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The PB Lawrence Stakes is the first Group 2 race during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Held at Caulfield Racecourse in mid-August, the 1400m event is held on the same day as the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m) for colts and geldings and the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) for the fillies. Worth $300,000 in prize money as of 2021, the weight-for-age race is open to all horses aged three years and over.

Formerly known as the JJ Liston Stakes, the race name was changed to the P.B. Lawrence Stakes in 2010.

The PB Lawrence Stakes is a nice lead up race to the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) held a fortnight later at Caulfield, which marks the start of elite level racing for the new season in Melbourne. The only horses to manage the P.B. Lawrence Stakes/Memsie Stakes double in the past 30 years are Regal Roller (2004) and Mr Brightside (2023) nearly a decade apart.

The PB Lawrence Stakes generally attracts an above average group of gallopers many eyeing a tougher run in something like October’s Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley later in the season.

The PB Lawrence Stakes form from 2021 was franked with the winner, Sierra Sue, going on to win that spring’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) and the following autumn’s 2022 Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m).

The 2022 PB Lawrence Stakes winner Mr Brightside franked the form returning in the autumn of 2023 to complete the All-Star Mile – Doncaster Mile double.

Mr Brightside returned in 2023 to become the first horse in 52 years to go back-to-back in the P.B. Lawrence Stakes results when saluting as the $2.35 favourite first-up.

He then franked the Lawrence Stakes form again taking out the Group 1 Memsie Stakes – Makybe Diva Stakes double in Melbourne at his next two starts. He then finished second in his three subsequent spring assignments at elite level in the King Charles III Stakes, Cox Plate, and Champions Mile. His autumn campaign in 2024 was equally as impressive and included wins in the CF Orr and Futurity Stakes.

The 2024 PB Lawrence Stakes runs on Saturday, August 17, 2024 as a key early lead-up to the spring majors. 

PB Lawrence Stakes
Date:	Saturday, August 17, 2024
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2024 PB Lawrence Stakes Results

• 1st:  TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2024 PB Lawrence Stakes Betting Odds

Betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au offering the top PB Lawrence Stakes 2024 odds this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Savatiano ($5 in 2020) and Mr Brightside ($4 in 2022 and $2.35 in 2023) are the last favourites in the PB Lawrence Stakes odds to salute for the punters.

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2024 PB Lawrence Stakes Form

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2024 PB Lawrence Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider PB Lawrence Stakes 2024 Tips on the important spring lead-up this season.

• To Win: TBD

2024 PB Lawrence Stakes Field

The official PB Lawrence Stakes 2024 field and barriers featuring a host of Group 1 bound gallopers will be announced by Racing Victoria the Wednesday leading-up to the race and detailed below.

2024 PB Lawrence Nominations

PB Lawrence Stakes 2024 nominations close the Monday of race week with the full list of early entries to be published here once announced.

PB Lawrence Stakes History

First won by One Up in 1949, the JJ Liston Stakes was a 10 furlong race until 1968 when it became a 7 furlong race until 1972. After it became a 1400m race, it was quickly elevated to Group Two status.

Since its inauguration My Peak (1960, 1962) and Tauto (1971, 1972) were the only horses to successfully win the race twice before the back-to-back wins by Mr Brightside (2022 and 2023) a half-century later.

The 2007 winner Apache Cat ran a successful campaign after his PB Lawrence Stakes win as he ran second in the Makybe Diva Stakes and then won several Group 1 races. Apache Cat also holds the race’s fastest winning time record with 1 minute 22.1 seconds.

Plenty of classy horses have won the PB Lawrence Stakes in recent years including five-time Group 1 winner Shoot Out who went on to win dual editions of Sydney’s Chipping Norton Stakes and Cox Plate / Melbourne Cup place-getter Hartnell.

In 2019 the PB Lawrence Stakes was won by classy filly Mystic Journey who won the inaugural $5 million The All-Star Mile at Flemington off the back of her Group 1 Australian Guineas success when becoming the first elite level winner trained in Tasmania for over 100 years that autumn.

Mr Brightside (2022-23) is the latest dual PB Lawrence Stakes champion.

Recent PB Lawrence Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2023 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Mr Brightside	1 minute 21.71 seconds
	2nd	Pinstriped
	3rd	Aegon
2022 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Mr Brightside	1 minute 22.67 seconds
	2nd	I Am Superman
	3rd	Buffalo River
2021 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Sierra Sue	1 minute 23.12 seconds
	2nd	Angel Of Truth
	3rd	Red Can Man
2020 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Savatiano	1 minute 24.29 seconds
	2nd	Sircconi
	3rd	Kings Will Dream
2019 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Mystic Journey	1 minute 24.46 seconds
	2nd	Cliff’s Edge
	3rd	Hartnell
2018 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Showtime	1 minute 23.6 seconds
	2nd	Hartnell
	3rd	Widgee Turf
2017 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Hartnell	1 minute 24.0 seconds
	2nd	Charmed Harmony
	3rd	Black Heart Bart
2016 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Miss Rose De Lago	1 minute 24.8 seconds
	2nd	Jacquinot Bay
	3rd	Entirely Platinum
2015 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Mourinho	1 minute 23.54 seconds
	2nd	The Cleaner
	3rd	Dibayani
2014 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Star Rolling	1 minute 24.37 seconds
	2nd	Spillway
	3rd	Gig
2013 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Puissance De Lune	1 minute 24.26 seconds
	2nd	Ajeeb
	3rd	Second Effort
2012 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Second Effort	1 minute 27.67 seconds
	2nd	Zamorar
	3rd	Ready To Rip
2011 PB Lawrence Stakes	1st	Whobegotyou	1 minute 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Lights Of Heaven
	3rd	Prince Obama
2010 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Shoot Out	1 minute 27.28 seconds
	2nd	Predatory Pricer
	3rd	Heart Of Dreams
2009 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Predatory Pricer	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Typhoon Tracy
2008 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Light Fantastic	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Weekend Hussler
	3rd	Maldivian
2007 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 22.1 seconds
	2nd	Marasco
	3rd	Maldivian
2006 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Pompeii Ruler	1 minute 23.6 seconds
	2nd	Red Dazzler
	3rd	Our Smoking Joe
2005 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Lad Of The Manor	1 minute 27.9 seconds
	2nd	Our Smoking Joe
	3rd	Super Elegant
2004 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Regal Roller	1 minute 26.3 seconds
	2nd	Amtrak
	3rd	Le Zagaletta
2003 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Super Elegant	1 minute 24.4 seconds
	2nd	Vocabulary
	3rd	Walk On Air
2002 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Sports	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Le Zagaletta
	3rd	Tully Thunder
2001 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Le Zagaletta	1 minute 25.5 seconds
	2nd	Inaflury
	3rd	Umrum
2000 JJ Liston Stakes	1st	Skoozi Please	1 minute 25.2 seconds
	2nd	Go Flash Go
	3rd	Ad Alta