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The The Heath 1100 Stakes is a Group 3 1100 metre sprint held at Melbourne’s renowned Caulfield Racecourse on Memsie Stakes Day in late August or early September.

Open to horses aged four years and older, The Heath is run under set weights with penalties conditions. The Heath 1100 field usually attracts a decent variety of gallopers, with some of Melbourne’s classier sprinters often entering the field. While only a Group 3 event, The Heath’s calendar spot and the lack of other options means that it attracts a worthy field.

Those horses that perform well in The Heath usually go on to continue their spring campaigns during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. For this reason, it’s always a good idea to check out the from in The Heath.

The race can serve as a guide to upcoming features including even Randwick’s $15 million The Everest (1200m) – the richest turf race in the world.

One of the major lead up races to The Heath is the Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m), a Group 3 sprint held at Flemington Racecourse. Many horses who have a good run in The Heath might go on to contest the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m).

The Heath 1100 shares its race program with three other Group events: the Group 1 Memsie Stakes, Group 3 McNeil Stakes and Group 3 Cockram Stakes. 

In 2019 Gytrash ran second in The Heath 1100 results before winning the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning the following February.

The The Heath 2020 ran on Saturday August 29, 2020 and was won by Diamond Effort for her fifth victory on the trot.

2020 The Heath
Date:	Saturday August 29, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	4YO&UP – SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Diamond Effort ($6) showed she was a mare with a big spring ahead overcoming a wide alley first-up in a very competitive edition of The Heath 1100 Stakes 2020 to make it five on the trot with her narrow late-surging win over the beaten favourite Lyre ($4.60) and roughie hope Runson ($61).

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	13	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Ben Melham		13	56kg		$6
	2	14	LYRE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	0.2L	2	55kg		$4.60F
	3	4	RUNSON	Leon & Troy Corstens	John Allen	0.4L	12	58kg		$61
	4	5	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Craig Williams	0.5L	7	58kg		$21
	5	6	GARNER	Gordon Richards	Dwayne Dunn	0.7L	3	58kg		$5
	6	12	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	0.8L	5	56.5kg		$7
	7	7	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	1.55L	6	58kg		$12
	8	8	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	1.65L	1	57kg		$21
	9	2	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	1.85L	8	58kg		$7.50
	10	1	CRYSTAL DREAMER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	2.85L	10	58.5kg		$11
	11	11	MARITANA	Julien Welsh	Patrick Moloney	3.85L	4	57kg		$201
	12	10	ROCK PROPHET	Ray Besanko	Lewis German (a)	4.35L	9	57kg		$61
	13	9	TROPE	Julius Sandhu	Beau Mertens	12.35L	11	57kg		$91
		15	PROPHET’S THUMB	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil		0
		3	GREAT AGAIN	Lindsey Smith	Michael Rodd		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes Odds

Updated The Heath 1100 Stakes 2020 odds and betting market links to the sprint showdown will be available right here once opened at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes Field

The 2020 The Heath field of final acceptors and barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be available below once announced by Racing Victoria.

The Heath 1100 Stakes 2020 final field attracted 15 hopefuls led in betting by 2019 Blue Diamond winning filly Lyre who has posted a string of subsequent Group 1 placings including The Goodwood in Adelaide last start, and the returning Grant & Alana Williams-trained $5 million The All-Star Mile runner-up Superstorm.

Update: The in-form Lindsey Smith-trained veteran #3 Great Again (12) along with the widely-drawn #15 Prophet’s Thumb (13) have been scratched from The Heath 1100 field.

Click here for the official 2020 Memsie Stakes Day Scratchings & Caulfield Track Report. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7x1653377x	CRYSTAL DREAMER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	10	58.5kg		101
2	32154x122x	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	8	58kg		104
3	11x0x16232	GREAT AGAIN	Lindsey Smith	Michael Rodd	12	58kg		100
4	280x82120x	RUNSON	Leon & Troy Corstens	John Allen	14	58kg		96
5	112128438x	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Craig Williams	7	58kg		95
6	1121x3212x	GARNER	Gordon Richards	Dwayne Dunn	3	58kg		86
7	x2114x325x	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	6	58kg		84
8	2055x2308x	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	1	57kg		103
9	2x229x00x8	TROPE	Julius Sandhu	Beau Mertens	11	57kg		94
10	5x1860x122	ROCK PROPHET	Ray Besanko	Lewis German (a)	9	57kg		72
11	6x14110x	MARITANA	Julien Welsh	Patrick Moloney	4	57kg		70
12	116x50201x	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	5	56.5kg		99
13	5180x1111x	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Ben Melham	15	56kg		102
14	274x24423x	LYRE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	2	55kg		104
15	x9130x825x	PROPHET’S THUMB	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	13	55kg		90

