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The Ethereal Stakes is a Group 3 race held in October on Caulfield Cup Day for VRC Oaks-bound fillies during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Named in honour of the 2011 Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double winning mare Ethereal, the race is open only to three-year-old fillies and takes place at set weights plus penalties.

Offering $200,000 and contested over 2000m, the Ethereal Stakes is a traditional lead-up into the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) held the following month at Flemington during the coveted four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Pinot (2017) was the last filly to complete the Ethereal Stakes – VRC Oaks double, while the year before the Ethereal Stakes winner Eleonora (2016) ran third in the VRC Oaks (then Crown Oaks) next start.

The 2019 edition of the Ethereal Stakes ran on Saturday October 19, 2019 as part of a bumper Caulfield Cup Day program and was won by new Oaks’ favourite Gamay. 

Ethereal Stakes 2019
Date:	Saturday October 19, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	3YOs Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2019 Ethereal Stakes Results

• 1st: #8 Gamay
• 2nd: #7 Vegas Jewel
• 3rd: #2 Celestial Falls

The Ethereal Stakes 2019 results saw Pierro filly Gamay dig deep late to hold off the race favourite Vegas Jewel for a narrow victory ahead of a run in the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Read more on the gutsy VRC Oaks-bound Ethereal Stakes winner Gamay now.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	8	GAMAY	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	–	7	55kg	$7
2	7	VEGAS JEWEL (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jordan Childs	0.2L	13	55kg	$3.50F
3	2	CELESTIAL FALLS	Mark Newnham	Ben Melham	1.45L	10	55kg	$4.80
4	11	OCEAN MISS	David & Coral Feek	Michael Walker	3.7L	11	55kg	$31
5	9	SONG BROCADE	John Sadler	Jye McNeil	3.8L	5	55kg	$41
6	1	ORIENTAL LILY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	4.2L	14	55kg	$12
7	14	CAPE LEOPARD	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	5.95L	8	55kg	$15
8	6	PRESENTLY	Ken Keys	Dwayne Dunn	7.2L	4	55kg	$41
9	3	LEVEN LASS (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Brett Prebble	7.3L	2	55kg	$21
10	12	FIORENTE’S GIRL	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Mott	9.3L	1	55kg	$21
11	4	SNAPDANCER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	10.3L	6	55kg	$9.50
12	5	REALLY DISCREET	Phillip Stokes	Luke Nolen	10.4L	12	55kg	$41
13	10	ATAME	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	10.9L	15	55kg	$71
14	15	ISOLA COMACINA (NZ)	Andrew Noblet	Daniel Stackhouse	13.15L	3	55kg	$151
15	13	CONTRITION (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	14.65L	9	55kg	$14

2019 Ethereal Stakes Betting

Betting on the Ethereal Stakes 2019 opens the week of the race with all-in markets available at Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as the nominations are taken.

The latest Ethereal Stakes odds on the Oaks-bound fillies will be provided below as soon as released.

2019 Ethereal Stakes Field

The official Ethereal Stakes 2019 Field & Barriers are announced the Wednesday leading-up to the Caulfield Cup. The day the Ethereal Stakes final acceptances close is also host to three Group status races at Caulfield for Blue Sapphire Stakes Day.

The 2019 Ethereal Stakes Final Field attracted 15 Oaks-type fillies led in betting by the flying Mark Newnham-trained Celestial Falls coming off a lead-up win at Flemington.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	566×221214	ORIENTAL LILY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	14	55kg	67
2	521×21	CELESTIAL FALLS	Mark Newnham	Ben Melham	10	55kg	72
3	812×636	LEVEN LASS (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Brett Prebble	2	55kg	65
4	2124	SNAPDANCER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6	55kg	68
5	143×979	REALLY DISCREET	Phillip Stokes	Luke Nolen	12	55kg	64
6	8x223x10	PRESENTLY	Ken Keys	Dwayne Dunn	4	55kg	64
7	11	VEGAS JEWEL (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jordan Childs	13	55kg	68
8	6×212	GAMAY	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	7	55kg	64
9	68x6665x10	SONG BROCADE	John Sadler	Jye McNeil	5	55kg	60
10	0x51	ATAME	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	15	55kg	63
11	14	OCEAN MISS	David & Coral Feek	Michael Walker	11	55kg	63
12	366×41	FIORENTE’S GIRL	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Mott	1	55kg	62
13	21	CONTRITION (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	9	55kg	63
14	73	CAPE LEOPARD	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	8	55kg	63
15	34	ISOLA COMACINA (NZ)	Andrew Noblet	Jamie Kah	3	55kg	59

Ethereal Stakes History

The Ethereal Stakes was first conducted in 2000 making it one of the newer editions to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

The event has gone by many names due to sponsorship purposes including its inaugural title – the Foster’s Light Ice Handicap. Originally it was a handicap race, but it is now a set weights plus penalties feature.

The Ethereal Stakes became a key VRC Oaks lead-up when upgraded to Group 3 status in 2015. It has been won by many quality fillies including Set Square (2014), that year’s VRC Oaks winner Pinot (2017) and the Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant (2018).

Ethereal Stakes results since the upgrade to Group 3 status are listed below.

Ethereal Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Ethereal Stakes	1st	Gamay	2 minutes 04.42 seconds
	2nd	Vegas Jewel
	3rd	Celestial Falls
2018 Ethereal Stakes	1st	Verry Ellegant	2 minutes 5.56 seconds
	2nd	Aristia
	3rd	Sizzleme
2017 Ethereal Stakes	1st	Pinot	2 minutes 2.71 seconds
	2nd	Rimraam
	3rd	Hiyaam
2016 Ethereal Stakes	1st	Eleonora	2 minutes 5.31 seconds
	2nd	Tiamo Grace
	3rd	Savvan
2015 Ethereal Stakes	1st	Dawnie Perfect	2 minutes 2.79 seconds
	2nd	Honesta
	3rd	Ambience