Ladbrokes Tip: The Heath 1100 Stakes can serve as a potential The Everest lead-up in the spring
The latest edition of The Heath 1100 Stakes took place on Saturday, August 30, 2025 as a lead-up to Sydney’s $20 million The Everest and was won in excellent fashion by the 2.25 length upset winner Tropicus ($12) for Anthony & Sam Freedman.
2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes Results
The official The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025 results & finishing order will be published in full right here once the Group 3 race is run and won on Saturday, August 30, 2025 as part of the Memsie Stakes Day card in Melbourne.
- 1st: #5 Tropicus
- 2nd: #2 Arkansaw Kid
- 3rd: #11 See You In Heaven
Anthony & Sam Freedman’s brilliant Too Darn Hot four-year-old, Tropicus ($12), returned in outstanding fashion on Memsie Stakes Day adding to his excellent Caulfield race record when leading from barrier to box to take out the 2025 The Heath 1100 at big odds off a gutsy front-running ride by Mark Zahra.
The horse could now head to The Valley on September 26 for a shot at the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes.
2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes Odds
The season’s top The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.
| 5. Tropicus (5) J: Mark Zahra 58.5kg 21x7xT: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 2. Arkansaw Kid (11) J: Blake Shinn 59kg 2x6x2T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 11. See You In Heaven (10) J: Michael Dee 56.5kg 0x09xT: Matt Laurie | ||
| 6. Zarastro (9) J: Angela Jones 57kg 1x52xT: Tony Gollan | ||
| 4. Mazu (6) J: Jamie Melham 58.5kg 5516xT: Joseph Pride | ||
| 1. Feroce (3) J: Billy Egan 60kg x316xT: Dominic Sutton | ||
| 15. Outback Miss (4) J: Damian Lane 55kg 1124xT: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 9. Celsius Star (2) J: Lachlan Neindorf 57kg 8338xT: Shawn Mathrick | ||
| 10. Belegato (1) J: John Allen 57kg x3141T: Liam Birchley | ||
| 12. She's Bulletproof (7) J: Craig Williams 56.5kg 2125xT: Charlotte Littlefield | ||
| 8. Von Hauke (8) J: Ethan Brown 57kg x504xT: Cliff Brown |
The Heath 1100 Stakes is a Group 3 short distance sprint race conducted at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse as part of Memsie Stakes Day each August.
The opening Group 1 race meeting in Victoria for the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Memsie Stakes Day is host to not only the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) but an additional three other Group races with the running of the Cockram Stakes, HDF McNeil Stakes and The Heath 1100 Stakes.
Contested over 1100m at set weights plus penalties, The Heath 1100 Stakes is open to horses aged four-years-old and above and offers $200,000 in prize money.
The race now also serves as a potential lead-up into Sydney’s $20 million The Everest (1200m), the world’s richest turf race held at Royal Randwick in October. The inaugural and dual The Everest champion Redzel (2017-18) is the most famous The Heath 1100 Stakes winner in history having won the 2016 edition.
If not The Everest race The Heath 1100 Stakes graduates may stay in Melbourne and contest The Valley’s Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) during the Cox Plate Carnival. Samaready (2013) was the last horse to do The Heath 1100 Stakes – Moir Stakes double.
The Heath 1100 Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse
- Distance: 1100m
- Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 4YOs and above
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $200,000
- First Run: 2002
The Heath 1100 Stakes Betting
The Heath 1100 Stakes betting markets are led by proven short-distance sprint specialists with a proven record over the 1100m distance.
Any Group 1 horses down in grade at the start of their spring campaigns usually sit high up The Heath 1100 Stakes odds as do any The Everest-bound sprinters eyeing a run in the $20 million Sydney feature later in the carnival.
Masked Crusader ($1.90 in 2021), Asfoora ($2.50 in 2023) and Recommendation ($1.95 in 2024) are the latest favourites in The Heath 1100 Stakes odds to get the job done.
There was a notable upset in 2025 with Tropicus leading all-the-way to win as a $12 shot in The Heath 1100 betting.
The Heath 1100 Stakes Field
The Heath 1100 Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of sprinters from both local and interstate stables.
A good lead-up for horses eyeing a run in The Heath 1100 Stakes field is Flemington’s Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m). Shooting For Gold (3rd in 2022) was the last The Heath 1100 winner to come off a lead-up run in the Aurie’s Star.
