The next edition of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes runs on Saturday, September 19, 2026 alongside the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse.
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes turns the heat up at Caulfield each spring, and Ladbrokes punters are already locking onto the latest Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes odds and insider Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting predictions as the sprinter/milers assemble. This high‑pressure Group 1 handicap over 1400 metres is famous for big fields, fast tempos and genuine value, making it one of the most lucrative early‑spring betting races on the calendar. Lightweights, on‑pace runners and in‑form gallopers from powerhouse stables regularly shake up the market, while proven performers returning for their spring campaigns add depth and volatility to the odds. With speed maps, barrier draws and market movers all playing a major role, the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes gives Ladbrokes customers a prime opportunity to spot overs, chase momentum and build strong early‑spring betting tips.
2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Odds
The latest Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026 odds will be provided right here as soon as futures betting on the important middle-distance spring showdown are released followed by the official finishing order after the event.
| 1. Sixties | ||
| 2. Angel Capital | ||
| 3. Sass Appeal | ||
| 4. Sabaj | ||
| 5. Skyhook | ||
| 6. War Machine | ||
| 7. Idle Flyer | ||
| 8. Jimmysstar | ||
| 9. Warnie | ||
| 10. Beiwacht | ||
| 11. Evaporate | ||
| 12. Headley Grange | ||
| 13. Lady Shenandoah | ||
| 14. Napoleonic | ||
| 15. Pericles | ||
| 16. Planet Red | ||
| 17. Private Eye | ||
| 18. Treasurethe Moment | ||
| 19. Regal Award | ||
| 20. Althoff |
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Tips
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes tips favour the shorties in the markets with the favourite saluting plenty of times in the past decade including three times on the trot with Moment Of Change (2012), Rebel Dane (2011) and Trust In A Gust (2014) all getting the job done for the punters, along with Begood Toya Mother in 2019 and Behemoth in 2020 followed in 2023 by Magic Time.
Many Sir Rupert Clarke tipsters also like to predict Craig Williams’ mount to run well as the top hoop has ridden eight Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winners since 2005, most recently aboard Kimochi (2024) and Sepals (2025).
Other key Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting tips include backing the in-form four-year-olds in the field with seven four-year-olds with Sepals (2025) the last four-year-old to get the job done.
Only three winners have finished worse than fourth in their lead-up run from 2002 – 2021 including the internationally-trained 2018 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Jungle Cat who came off a lead-up win in Dubai’s Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) that March.
In 2023 Magic Time became the latest Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winning mare coming off a third in Sydney’s $2 million The Invitation before the mares were on top again in 2024 with 25/1 outsider Kimochi.
2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026 betting tips will be detailed in full below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the horses to back and sack in the spring racing feature this season.
Ladbrokes Tip: Four-year-olds have the best recent record in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes results
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is a handicap clash for middle distance sprint types held at Caulfield Racecourse.
In a calendar adjustment to the 2025/26 Australian Racing Season, the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), a significant spring handicap, moved back from mid-November to its former position on Underwood Day in September. This relocation once again makes the September meeting a feature Group 1 double-header with the Underwood Stakes and renewed its established link with the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), which takes place three weeks later on Caulfield Guineas Day.
Raced over 1400m and worth $1 million in prize money, the race again now serves as a good lead-up into the Toorak Handicap with Trust In A Gust (2014) was the last galloper to complete the popular Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes – Toorak Handicap double.
Inaugurated in 1951 when Jovial Lad scored the race was originally known as the Invitation Stakes and it has held Group 1 status since a 1979 upgrade. It was renamed in honour of former Victorian Amateur Turf Club chairman Sir Rupert Clarke after his death in 2005.
Many notable horses have won the race including Stratum Star (2015), Moment Of Change (2012), Exceed And Excel (2003), dual Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes champ Testa Rossa (1999 & 2000), and Encosta De Lago (1996).
The Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at the same track and distance serves as an early lead-up into the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes with star South Australian galloper Behemoth (2020) the last to do the double.
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: Open Handicap
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 1951
2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results
The official Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results for 2026 will be available in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Betting
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting odds are usually dominated by in-form four-year-old horses in the field.
Kimochi (2024) and Sepals (2025) are the latest four-year-old Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winnesr.
Wide barriers are a non-issue but a good lead-up run ensures a shorter price in the markets, especially for graduates of the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) at Flemington, which is a traditional Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes lead-up producing four winners from 2007 – 2018.
Favourites in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting have a solid recent record in the race winning three times on the trot from 2012 – 2014.
There have also been notable upsets including Santa Ana Lane ($26 in 2017), European raider Jungle Cat ($11 in 2018), Sierra Sue ($11 in 2021), talented Kiwi runner Callsign Mav ($16 in 2022), and underrated mare Kimochi ($26 in 2024).
