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The Group 3 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude is a 1400m event held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse in late September or early October across the AFL Grand Final long weekend.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude is sponsored by Ladbrokes.com.au and is open only to three year old colts and geldings. The Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude is a major lead-up race to the Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in two weeks’ time. The Caulfield Guineas Prelude offers $175,000 total prize money. While it is a major lead up event, participation is not requisite for acceptance into the Caulfield Guineas field and the Caulfield Guineas Prelude – Caulfield Guineas double was last achieved by Helmet (2011).

The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is held Underwood Stakes Day. Three other Group status races share the program: the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) and the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m).

The Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) has in the past acted as a good guide to the Caulfield Guineas Prelude. The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is considered one of the ideal preparatory races for horses taking a number of different spring routes including being freshened-up and dropped down in distance for Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The 2017 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude was held on Sunday October 1, 2017.

Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude
Date:	Sunday October 1, 2017
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	3YO C&G SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$175,000
Inaugurated:	1985

2017 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude Results

• 1st: #7 Perast
• 2nd: #2 Summer Passage
• 3rd: #6 Kementari

Check out the full Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2017 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more about the upset win by the Paul Perry-trained Perast who improved on a lead-up seventh in the Golden Rose in Sydney as a $101 roughie. Perast defeated Kiwi visitor Summer Passage by a length, while Kementari rounded out the trifecta in third. Previously undefeated favourite Royal Symphony meanwhile finished a distant fourth.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	7	PERAST	Paul Perry	Damian Lane	–	6	55kg	$11
2	2	SUMMER PASSAGE	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Mark Zahra	1L	5	57kg	$17
3	6	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	1.2L	4	55kg	$3.80
4	3	ROYAL SYMPHONY	Tony McEvoy	Dwayne Dunn	3.45L	9	57kg	$2.40F
5	8	ECLAIR SUNSHINE	Phillip Stokes	Regan Bayliss	4.2L	3	55kg	$11
6	10	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Ben Melham	5.2L	10	55kg	$21
7	1	INVADER	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	6.2L	1	57.5kg	$9
8	5	AL PASSEM	Ken Keys	Ben Thompson (a)	7.2L	7	55kg	$51
9	4	MURAAHIB	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	7.95L	8	55kg	$31
10	12	BARNEY ALLEN	Bev Lechmere & Alisa Hinch	Stan Tsaikos	9.2L	2	55kg	$301
–	13	MACTIER	Mick Price	Michael Dee	–	0	–	–
–	9	ESPERANCE	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	–	0	–	–
–	11	WASSERGEIST	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Corey Brown	–	0	–	–

2017 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude Tips

• 1st: #3 Royal Symphony
• 2nd: #2 Summer Passage
• 3rd: #6 Kementari

Royal Symphony is undefeated to date and deserves the short price, but he’s eased out over $2 so is still worth getting behind. Heads towards the Group 1 in a fortnight and think he’ll stay unbeaten before the Group 1 with a win going right around these rivals here. Summer Passage is the value out to atone for the lead-up eighth behind Catchy in the Danehill Stakes, will be better over this distance. Kementari the obvious danger.

2017 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude Odds

The updated Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2017 betting odds and links to the Group 3 Caulfield racing markets online at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.

2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude Field

Each season the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude field attracts the season’s top three-year-old colts and geldings with the potential to see out the mile of the Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m) next-up.

The official 2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude field and barriers will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

The Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2017 Final Field has drawn 13 three-year-old colts and geldings including the undefeated Royal Symphony with work to do from a wide barrier 12 draw.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x251212x67	INVADER	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	1	57.5kg	98
2	2112×8	SUMMER PASSAGE	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Mark Zahra	5	57kg	90
3	111×1	ROYAL SYMPHONY	Tony McEvoy	Dwayne Dunn	12	57kg	85
4	11638×30	MURAAHIB	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	11	55kg	72
5	112×55	AL PASSEM	Ken Keys	Ben Thompson (a)	8	55kg	71
6	21×4	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	4	55kg	70
7	136×6737	PERAST	Paul Perry	Damian Lane	7	55kg	69
8	2x26x1x22	ECLAIR SUNSHINE	Phillip Stokes	Regan Bayliss	3	55kg	68
9	116	ESPERANCE	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	6	55kg	69
10	1×1	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Ben Melham	13	55kg	68
11	521	WASSERGEIST	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Corey Brown	9	55kg	63
12	783×5	BARNEY ALLEN	Bev Lechmere & Alisa Hinch	Stan Tsaikos	2	55kg	60
13	1×8	MACTIER	Mick Price	Michael Dee	10	55kg	62

2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude Nominations

The 2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Underwood Stakes Day and will be detailed right here once early entries are announced.

The Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2017 nominations attracted 19 three-year-old colts and geldings including the sure-to-be odds-on favourite Royal Symphony who is undefeated and chasing another win on way to the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x251212x67	INVADER	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	1	57.5kg	98
2	6x214x01	SIRCCONI	C	3	Peter Morgan	2	57.5kg	95
3	2112×8	SUMMER PASSAGE	C	3	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	3	57kg	90
4	111×1	ROYAL SYMPHONY	C	3	Tony McEvoy	4	57kg	85
5	11638×30	MURAAHIB	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	5	55kg	72
6	112×55	AL PASSEM	C	3	Ken Keys	6	55kg	71
7	21×4	KEMENTARI	C	3	James Cummings	7	55kg	70
8	12×20	PLUTOCRACY	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	8	55kg	71
9	136×6737	PERAST	C	3	Paul Perry	9	55kg	69
10	133×9	MURAAQEB	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	10	55kg	68
11	2x26x1x22	ECLAIR SUNSHINE	G	3	Phillip Stokes	11	55kg	68
12	116	ESPERANCE	G	3	James Cummings	12	55kg	69
13	12×2	SALSAMOR (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	13	55kg	66
14	1×1	LEVENDI	C	3	Peter Gelagotis	14	55kg	68
15	10×1	HECTA	C	3	Symon Wilde	15	55kg	67
16	521	WASSERGEIST	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	16	55kg	63
17	1×8	MACTIER	G	3	Mick Price	17	55kg	62
18	783×5	BARNEY ALLEN	G	3	Bev Lechmere & Alisa Hinch	18	55kg	60
19	3	VILLERMONT	C	3	Ciaron Maher	19	55kg	60

Caulfield Guineas Prelude History

Inaugurated in 1985, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude has experience multiple renowned horses throughout its relatively short history.

Originally held over 1200m, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude changed to 1400m from the 1991 edition onwards. A Listed race from 1985 to 2000, the 2001 Caulfield Guineas Prelude ran as a Group 3 event, a status which the race has retained since.

The Caulfield Guineas Prelude has experienced a few name changes over the years. Between 1985 and 1989 the Caulfield Guineas Prelude was named the “Show Day Stakes”. Between 1990 and 1997 the race was referred to as the JD MacDonald Stakes. For two years in 1998 and 1999 the name was shortened to the MacDonald Stakes. Since 2000, the race has been known as the Caulfield Guineas Prelude, or more simply, the Guineas Prelude.

Some of the more notable Caulfield Guineas Prelude winners include Brequillo (1985), Alfa (1996), Elvstroem (2003), Apache Cat (2005) and Epaulette (2012). Caulfield Guineas Prelude results since 2000 are listed below.

Caulfield Guineas Prelude Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	TBD	TBA
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Perast	1 minute 23.47 seconds
	2nd	Summer Passage
	3rd	Kementari
2016 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Sacred Elixir	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Revolving Door
	3rd	Wazzenme
2015 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Bon Aurum	1 minute 22.67 seconds
	2nd	Tulsa
	3rd	Dal Cielo
2014 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Rich Enuff	1 minute 23.5 seconds
	2nd	Looks Like The Cat
	3rd	Awesome Rock
2013 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Eclair Big Bang	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	El Roca
	3rd	Long John
2012 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Epaulette	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Let Go Lenni
	3rd	Awesome Bro
2011 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Helmet	1 minute 21.4 seconds
	2nd	Secret Hills
	3rd	Specter
2010 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Anacheeva	1 minute 23.1 seconds
	2nd	Toorak Toff
	3rd	Skilled
2009 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Demerit	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Trusting
	3rd	Manhattan Rain
2008 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Fernandina	1 minute 25.4 seconds
	2nd	Time Thief
	3rd	Von Costa De Hero
2007 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Purrealist	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Marching
	3rd	Shrewd Rhythm
2006 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Wonderful World	1 minute 24.6 seconds
	2nd	Blue Lago
	3rd	Sharkbite
2005 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 27.0 seconds
	2nd	Gods Own
	3rd	Danerich
2004 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Tirade	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Rock
	3rd	Classiconi
2003 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Elvstroem	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	In Top Swing
	3rd	Dance Up
2002 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Great Glen	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Titanic Jack
	3rd	Helenus
2001 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Pure Theatre	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	King Of Prussia
	3rd	North Boy
2000 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Fubu	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Show A Heart
	3rd	Debrief