2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes Field
The official The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes field features a bumper line-up of sprinters potentially racing for a slot in this year’s The Everest field including the autumn’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate runner-up She’s Bulletproof and Zarastro who was second in the winter’s Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup for Tony Gollan.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Feroce
J: Billy Egan
T: Dominic Sutton |
3x316x | G | 3 | 60kg | |
|
2. Arkansaw Kid
J: Blake Shinn
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
22x6x2 | G | 11 | 59kg | |
| 3. Airman (8) Scratched: | |||||
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4. Mazu
J: Jamie Melham
T: Joseph Pride |
65516x | G | 6 | 58.5kg | |
|
5. Tropicus
J: Mark Zahra
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
x21x7x | H | 5 | 58.5kg | |
|
6. Zarastro
J: Angela Jones
T: Tony Gollan |
71x52x | G | 9 | 57kg | |
| 7. Boston Rocks (9) Scratched: | |||||
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8. Von Hauke
J: Ethan Brown
T: Cliff Brown |
9x504x | G | 8 | 57kg | |
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9. Celsius Star
J: Lachlan Neindorf
T: Shawn Mathrick |
38338x | G | 2 | 57kg | |
|
10. Belegato
J: John Allen
T: Liam Birchley |
6x3141 | G | 1 | 57kg | |
|
11. See You In Heaven
J: Michael Dee
T: Matt Laurie |
30x09x | M | 10 | 56.5kg | |
|
12. She's Bulletproof
J: Craig Williams
T: Charlotte Littlefield |
22125x | M | 7 | 56.5kg | |
| 13. Tiger Shark (15) Scratched: | |||||
| 14. New York Lustre (3) Scratched: | |||||
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15. Outback Miss
J: Damian Lane
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
x1124x | M | 4 | 55kg | |
2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes Nominations
Punters get an early indication of the horses that will line-up in the Group 3 race when The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025 nominations are taken on the Monday leading-up to the race.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0x6617x50x | AIRMAN | G | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 108 |
| 2 | 120022x6x2 | ARKANSAW KID | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 105 |
| 3 | 13126×3141 | BELEGATO (NZ) | G | 4 | Liam Birchley | 83 |
| 4 | 31x23611x3 | BOSTON ROCKS | G | 5 | Matthew Dale | 84 |
| 5 | 7x6638338x | CELSIUS STAR | G | 7 | Shawn Mathrick | 86 |
| 6 | x7423x316x | FEROCE (NZ) | G | 4 | Dominic Sutton | 108 |
| 7 | 531x4622x2 | FLYER | M | 4 | Jason Warren | 77 |
| 8 | 65335x760x | JIGSAW | G | 7 | Cindy Alderson | 95 |
| 9 | 180×868213 | LAYERUPONLAYER | G | 7 | Mathew Smerdon | 74 |
| 10 | 2199×12411 | LOSESOMEWINMORE | G | 6 | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | 90 |
| 11 | 5x11x247x | LOVELYCUT | M | 4 | Reece Goodwin | 73 |
| 12 | 254x65516x | MAZU | G | 7 | Joseph Pride | 110 |
| 13 | x111x1x244 | NEW YORK LUSTRE | M | 6 | Enver Jusufovic | 93 |
| 14 | 1x34x1124x | OUTBACK MISS | M | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 88 |
| 15 | x14230x09x | SEE YOU IN HEAVEN | M | 6 | Matt Laurie | 101 |
| 16 | 0x2122125x | SHE’S BULLETPROOF | M | 5 | Charlotte Littlefield | 104 |
| 17 | 6522x189x4 | TIGER SHARK | M | 5 | Clayton Douglas | 94 |
| 18 | 3678x21x7x | TROPICUS | H | 4 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 84 |
| 19 | 89489x504x | VON HAUKE (NZ) | G | 6 | Cliff Brown | 96 |
| 20 | 12x271x52x | ZARASTRO | G | 7 | Tony Gollan | 108 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Heath 1100 Stakes Tips
The Heath 1100 Stakes tips include backing horses with a strong 1100m record as even quality 1200m performers often find distance too short.
Graduates out of Flemington’s Aurie’s Star Handicap with fitness on their side often make a good The Heath Stakes 1100 betting tip as do Caulfield specialists and those horses drawn near the inside alleys.
2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025 betting tips and early spring Group race selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the horses to back and sack in the event.