In 2019 the favourite in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting Begood Toya Mother saluted on the back of a lead-up sixth in the Memsie Stakes, while in 2020 Behemoth also won as the top fancy in betting coming off a win in the Memsie.
Magic Time ($4.80 in 2023) is the latest Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes favourite to salute.
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Field
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes race field had a capacity of 18 starters, a number the race has run at a number of times in recent years, most recently in 2015 when Stratum Star beat home 17 rivals from a wide barrier 15 draw but now can have a maximum of 16 starters.
Horses may come into the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field via an earlier Group 1 spring run in the season’s opening elite level race, the Memsie Stakes.
Behemoth (2020) became the first to do the Memsie Stakes – Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes double since Regal Roller (2004).
Callsign Mav (6th in 2022) was the last Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner to come via a lead-up run in the Memsie Stakes.
2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Field
The official Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026 Final Field & Barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week with the full line-up to be published below.
2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Nominations
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026 nominations close the Monday ahead of the event.
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Form Guide
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes form guide has all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the Caulfield, spring classic like saddlecloth numbers, starting barriers, jockeys and trainers as well as the allocated weights. The form guide also shows the lead-up races horses come via and their record at the track and distance.
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes form guide data from the past decade reveals some key things to consider including the dominant record of four-year-olds in the race and the fact that from 2012 – 2025 seven of the winners jumped from wide barriers including Moment Of Change (15 of 15 in 2012), Magic Time (13 of 16 in 2023), Kimochi (13 of 14 in 2024) and Sepals (14 of 15 in 2025).
The 2021 Sir Rupert Clarke form was franked with the third placed I’m Thunderstruck going on to win the Toorak Handicap – Golden Eagle interstate double at his next two starts.
The 2023 Sir Rupert winner Magic Time franked the form the following autumn with her Sydney Group 1 success in the 2024 All Aged Stakes.
The form out of the 2024 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, held in November, was franked by the runner-up Another Wil who returned the following autumn to win the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes in 2025.
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Form Facts
- Four-year-olds have dominated the recent Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes results.
- Horses coming off a top three run last time out are the best bets in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field.
- The Memsie Stakes and Bobbie Lewis Quality have served as top Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes lead-up races.
- Jockey Craig Williams has ridden eight Sir Rupert Clarke winners since 2005.
- Single-figure horses in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting have a dominant record in the race over the past 20 years.
2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes race results and race finishing order of all the starters is known after the event runs on the Underwood Stakes Day card and also reveals the winning margin, time and starting price of each horse so you can see how the favourites fared.
Exceed And Excel (2003) was the last three-year-old Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner.
Exceed And Excel also holds the current Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes race record winning over 1400m in 2003 in a time of 1 minute 21.20 seconds.
Kimochi (2024) was the last Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winning mare.
Recent Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Winners
Past Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winners going back to the year 1951 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer/s | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Sepals | Craig Williams | Cliff Brown | 1:21.39 |
| 2024 | Kimochi | Craig Williams | Gary Portelli | 1:23.56 |
| 2023 | Magic Time | Michael Dee | Grahame Begg | 1:22.51 |
| 2022 | Callsign Mav | Danny O’Brien | Jamie Mott | 1:26.88 |
| 2021 | Sierra Sue | Daniel Moor | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 1:23.07 |
| 2020 | Behemoth | Craig Williams | David Jolly | 1:23.84 |
| 2019 | Begood Toya Mother | Declan Bates | Daniel Bowman | 1:21.98 |
| 2018 | Jungle Cat | James Doyle | Charlie Appleby | 1:21.31 |
| 2017 | Santa Ana Lane | Dean Yendell | Anthony Freedman | 1:22.28 |
| 2016 | Bon Aurum | Kerrin McEvoy | Ciaron Maher | 1:22.28 |
| 2015 | Stratum Star | Craig Williams | Darren Weir | 1:23.4 |
| 2014 | Trust In A Gust | Damian Lane | Darren Weir | 1:22.0 |
| 2013 | Rebel Dane | Glen Boss | Gary Portelli | 1:23.0 |
| 2012 | Moment Of Change | Luke Nolen | Peter G Moody | 1:23.9 |
| 2011 | Toorak Toff | Craig Williams | Rick Hore-Lacy | 1:22.1 |
| 2010 | Response | Craig Williams | Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra | 1:21.9 |
