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Held at Caulfield Racecourse in late August or early September, the Group 1 Memsie Stakes 2020 is a weight-for-age race which offers $1 million in prize money. The 1400m event is held as the first Group 1 of the new racing season and is a great lead up race to the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) run a fortnight later over the mile at Flemington. Dissident (2014) was the last horse to complete the Memsie Stakes – Makybe Diva Stakes double.

Raced on the same day as the Group 3 H.D.F. McNeil Stakes (1200m), the Group 3 The Heath 1100 Stakes (1100m) and the Group 3 W.W. Cockram Stakes (1200m), the Memsie Stakes has produced some outstanding Cox Plate winners including El Segundo (2006), Makybe Diva (2005), Sunline (2001-01) and Dane Ripper (1998).

The Memsie Stakes is now the first Group 1 race of the racing year after it was elevated from Group 2 status for the 2013/2014 season.

Note: The 2020 Memsie Stakes prize money was down to $750,000 due to COVID-19.

The 2020 Memsie Stakes took place at Caulfield on Saturday August 29, 2020 and saw the favourite Behemoth salute for the punters in a powerhouse performance. 

2020 Memsie Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 29, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million ($750,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)

2020 Memsie Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Behemoth
• 2nd: #6 Mr Quickie
• 3rd: #15 Glenfiddich

The David Jolly-trained favourite Behemoth ($3.30) was too strong for his rivals late in the Memsie Stakes 2020 results, the $6,000 bargain buy posting a well-deserved Group 1 victory. Coming off a lead-up Group 3 win at home in South Australia, the hulking interstate raider surged clear over the final furlong to beat the Phillip Stokes-trained Mr Quickie ($14) who caught the eye in second over the unsuitably short distance. Glenfiddich ($6) was also good first-up, the three-year-old last seen running second in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes as a juvenile. Glenfiddich is now with returned champion trainer Peter Moody.

Click here to read more on the impressive Memsie Stakes 2020 win by Behemoth.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams		2	59kg		$3.30F
	2	6	MR QUICKIE	Phillip Stokes	Dwayne Dunn	1.5L	5	59kg		$14
	3	15	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Craig Newitt	2.25L	10	50.5kg		$6
	4	9	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2.35L	8	59kg		$6
	5	4	SO SI BON	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	2.45L	3	59kg		$21
	6	10	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	Daniel Bowman	Declan Bates	2.85L	7	59kg		$21
	7	2	HARLEM (GB)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Jamie Mott	3.6L	6	59kg		$101
	8	14	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Ethan Brown	3.8L	12	57kg		$51
	9	8	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	4.55L	1	59kg		$81
	10	11	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Billy Egan	5.55L	4	57kg		$8
	11	5	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	5.75L	13	59kg		$15
	12	1	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	5.85L	9	59kg		$12
	13	3	GATTING	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	6.05L	11	59kg		$31
		12	ARCADIA QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	Damian Lane		0
		13	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Memsie Stakes Betting

The season’s Memsie Stakes 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released this spring carnival.

Behemoth ($3.30 in 2020) was the last favourite in Memsie Stakes betting to win.

2020 Memsie Stakes Field

The Memsie Stakes field attracts a strong line-up of talented weight-for-age performers often kicking off their spring bids and eventually heading towards races like the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) later in the spring.

Good lead-up races for horses heading towards the Group 1 Memsie Stakes field include the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield in late July and the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight before Memsie Stakes Day.

The official Memsie Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be released on Wednesday August 26, 2020 and published in full below.

The 2020 Memsie Stakes final field features 15 runners led in betting by impressive Group 3 Spring Stakes winner in Adelaide first-up Behemoth (2) and the Godolphin-raced Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes winning mare Savatiano out wider in 11.

Click here to read more about the key horses in the 2020 Memsie Stakes field and betting markets.

Update: #12 Arcadia Queen (13) has been scratched from the Memsie Stakes 2020 field due to a stone bruise with her Cox Plate campaign now up in the air.

Click here for the official 2020 Memsie Stakes Day Scratchings & Caulfield Track Report. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2161x421x9	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	9	59kg		112
2	6380x4549x	HARLEM (GB)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Jamie Mott	6	59kg		107
3	02752x940x	GATTING	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	12	59kg		110
4	84644116×4	SO SI BON	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	3	59kg		106
5	89x3210x27	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	15	59kg		110
6	x3002x902x	MR QUICKIE	Phillip Stokes	Dwayne Dunn	5	59kg		105
7	24184x14x1	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams	2	59kg		105
8	014x02318x	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	1	59kg		101
9	13x25319x4	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	8	59kg		106
10	x161x777x4	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	Daniel Bowman	Declan Bates	7	59kg		106
11	1x1255x5x8	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Billy Egan	4	57kg		112
12	3111x105x5	ARCADIA QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	Damian Lane	13	57kg		110
13	01x12766x1	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	11	57kg		111
14	x7104x356x	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Ethan Brown	14	57kg		102
15	9x2502162x	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Craig Newitt	10	50.5kg		88

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Memsie Stakes Nominations

The early 2020 Memsie Stakes Nominations close on Monday August 24, 2020 and the full list of nominees will be available below as soon as released by Racing Victoria.