- To Win: #12 She’s Bulletproof ($6.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Wide open edition of The Heath and a tricky race from a betting perspective, but I think based on what she did last prep SHE’S BULLETPROOF (10) looks a very classy mare who is right up to winning at this level fresh. She’s yet to win first-up but has placed in all three of her resuming runs to date so isn’t exactly a flop when kicking off campaigns. Charlotte Littlefield’s now five-year-old daughter of Shooting To Win looks ready to hit peak maturity now, and she was so brave here at the highest level in the autumn when runner-up to now confirmed The Everest slot holder Jimmysstar in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate at this track and trip. She may have only carried 52kg in that, but she lost few admirers up to six furlongs at The Valley after when fifth in the William Reid on Soft going. She’ll appreciate a genuine Good rated track and has Craig Williams booked for the ride. Can win.
The Heath 1100 Stakes Form Guide
The Heath 1100 Stakes form guide has all the details you need to know before placing your bets on the Group 3 sprint for potential The Everest-bound runners. Along with the saddlecloth numbers, trainers, jockeys and barriers the form guide shows the recent lead-up runs of all the runners and their starting price in the markets.
Looking for horses that have previous Group experience, run well fresh and are drawn well are all important things the form guide for The Heath 1100 Stakes will reveal.
The Heath 1100 Stakes form has stacked-up in better races a number of times over the years including when the 2019 runner-up Gytrash went on to win the following year’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning.
In 2021 The Heath form was franked with the winner Masked Crusader going on to salute in the Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) two starts later before finishing runner-up to Nature Strip in that spring’s The Everest race.
In 2023, The Heath winner Asfoora ran second in the Moir Stakes next start. The classy mare went to the UK for the 2024 Royal Ascot carnival and saluted in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes there franking the Aussie form.
2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
The Heath 1100 Stakes Results
The official The Heath 1100 Stakes race results and finishing order are confirmed when the event runs at Caulfield on the first major meeting of the spring in Melbourne each August.
The results show The Heath 1100 Stakes winner, successful quinella and trifecta as well as the margin and time run to see if any records are broken.
Asfoora (2023) was the last The Heath 1100 winning mare.
Atomic Force (2011) and Golden Archer (2012) share the current The Heath 1100 race recording winth both winning in 1 minute 02:72 seconds.
Past The Heath 1100 Stakes Winners
Recent The Heath 1100 Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2002 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Tropicus | Arkansaw Kid | See You In Heaven |
| 2024 | Recommendation | Kallos | Nettuno |
| 2023 | Asfoora | Midwest | Ingratiating |
| 2022 | Shooting For Gold | Generation | Star Patrol |
| 2021 | Masked Crusader | Amish Boy | Oxley Road |
| 2020 | Diamond Effort | Lyre | Runson |
| 2019 | Crystal Dreamer | Gytrash | Ball Of Muscle |
| 2018 | Ball Of Muscle | Voodoo Lad | Brave Smash |
| 2017 | Voodoo Lad | So Si Bon | Crystal Dreamer |
| 2016 | Redzel | Under The Louvre | Santa Ana Lane |
| 2015 | Bounding | Rich Enuff | Miss Promiscuity |
| 2014 | Flamberge | Rifleman | Hard Stride |
| 2013 | Samaready | Chiaramonte | Anise |
| 2012 | Golden Archer | Mr Make Believe | Platelet |
| 2011 | Atomic Force | Testa My Patience | Chosen to Fly |
| 2010 | Rightfully Yours | Stanzout | Returntosender |
| 2009 | First Command | Masked Assassin | Here De Angels |
| 2008 | Bel Mer | Red Element | Monet Rules |
| 2007 | Undue | Typhoon Zed | Satin Robes |
| 2006 | Shadoways | Amyjaye Power | Magnus |
| 2005 | Classiconi | Brannigan | Our Quivira |
| 2004 | Monahan Tweed | Dane Again | Pink Fit |
| 2003 | Lovely Jubly | Captain Clipper | Bomber Bill |
| 2002 | Crystal Finale | Feel The Noise | Prince Rubiton |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes?
The 2025 The Heath 1100 Stakes was won by four-year-old Too Darn Hot horse Tropicus at $12 odds for trainers Anthony & Sam Freedman with jockey Mark Zahra aboard on 58.5kg from barrier 5 to win by 2.25 lengths on a Soft (5) track in a time of 1:03.29.
When is The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025?
Saturday, August 30, 2025What is the prize money for The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025?
$200,000
Where is The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025?
Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
How do I bet on The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025?
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Which horse will win The Heath 1100 Stakes 2025?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Heath 1100 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.