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The Blue Sapphire Stakes is a 1200m event held at Caulfield Racecourse for 3YO sprinters currently run in late November.
Blue Sapphire Stakes News
The Blue Sapphire Stakes is a lucrative Group 3 race for three-year-olds that now takes place at Caulfield Racecourse in late November at the tail-end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes results and finishing order on Saturday November 29, 2025.
- 1st: No. 9 Motorsports ($4F)
- 2nd: No. 4 Recuperato
- 3rd: No. 2 Regeneration
Winning Margin: 0.75 lengths
Winning Time: 1:10.84
Classy young Street Boss filly Motorsports ($4F) announced herself as a rising sprint star with victory in the 2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes results at Caulfield on Saturday.
Trained by Tony & Calvin McEvoy and ridden by Harry Coffey, the three-year-old produced a powerful performance in the Group 3 feature. Settling just off the speed, Motorsports unleashed a decisive burst in the straight to overhaul the leaders coming right down the outside in the final furlong to score impressively for favourite backers.
The win marked her first black-type success and underlined her potential to progress to higher level races in the autumn having earlier broken her maiden status the run prior at Pakenham.
Blue Sapphire Stakes 2025 Results
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1st
9. Motorsports (8)
J: Harry Coffey 55kg
T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
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2nd
4. Recuperato (9)
J: Declan Bates 55kg
T: Peter Gelagotis |
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3rd
2. Regeneration (6)
J: Lachlan Neindorf 57kg
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
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4th
8. Romantic Miss (2)
J: Linda Meech 55kg
T: Tom Dabernig |
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5th
3. Chicago Blues (10)
J: Ethan Brown 57kg
T: Jason Warren |
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6th
10. Angel In Black (3)
J: Zac Spain 55kg
T: Charlotte Littlefield |
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7th
5. Naifah (1)
J: Beau Mertens 55kg
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
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8th
6. Caffettiera (5)
J: Craig Williams 55kg
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
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9th
7. Hi Val (4)
J: Michael Dee 55kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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10th
1. Chergui (7)
J: Mark Zahra 57kg
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
The meeting is now currently headlined by the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) and also features the Group 3 Eclipse Stakes (1800m).
The Blue Sapphire Stakes offers $250,000 and is now raced over 1200m. In 2023 and 2024 the distance was increased from 1200m to 1400m before reverting back to six-furlongs ahead of the 2025 edition. The Group 3 event is open only to three-year-olds and is run under set weights conditions.
Before being moved to its later time slot ahead of the 2023 edition, the Blue Sapphire Stakes previously acted as a good lead up to the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) run at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Flying Artie (2016) was the last horse to do the Blue Sapphire Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double.
The Golden Rose Stakes, held at Sydney towards the beginning of the Spring Racing Carnival, often features a few horses that later contest the Blue Sapphire Stakes including in 2017 when the Blue Sapphire Stakes winning filly Formality atoned for her lead-up 11th in the Golden Rose. In 2018 the autumn’s Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By won the Blue Sapphire Stakes before a fourth in the Coolmore Stud Stakes.
The 2022 Blue Sapphire Stakes form was franked with the third placegetter Lofty Strike returning the following autumn to run second in both the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate and Group 1 Newmarket Handicap in 2023.
The Blue Sapphire Stakes 2025 ran on Saturday November 29, 2025 as part of Zipping Classic Day at the end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and was won by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy trained filly Motorsports ($4) who came with a big run down the outside late to salute for the punters.
| 2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes | |
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| Date: | Saturday November 29, 2025 |
| Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | 3YOs Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes Betting
The latest Blue Sapphire Stakes 2025 betting odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and updated here at Races.com.au so you can back your Blue Sapphire Stakes tips in at the right price this Caulfield Cup Carnival.
Grand Impact ($4.80 in 2022) and Motorsports ($4 in 2025) are the latest Blue Sapphire Stakes favourites to win.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Run Harry Run winning at Blue Sapphire Stakes odds of $13.
