Caulfield Might And Power Stakes

The Caulfield Stakes - known as the Neds Might And Power in 2023 - is a Group 1 race for Cox Plate hopefuls run on Caulfield Guineas Day each October.

2023 Caulfield Stakes Results

  • 1st: #1 Alligator Blood
  • 2nd: #2 Vow And Declare
  • 3rd: #9 Duais



The Caulfield Stakes (previously known as the Yalumba Stakes, Ladbrokes Stakes and Neds Stakes) is a Group 1 weight-for-age race held at Caulfield Racecourse on a Saturday in early – mid October. Currently known as the Neds Might And Power the event is run over a distance of 2000m and attracts a great group of quality stayers eager to win a share of the $1 million in prize money on offer.

The Caulfield Stakes takes place on Caulfield Guineas Day with two other major Group 1 races – the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and the Toorak Handicap (1600m) contested over a mile. The event is also regarded as a great lead up race to the Caulfield Cup and the Ladbrokes Cox Plate. Winx (2016) and Anamoe (2022) are the latest horses to complete the Caulfield Stakes – Cox Plate double.

Before the mighty Winx the last Cox Plate winner to come off a run in the Caulfield Stakes was Ocean Park (2012) who also completed the double, while Mongolian Khan (3rd in 2015) backed up from his Caulfield Stakes place to win the Caulfield Cup over a mile and a half at the track next start.

Recently the 2018 Caulfield Stakes winner Benbatl went on to run second to historic four-time champion Winx in the $5 million Cox Plate. Humidor meanwhile ran third in both the Caulfield Stakes and Cox Plate in 2018 further franking the form.

Humidor would return in the 2020 Caulfield Stakes results to run third to Arcadia Queen and Russian Camelot for his new trainer Chris Waller.

Many Caulfield Stakes graduates may race on to contest the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) – now known as the VRC Champions Stakes – at Flemington on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival with Arcadia Queen (2020) recently completing the double.

The 2021 Caulfield Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Nonconformist going on to run a next-up second to Incentivise in that year’s Caulfield Cup results. The beaten favourite out of the Caulfield Stakes that year, third place-getter Zaaki, further franked the form going on to win the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes next-up and return in 2022 to take out the $5 million The All-Star Mile.

In 2022 the previous year’s Caulfield Guineas winner Anamoe returned as a four-year-old to salute for the punters in the Might And Power Stakes results.

Anamoe franked the Might And Power Stakes form winning the Cox Plate 2022 at his next start before a 2023 autumn carnival that included taking out the Chipping Norton – George Ryder Stakes Group 1 double in Sydney. I’m Thunderstruck meanwhile ran second in both the Might And Power and Cox Plate results in 2022.

This season’s Caulfield Stakes ran on Saturday October 14, 2023 as the Neds Might And Power Stakes on Caulfield Guineas Day 2023 and was won in a huge performance by the now seven-time Group 1 champ Alligator Blood ($3.40) for the Waterhouse/Bott stable. 

Caulfield Stakes
Date: Saturday October 14, 2023
Track: Caulfield Racecourse
Distance: 2000m
Race Type: 3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $1 million

2023 Caulfield Might And Power Stakes Results

  • 1st: #1 Alligator Blood ($3.40)
  • 2nd: #2 Vow And Declare
  • 3rd: #9 Duais

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alligator Blood ($3.40) was outstanding hitting the lead at the top of the straight off a quick pace to win the 2023 Might And Power Stakes by two lengths over the 2000m ahead of the Ladbrokes Cox Plate.

Click here to read more on the huge Might And Power 2023 win by Alligator Blood.

2023 Might And Power Stakes Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 1 ALLIGATOR BLOOD Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 3 59kg $3.40
2 2 VOW AND DECLARE Danny O’Brien Billy Egan 2L 8 59kg $71
3 9 DUAIS Edward Cummings Blake Shinn 3L 10 57kg $4
4 3 NONCONFORMIST Grahame Begg Harry Coffey 6L 5 59kg $10
5 4 ALENQUER (FR) Michael Moroney Mark Zahra 6.75L 7 59kg $41
6 10 DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) Michael Kent Wiremu Pinn (a) 7.25L 2 57kg $31
7 5 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 8.5L 9 59kg $41
8 8 LINDERMANN Chris Waller Joao Moreira 8.6L 1 58kg $19
9 7 FORGOT YOU (NZ) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 9.35L 6 59kg $18
10 6 JUST FINE (IRE) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jordan Childs 10.35L 4 59kg $3.10F

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Caulfield Might And Power Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Caulfield Stakes 2023 betting markets from Ladbrokes.com.au will be listed below complete with links for you to back your Caulfield Stakes tips this spring.

Anamoe ($2.15 in 2022) was the last favourite in Might And Power betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 NEDS MIGHT AND POWER STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Might And Power Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 MIGHT AND POWER STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Might And Power Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Might And Power 2023 Tips on the key Cox Plate lead-up this spring.

  • To Win: #1 Alligator Blood ($2.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Stellar showdown of the Might And Power with The ‘Gator on top of betting as the deserving and hard-to-beat favourite. He takes on a gun stayer in stablemate Just Fine, but over the 2000m think it will be all about this flying Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained hero. The All Too Hard seven-year-old continues to deliver and is rock-hard fit now fourth-up off some outstanding form already this spring. Two back he was runner-up to the brilliant Mr Brightside in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) before a successful title defence in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1900m) last time out. He is yet to win over further than 1800m, so he needs to stretch, but it is a small field of 10 and he is drawn a treat in gate three. He’ll likely be on speed from there and if he gets the speed to suit can win again.