| 2009 | Turffontein | Glen Boss | Anthony Cummings | 1:22.23 |
| 2008 | Orange County | Damien Oliver | B Mayfield-Smith | 1:24.3 |
| 2007 | Bon Hoffa | Vlad Duric | Wendy Kelly | 1:22.5 |
| 2006 | Rewaaya | Craig Williams | D A Hayes | 1:23.4 |
| 2005 | Barely A Moment | Craig Williams | Tony McEvoy | 1:25.7 |
| 2004 | Regal Roller | M Flaherty | Clinton McDonald | 1:24.2 |
| 2003 | Exceed & Excel | C W Brown | Tim Martin | 1:21.2 |
| 2002 | Pernod | Kerrin McEvoy | Michael Moroney | 1:22.6 |
| 2001 | Mr Murphy | D Oliver | D L Freedman | 1:23.5 |
| 2000 | Testa Rossa | B Prebble | D R Lawson | 1:21.9 |
| 1999 | Testa Rossa | D Oliver | D R Lawson | 1:22.1 |
| 1998 | Lord Luskin | S Baster | R N McDonell | 1:23.3 |
| 1997 | Cut Up Rough | S R King | David Noonan | 1:22.9 |
| 1996 | Encosta De Lago | S R King | D L Freedman | 1:24.2 |
| 1995 | Our Maizcay | B York | G L Searle | 1:22.3 |
| 1994 | Poetic King | D Oliver | D L Freedman | 1:23.2 |
| 1993 | Black Rouge | N Wilson | Brendan McCarthy | 1:23.3 |
| 1992 | Mannerism | D Oliver | D L Freedman | 1:26.2 |
| 1991 | St Jude | B York | B J McLachlan | 1:27.4 |
| 1990 | Submariner | D Oliver | Bart Cummings | 1:23.6 |
| 1989 | Potrero | R S Dye | DR G Chapman | 1.23.6 |
| 1988 | Rancho Ruler | H White | G Marconi | 1.24.0 |
| 1987 | Western pago | J Scorse | Wally Mitchell | 1:23.8 |
| 1986 | Canny Lass | Greg Hall | Rick Hore-Lacy | 1:24.2 |
| 1985 | Trichelle | R Mallyon | C S Hayes | 1:23.4 |
| 1984 | King Phoenix | M Goreham | T R Howe | 1:25.8 |
| 1983 | Ranger’s Son | M Goreham | J K McIntosh | 1:26.7 |
| 1982 | Magari | – | – | 1:23.0 |
| 1981 | Soldier of Fortune | – | – | 1:23.0 |
| 1980 | Torbek | – | – | 1:22.8 |
| 1979 | Private Talk | – | – | – |
| 1978 | Manikato | – | – | – |
| 1977 | Raffindale | – | – | – |
| 1976 | Private Talk | – | – | – |
| 1975 | Cap D’Antibes | – | – | – |
| 1974 | Ptery’s Son | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Millefleurs | – | – | – |
| 1972 | Proud Toff | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Tauto | – | – | – |
| 1970 | Tauto | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Heralding | – | – | – |
| 1968 | Joking | – | – | – |
| 1967 | Snub | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Maritana | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Nicopolis | – | – | – |
| 1964 | Ripa | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Samson | – | – | – |
| 1962 | Anonyme | – | – | – |
| 1961 | Anonyme | – | – | – |
| 1960 | My Peak | – | – | – |
| 1959 | St. Joel | – | – | – |
| 1958 | Gay Saba | – | – | – |
| 1957 | Luire | – | – | – |
| 1956 | St. Joel | – | – | – |
| 1955 | Matrice | – | – | – |
| 1954 | Rio Janeiro | – | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Joel | – | – | – |
| 1952 | Fetlar | – | – | – |
| 1951 | Jovial Lad | – | – | – |
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Which horse will win the 2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Sir Rupert Clarke 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 in the lead up to the race for full form information.
When is the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is set to run on Saturday September 19 at Caulfield during the early stages of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival as part of the double shot of Group 1 racing action on Underwood Stakes Day.
What is the prize money for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes prize money is set at $1 million which is paid from 1st to 8th place including $600,000 going to the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner.
Where is the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is set to run a Melbourne's Caulfield Racecourse, home to many iconic races including the Caulfield Cup each October, which is located at Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
What distance is the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes run over?
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is run over 1400 metres, a high‑intensity Caulfield trip that puts sprinter/miler types under real pressure from the jump. This distance is a key factor for Ladbrokes punters analysing Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes odds and shaping confident Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting plays, with lightly weighted on‑pace runners and proven 1400m performers often gaining a major edge in this fast‑run Group 1 handicap.
How many horses run in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes?
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes typically attracts a capacity‑style field of around 14 to 18 runners, making it one of Caulfield’s most competitive early‑spring handicaps. Big numbers are common thanks to the race’s 1400m trip, fast tempo and appealing handicap conditions, all of which create strong betting value for Ladbrokes punters checking out the latest Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes odds and locking in confident Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting tips. Larger fields often mean more pressure, more map variables and more opportunities to spot overs — a key reason this Group 1 is a favourite among value‑hunters each spring.
Who won the 2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes?
The 2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes was won by four-year-old Calyx gelding Sepals at $3.50 for trainer Cliff Brown with the race's now eight-time winning jockey Craig Williams aboard on 52kg from barrier 14 to win by 0.75 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 1:21.39.