2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes Form Guide
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2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Blue Sapphire Stakes 2025 Tips on the $500,000 Group 3 sprint this Zipping Classic Day.
To Win: No. 2 Regeneration
REGENERATION (6) is the early market mover but still at a backable quote around $5 at time of publish in the Blue Sapphire.
Coming in confident after a last start win, Anthony & Sam Freedman’s progressive King’s Legacy gelding is oozing upside and looks to be putting it together at the right time to bag a Group 3 win.
He broke his maiden status second-up at Geelong on November 14 over 1207m saluting as the odds-on fancy by a length after an impressive on-speed run sticking with the task well.
This is tougher, but he comes back a kilo to 57kg, and the small field puts him right up there to go back-to-back.
Lachlan Neindorf comes aboard and rode him two back for a second at Sale without disgrace when narrowly denied fresh before bouncing back.
He’ll need to raise the bar again in this company, but his profile suggests he’s capable of finding that extra gear.
Sticking with.
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3rd
2. Regeneration (6)
J: Lachlan Neindorf 57kg
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes Field
The Blue Sapphire Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of sprinting three-year-olds that, prior to the race moving to late November in 2023, may have been eying a run in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m), a double Flying Artie (2016) achieved.
The 2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes field is released Racing Victoria (RV) on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided for punters below as soon as announced.
The Blue Sapphire Stakes 2025 final field features a small but promising line-up of three-year-olds including Romantic Miss coming off a four-length win at Ararat and Team Freedman’s last start Geelong winner Regeneration.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 27432×214 | CHERGUI | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 7 | 57kg | Â | Â | 65 |
| 2 | 3×21 | REGENERATION | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Lachlan Neindorf | 6 | 57kg | Â | Â | 63 |
| 3 | 5×13 | CHICAGO BLUES | Jason Warren | Ethan Brown | 10 | 57kg | Â | Â | 62 |
| 4 | 5319×0 | RECUPERATO | Peter Gelagotis | Declan Bates | 9 | 55kg | Â | Â | 70 |
| 5 | 0x29x15 | NAIFAH | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Beau Mertens | 1 | 55kg | Â | Â | 64 |
| 6 | 312 | CAFFETTIERA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Craig Williams | 5 | 55kg | Â | Â | 64 |
| 7 | 67×421 | HI VAL | Ciaron Maher | Michael Dee | 4 | 55kg | Â | Â | 63 |
| 8 | 57×4321 | ROMANTIC MISS | Tom Dabernig | Ms Linda Meech | 2 | 55kg | Â | Â | 62 |
| 9 | 21 | MOTORSPORTS | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Harry Coffey | 8 | 55kg | Â | Â | 62 |
| 10 | 42 | ANGEL IN BLACK | Charlotte Littlefield | Zac Spain | 3 | 55kg | Â | Â | 59 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes Nominations
Nominations on the Blue Sapphire Stakes in 2025 are taken the Monday of race week and will be detailed below once announced.
2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes nominations extended until 10:00AM (AEDT) – 25/11/2025
| Â | Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 42 | ANGEL IN BLACK | F | 3 | Charlotte Littlefield | Â |
| 2 | 312 | CAFFETTIERA | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 64 |
| 3 | 27432×214 | CHERGUI | G | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 65 |
| 4 | 5×13 | CHICAGO BLUES | G | 3 | Jason Warren | 62 |
| 5 | 67×421 | HI VAL | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | Â |
| 6 | 1 | MAGNABELLE ROYALE | F | 3 | Matt Laurie | 63 |
| 7 | 511x | MISS OLE | F | 3 | Clinton McDonald | Â |
| 8 | 21 | MOTORSPORTS | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 62 |
| 9 | 0x29x15 | NAIFAH | F | 3 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 64 |
| 10 | 5319×0 | RECUPERATO | F | 3 | Peter Gelagotis | 70 |
| 11 | 3×21 | REGENERATION | G | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 63 |
| 12 | 57×4321 | ROMANTIC MISS | F | 3 | Tom Dabernig | 62 |
| 13 | 7223×24 | THANKS GORGEOUS | F | 3 | Mark & Levi Kavanagh | 72 |
Blue Sapphire Stakes History
The Blue Sapphire Stakes was inaugurated in 2012. Part of the impetus for the establishment of the event came from a growing need in Victoria for more feature events for three-year-olds. Sydney has for many years boasted the Golden Rose Stakes and associated races, also run under the same conditions over similar distances.
