Rosden |
FAQ
Who won the 2026 Futurity Stakes?
The 2026 Futurity Stakes was won first-up by six-year-old Street Boss gelding Pericles at $5.50 for trainer Bjorn Baker with jockey Craig Williams aboard on 59kg from barrier 3 to win by 0.75 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:22.61.
Who won the 2025 Futurity Stakes?
The 2025 Futurity Stakes was won by Mr Brightside at $1.70 for Ben, Will & JD Hayes with jockey Craig Williams aboard from barrier 10 on 59kg to win by 0.1 lengths in a time of 1:22.55.
When is the Futurity Stakes 2026?
Saturday, February 21, 2026What is the prize money for the Futurity Stakes 2026?
$750,000
Where is the Futurity Stakes 2026?
Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC
How do I bet on the 2026 Futurity 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 Futurity Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Futurity 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.