Godolphin’s Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes winning mare Savatiano is tipped to keep the Melbourne spring wins coming leading the 21 early entries for the 2020 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on the weekend.

Click here to read more on the key Memsie Stakes 2020 nominations.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	3111x105x5	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	5	Grant & Alana Williams	110
2	x161x777x4	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	G	6	Daniel Bowman	106
3	24184x14x1	BEHEMOTH	G	5	David Jolly	105
4	115x97437x	BENITOITE	M	5	Clinton McDonald	84
5	13x25319x4	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	106
6	63x848115x	GALAXY RAIDER	G	8	Grahame Begg	95
7	02752x940x	GATTING	G	7	Peter G Moody	110
8	9x2502162x	GLENFIDDICH	C	3	Peter G Moody	88
9	11x0x16232	GREAT AGAIN	G	8	Lindsey Smith	100
10	6380x4549x	HARLEM (GB)	G	9	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	107
11	014x02318x	ICONOCLASM	H	6	Danny O’Brien	101
12	x3002x902x	MR QUICKIE	G	5	Phillip Stokes	105
13	1x1255x5x8	MYSTIC JOURNEY	M	5	Adam Trinder	112
14	331121x	NONCONFORMIST	G	4	Grahame Begg	95
15	x7104x356x	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	M	5	David Brideoake	102
16	2161x421x9	REGAL POWER	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	112
17	01x12766x1	SAVATIANO	M	6	James Cummings	111
18	6535022172	SIRCCONI	G	6	Nick Ryan	100
19	84644116×4	SO SI BON	G	7	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	106
20	89x3210x27	STREETS OF AVALON	G	6	Shane Nichols	110
21	x4111124x5	YULONG JANUARY	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	98

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Memsie Stakes History

First won by Veneda in 1899, the Memsie Stakes has had several multiple winners of the race including the four time race champion Lord from 1958-61. Eurythmic (1920-22) and Ajax (1938-40) have won the race three consecutive times each while there have been several double winners including Heroic (1925-26), Waltzing Lily (1933-34), Comic Court (1949-50), Coppice (1954-55), Yangtze (1965-66) and Sunline (2000-01).

In more recent years the Memsie Stakes has been won by the likes of three-time Melbourne Cup champion Makybe Diva (2005), gun filly Miss Finland (2007) and So You Think (2010).

Recent Memsie Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Memsie Stakes	1st	Behemoth	1 minute 22.71
	2nd	Mr Quickie
	3rd	Glenfiddich
2019 Memsie Stakes	1st	Scales Of Justice	1 minute 22.14 seconds
	2nd	So Si Bon
	3rd	Alizee
2018 Memsie Stakes	1st	Humidor	1 minute 23:29 seconds
	2nd	Kementari
	3rd	Kings Will Dream
2017 Memsie Stakes	1st	Vega Magic	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Tosen Stardom
2016 Memsie Stakes	1st	Black Heart Bart	1 minute 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Rising Romance
	3rd	Mahuta
2015 Memsie Stakes	1st	Boban	1 minute 24.61 seconds
	2nd	Entirely Platinum
	3rd	Stratum Star
2014 Memsie Stakes	1st	Dissident	1 minute 22.72 seconds
	2nd	Sweet Idea
	3rd	Puissance De Lune
2013 Memsie Stakes	1st	Atlantic Jewel	1 minute 24.43 seconds
	2nd	Ferlax
	3rd	Super Cool
2012 Memsie Stakes	1st	Sincero	1 minute 23.27 seconds
	2nd	Happy Trails
	3rd	Second Effort
2011 Memsie Stakes	1st	King’s Rose	1 minute 23.44 seconds
	2nd	Heart Of Dreams
	3rd	Red Colossus
2010 Memsie Stakes	1st	So You Think	1 minute 26.68 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Shoot Out
2009 Memsie Stakes	1st	Mic Mac	1 minute 24.4 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Zarita
2008 Memsie Stakes	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Maldivian
	3rd	Pompeii Ruler
2007 Memsie Stakes	1st	Miss Finland	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Haradasun
	3rd	Tipungwuti
2006 Memsie Stakes	1st	El Segundo	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Casual Pass
	3rd	Apache Cat
2005 Memsie Stakes	1st	Makybe Diva	1 minute 26.7 seconds
	2nd	Barely A Moment
	3rd	Regal Roller
2004 Memsie Stakes	1st	Regal Roller	1 minute 23 seconds
	2nd	Pacific Dancer
	3rd	Delzao
2003 Memsie Stakes	1st	Le Zagaletta	1 minute 25.2 seconds
	2nd	Super Elegant
	3rd	Out Of Options
2002 Memsie Stakes	1st	Magical Miss	1 minute 24 seconds
	2nd	Fields Of Omagh
	3rd	Dash For Cash
2001 Memsie Stakes	1st	Sunline	1 minute 25.5 seconds
	2nd	Piavonic
	3rd	Rum
2000 Memsie Stakes	1st	Sunline	1 minute 25.4 seconds
	2nd	Umrum
	3rd	Oliver Twist