In a rapid push to grow the race into a major feature, the Blue Sapphire Stakes was upgraded to Listed status in 2014, just two years after it launched. Possibly reflecting the strong desire to broaden the quality of three-year-old events, the ARB made the Blue Sapphire Stakes the only race to be upgraded immediately this year, with all other upgrades taking force as of January 1st, 2015.
In the future, there is a very strong chance that the Blue Sapphire Stakes will become a Group 1 event, and possibly remain at its current slot in the middle of the Caulfield Cup Carnival. The Golden Rose first ran in 2003 and gained Group 1 status in 2009, establishing a precedent for the rapid advancement of new three-year-old features.
The Blue Sapphire Stakes bears no relation to the previously existing Listed Blue Sapphire Stakes, also held at Caulfield over 1200m.
The 2020 edition of the Blue Sapphire Stakes featured just three runners and was won in an upset by Ranting ($11), while the odds-on fancy Anders finished third.
In 2021 the race was reduced from $400,000 to $200,000.
In 2023 the event moved to late November with prize money increased to $500,000 before the stakes went back to $250,000 in 2025.
Motorsports (2025) was the last Blue Sapphire Stakes winning filly.
Blue Sapphire Stakes Results
Below you will find Blue Sapphire Stakes results and winning times since 2012.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Motorsports | 1 minute 10.84 seconds (Run over 1200m)Â |
| 2nd | Recuperato | ||
| 3rd | Regeneration | ||
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| 2024 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Pisces | 1 minute 25.42 seconds (Run over 1400m) |
| 2nd | Rue De Royale | ||
| 3rd | Catoggio | ||
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| 2023 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Run Harry Run | 1 minute 23.15 seconds (Run over 1400m) |
| 2nd | Brave Mead | ||
| 3rd | Arkansaw Kid | ||
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| 2022 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Grand Impact | 1 minute 12.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Shalailed | ||
| 3rd | Lofty Strike | ||
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| 2021 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Extreme Warrior | 1 minute 10.07 seconds |
| 2nd | Profiteer | ||
| 3rd | Minsk Moment | ||
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| 2020 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Ranting | 1 minute 11.12 seconds |
| 2nd | Hanseatic | ||
| 3rd | Anders | ||
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| 2019 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Anaheed | 1 minute 10.42 seconds |
| 2nd | Li’l Kontra | ||
| 3rd | Brooklyn Hustle | ||
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| 2018 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Written By | 1 minute 11.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Encryption | ||
| 3rd | Tony Nicconi | ||
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| 2017 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Formality | 1 minute 10.62 seconds |
| 2nd | Jukebox | ||
| 3rd | Lone Eagle | ||
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| 2016 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Flying Artie | 1 minute 9.76 seconds |
| 2nd | Dalradian | ||
| 3rd | Derryn | ||
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| 2015 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Keen Array | 1 minute 11.08 seconds |
| 2nd | Mogador | ||
| 3rd | Haptic | ||
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| 2014 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Eloping | 1 minute 9.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Sultry Feeling | ||
| 3rd | Husson Eagle | ||
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| 2013 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Lion Of Belfort | 1 minutes 11.03 seconds |
| 2nd | Safeguard | ||
| 3rd | Diamond Oasis | ||
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| 2012 Blue Sapphire Stakes |
1st | Snitzerland | 1 minutes 10.09 seconds |
| 2nd | Fire Thunderbolt | ||
| 3rd | Lankan Rupee | ||
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