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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 $200,000 in prize money, 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 horse to manage the P.B. Lawrence Stakes/Memsie Stakes double in the past 30 years is Regal Roller (2004).

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 2020 PB Lawrence Stakes ran on Saturday August 15, 2020 and was won by the classy Godolphin-raced mare Savatiano ($5).

PB Lawrence Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 15, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 PB Lawrence Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 Savatiano
• 2nd: #6 Sircconi
• 3rd: #2 Kings Will Dream

The James Cummings-trained Savatiano ($5F) saluted for the punters first-up with a brilliant effort fresh in the 2020 PB Lawrence Stakes results defeating a gun field including Sircconi (2nd) and Kings Will Dream (3rd).

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra		3	57kg		$5F
	2	6	SIRCCONI	Nick Ryan	Daniel Stackhouse	0.2L	10	59kg		$11
	3	2	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	1.7L	1	59kg		$9
	4	5	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2.45L	11	59kg		$14
	5	9	ARCADIA QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	Damian Lane	2.55L	4	57kg		$6
	6	7	MORRISSY	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	3.3L	7	59kg		$31
	7	3	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	4.3L	5	59kg		$7.50
	8	8	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Billy Egan	4.5L	9	57kg		$6
	9	1	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	6.25L	6	59kg		$7
	10	11	ARISTIA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	7.75L	8	57kg		$41
	11	4	CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (IRE)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Luke Nolen	13.75L	2	59kg		$71

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 PB Lawrence Stakes Odds

Betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au offering the top PB Lawrence Stakes 2020 odds this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Savatiano ($5 in 2020) was the last favourite in the PB Lawrence Stakes odds to salute for the punters, following on from the 2019 win by fellow mare Mystic Journey who also jumped the punters’ pick.

2020 PB Lawrence Stakes Field

The official PB Lawrence Stakes 2020 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.

A star-studded line-up of 11 gallopers make-up the 2020 P.B. Lawrence Stakes final field including last year’s returning champion Mystic Journey, fellow All-Star Mile winner Regal Power, his Group 1 winning stablemate Arcadia Queen and sneaky value chance Streets Of Avalon.

Click here to read more on the key hopefuls in the P.B. Lawrence Stakes 2020 field and odds.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x2161x421x	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	6	59kg		112
2	166x32050x	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	1	59kg		109
3	189x3210x2	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	5	59kg		110
4	83x100x80x	CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (IRE)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Luke Nolen	2	59kg		108
5	713x25319x	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	11	59kg		106
6	x653502217	SIRCCONI	Nick Ryan	Daniel Stackhouse	10	59kg		98
7	333×002141	MORRISSY	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	7	59kg		92
8	11x1255x5x	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Billy Egan	9	57kg		113
9	13111x105x	ARCADIA QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	Damian Lane	4	57kg		110
10	101x12766x	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	3	57kg		109
11	75720x507x	ARISTIA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	8	57kg		103

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 PB Lawrence Nominations

PB Lawrence Stakes 2020 nominations close the Monday of race week with the full list of early entries to be published here once announced.

The PB Lawrence Stakes 2020 nominations drew 15 hopefuls, many heading towards the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup later in the spring, including the inaugural two The All-Star Mile winners Mystic Journey and Regal Power.

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

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	13111x105x	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	5	Grant & Alana Williams	110
2	75720x507x	ARISTIA	M	5	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	103
3	83x100x80x	CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (IRE)	H	5	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	108
4	713x25319x	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	106
5	2115x3010x	DR DRILL (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
6	166x32050x	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	109
7	113411x84x	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	103
8	x30x03643x	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	107
9	333×002141	MORRISSY	H	5	Leon & Troy Corstens	92
10	11x1255x5x	MYSTIC JOURNEY	M	5	Adam Trinder	113
11	x2161x421x	REGAL POWER	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	112
12	101x12766x	SAVATIANO	M	6	James Cummings	109
13	x653502217	SIRCCONI	G	6	Nick Ryan	98
14	84644116×4	SO SI BON	G	7	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	106
15	189x3210x2	STREETS OF AVALON	G	6	Shane Nichols	110

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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, Tauto has been the only horse to successfully win two races in 1971 and 1972. 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 placegetter 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.

Recent PB Lawrence Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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