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The 2020 Memsie Stakes kicks off the Group 1 action of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Caulfield in early September.
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 | |
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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) |
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 |
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1 | 7 | BEHEMOTH | David Jolly | Craig Williams | 2 | 59kg | $3.30F | ||
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2 | 6 | MR QUICKIE | Phillip Stokes | Dwayne Dunn | 1.5L | 5 | 59kg | $14 | |
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3 | 15 | GLENFIDDICH | Peter G Moody | Craig Newitt | 2.25L | 10 | 50.5kg | $6 | |
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4 | 9 | CASCADIAN (GB) | James Cummings | Damien Oliver | 2.35L | 8 | 59kg | $6 | |
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5 | 4 | SO SI BON | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | Daniel Stackhouse | 2.45L | 3 | 59kg | $21 | |
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6 | 10 | BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER | Daniel Bowman | Declan Bates | 2.85L | 7 | 59kg | $21 | |
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7 | 2 | HARLEM (GB) | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | Jamie Mott | 3.6L | 6 | 59kg | $101 | |
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8 | 14 | PRINCESS JENNI (NZ) | David Brideoake | Ethan Brown | 3.8L | 12 | 57kg | $51 | |
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9 | 8 | ICONOCLASM | Danny O’Brien | Daniel Moor | 4.55L | 1 | 59kg | $81 | |
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10 | 11 | MYSTIC JOURNEY | Adam Trinder | Billy Egan | 5.55L | 4 | 57kg | $8 | |
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11 | 5 | STREETS OF AVALON | Shane Nichols | Ben Melham | 5.75L | 13 | 59kg | $15 | |
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12 | 1 | REGAL POWER | Grant & Alana Williams | William Pike | 5.85L | 9 | 59kg | $12 | |
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13 | 3 | GATTING | Peter G Moody | Luke Nolen | 6.05L | 11 | 59kg | $31 | |
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12 | ARCADIA QUEEN | Grant & Alana Williams | Damian Lane | 0 | |||||
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13 | SAVATIANO | James Cummings | Mark Zahra | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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.
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 |
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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.
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 | |
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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.
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).
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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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 |