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes Nominations

Nominations for The Heath 1100 2020 are taken the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2020 The Heath 1100 Stakes nominations attracted a bumper 26 early entries including Group 1 performer Brooklyn Hustle, Lindsey Smith’s in-form eight-year-old Great Again coming off a string of top three runs and The All-Star Mile runner-up Superstorm for Grant & Alana Williams.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	0x1334x09x	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	96
2	x2114x325x	BANQUO	H	4	Danny O’Brien	84
3	112128438x	BOLD STAR	G	5	Gordon Richards	95
4	1x55x535x1	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	84
5	31401411×5	CHICAGO CUB	G	5	Michael Moroney	86
6	7x1653377x	CRYSTAL DREAMER	G	8	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	101
7	0x4509x60x	DESPATCH	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	105
8	5180x1111x	DIAMOND EFFORT	M	5	Clinton McDonald	102
9	2055x2308x	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	8	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	103
10	x1390x25x1	EXPRESS PASS	G	4	Nick Ryan	75
11	219x60230x	FINE DANE	G	5	John Moloney	87
12	1121x3212x	GARNER	G	4	Gordon Richards	86
13	11x0x16232	GREAT AGAIN	G	8	Lindsey Smith	100
14	11118x	HOW WOMANTIC	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	83
15	116x50201x	HUMMA HUMMA	M	5	John McArdle	99
16	0x5917234x	I AM VINNIE	G	6	David & Coral Feek	81
17	x1330D0517	JUNGLE EDGE	G	10	Mick Bell	107
18	412550×882	LA TIGERESA	M	6	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	83
19	274x24423x	LYRE	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	104
20	6x14110x	MARITANA	G	5	Julien Welsh	70
21	x9130x825x	PROPHET’S THUMB	M	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	90
22	52132x121x	RIDDLE ME THAT	G	4	Matt Laurie	79
23	5x1860x122	ROCK PROPHET	G	4	Ray Besanko	72
24	280x82120x	RUNSON	G	8	Leon & Troy Corstens	96
25	32154x122x	SUPERSTORM	G	4	Grant & Alana Williams	104
26	2x229x00x8	TROPE	H	5	Julius Sandhu	94

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

The Heath 1100 History

The Heath is named for Caulfield Racecourse, which is affectionately known by locals as “the heath”, a reference to its scrubby early days. The Heath has enjoyed a variety of names throughout history, some of which are listed below:

Period	Name
2016	Resimax Stakes
2015	TheShark.com.au Stakes
2014	The Heath 1100
2012-13	TheShark.com.au Stakes
2008-11	Clamms Seafood Stakes
2007	Martha Cove Classic
2006	The Heath 1100
2004-05	Jayco Plate
2003	Australian Racing Museum Plate
2002	GB Galvanising Sprint
Up to 2001	Thomas North Handicap

The Heath was an unlisted race prior to 2005, when it was upgraded to listed. In 2013, The Heath received a further status upgrade to Group 3. Since 2002, The Heath has been held at Caulfield Racecourse and has been run over 1100 metres.

Notable The Heath winners include Lovely Jubly (2003), Atomic Force (2011), Samaready (2013) and subsequent two-time The Everest champion Redzel (2016). The Heath 1100 results since 2002 are listed below.

The Heath Results,

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 The Heath 1100	1st	Diamond Effort	1 minute 3.24 seconds
	2nd	Lyre
	3rd	Runson
2019 The Heath 1100	1st	Crystal Dreamer	1 minute 3.41 seconds
	2nd	Gytrash
	3rd	Ball Of Muscle
2018 The Heath 1100	1st	Ball Of Muscle	1 minute 3.51 seconds
	2nd	Voodoo Lad
	3rd	Brave Smash
2017 The Heath 1100	1st	Voodoo Lad	1 minute 3.6 seconds
	2nd	So Si Bon
	3rd	Crystal Dreamer
2016 The Heath 1100	1st	Redzel	1 minute 4.54 seconds
	2nd	Under the Louvre
	3rd	Santa Ana Lane
2015 The Heath 1100	1st	Bounding	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Rich Enuff
	3rd	Miss Promiscuity
2014 The Heath 1100	1st	Flamberge	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Rifleman
	3rd	Hard Stride
2013 The Heath 1100	1st	Samaready	1 minute 4.4 seconds
	2nd	Chiaramonte
	3rd	Anise
2012 The Heath 1100	1st	Golden Archer	1 minute 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Mr Make Believe
	3rd	Platelet
2011 The Heath 1100	1st	Atomic Force	1 minute 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Testa My Patience
	3rd	Chosen To Fly
2010 The Heath 1100	1st	Rightfully Yours	1 minute 5.4 seconds
	2nd	Stanzout
	3rd	Returntosender
2009 The Heath 1100	1st	First Command	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Masked Assassin
	3rd	Here De Angels
2008 The Heath 1100	1st	Bel Mer	1 minute 4.04 seconds
	2nd	Red Element
	3rd	Monet Rules
2007 The Heath 1100	1st	Undue	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Typhoon Zed
	3rd	Satin Robes
2006 The Heath 1100	1st	Shadoways	1 minute 2.96 seconds
	2nd	Amyjaye Power
	3rd	Magnus
2005 The Heath 1100	1st	Classiconi	1 minute 6.6 seconds
	2nd	Brannigan
	3rd	Our Quivira
2004 The Heath 1100	1st	Monahan Tweed	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Dane Again
	3rd	Pink Fit
2003 The Heath 1100	1st	Lovely Jubly	1 minute 5.0 seconds
	2nd	Captain Clipper
	3rd	Bomber Bill
2002 The Heath 1100	1st	Crystal Finale	1 minute 2.4 seconds
	2nd	Feel The Noise
	3rd	Prince Rubiton