2023 Caulfield Might And Power Stakes Field

The Caulfield Stakes field attracts a strong line-up of quality weight-for-age types that are often looking ahead to a run in the Cox Plate field in a fortnight’s time.

Runners in the Caulfield Stakes field may come off a lead-up run in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) with the double most recently completed by Ocean Park (2012) followed by Alligator Blood (2023).

In 2021 the Underwood Stakes winner Zaaki ran third as the beaten favourite in the Caulfield Stakes with the Underwood runner-up Probabeel turning the tables to win.

The 2023 Caulfield Stakes field will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and detailed in full below.

The Might And Power 2023 final field features ten gun gallopers led in betting by last start Underwood Stakes champ Alligator Blood after his first win at the distance and the Melbourne Cup-bound The Metropolitan winner Just Fine also from the Waterhouse/Bott stable.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 Neds Might And Power field and betting markets.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 51x140x421 ALLIGATOR BLOOD Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 3 59kg 117
2 01x22460x0 VOW AND DECLARE Danny O’Brien Billy Egan 8 59kg 106
3 0x18402x07 NONCONFORMIST Grahame Begg Harry Coffey 5 59kg 106
4 16x69x00x0 ALENQUER (FR) Michael Moroney Mark Zahra 7 59kg 112
5 3x05420x80 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 9 59kg 103
6 386061×111 JUST FINE (IRE) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jordan Childs 4 59kg 106
7 5x4430x762 FORGOT YOU (NZ) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 6 59kg 97
8 x51210x048 LINDERMANN Chris Waller Joao Moreira 1 58kg 105
9 880x43x793 DUAIS Edward Cummings Blake Shinn 10 57kg 112
10 415931×173 DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) Michael Kent Wiremu Pinn (a) 2 57kg 97

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Caulfield Stakes Nominations

Nominations on the Caulfield Stakes in 2023 close the Monday leading-up to the race and will be published below once announced.

The 2023 Neds Might And Power Stakes nominations attracted plenty of spring stars including reigning Melbourne Cup champ Gold Trip who returned to winning form last Saturday in the Turnbull Stakes, last start Underwood Stakes winner Alligator Blood, and the airborne Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Just Fine last seen taking out Sydney’s The Metropolitan.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 91x2570x41 GOLD TRIP (FR) H 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 1 59kg 118
2 51x140x421 ALLIGATOR BLOOD G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 2 59kg 117
3 880x43x793 DUAIS M 6 Edward Cummings 3 57kg 112
4 16x69x00x0 ALENQUER (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney 4 59kg 112
5 6x6026x647 MY OBERON (IRE) G 7 Annabel Neasham 5 59kg 109
6 386061×111 JUST FINE (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 6 59kg 106
7 0x18402x07 NONCONFORMIST G 7 Grahame Begg 7 59kg 106
8 01x22460x0 VOW AND DECLARE G 8 Danny O’Brien 8 59kg 106
9 x51210x048 LINDERMANN H 4 Chris Waller 9 58kg 105
10 2x131x8x06 DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 10 59kg 105
11 121735×454 ZEYREK (FR) G 7 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 11 59kg 105
12 3x05420x80 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) G 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 12 59kg 103
13 5x4430x762 FORGOT YOU (NZ) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 13 59kg 97
14 415931×173 DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) M 6 Michael Kent 14 57kg 97

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Caulfield Stakes / Might And Power History

First raced in 1886 when Isonomy won the 9 furlong event, the Caulfield Stakes was renamed the Yalumba Stakes in 1997 and remained as such for several years before reverting. The Caulfield Stakes became a Group 1 event in 1979 and has a record of wins by more mature horses. Only one three year old colt has managed to win the race, which was Mighty Kingdom in 1979. There is yet to be a three year old filly that can win the Caulfield Stakes.

Caulfield Stakes Records

Until super star Winx in 2016 Tranquil Star was the only mare to win the Caulfield Stakes and Cox Plate double back in 1942. The Caulfield Stakes has been in three consecutive years by two horses with Eurythmic in 1920-1922 and Winfreux in 1964-1967. Rising Fast’s 1954 spring racing campaign is unmatched with wins in the Caulfield Stakes, Melbourne Cup, Turnbull Stakes, Mackinnon Stakes and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Notable recent Caulfield Stakes winners include Lonhro (2002-03), So You Think (2010), Criterion (2015), Winx (2016) who faced just two rivals for her success, Anamoe (2022), and the popular galloper Alligator Blood (2023).

Caulfield Stakes / Might And Power Results

The Caulfield Stakes winners and winning times since 2000 are shown below.

Year Place Horse Time
2023 Caulfield Stakes

(Neds Might And Power)

1st Alligator Blood 2 minutes 01.98 seconds
2nd Vow And Declare
3rd Duais
2022 Caulfield Stakes

(Neds Might And Power)

1st Anamoe 2 minutes 03.88 seconds
2nd I’m Thunderstruck
3rd Zaaki
2021 Caulfield Stakes 1st Probabeel 2 minutes 01.51 seconds
2nd Nonconformist
3rd Zaaki
2020 Caulfield Stakes 1st Arcadia Queen 2 minutes 03.38 seconds
2nd Russian Camelot
3rd Humidor
2019 Caulfield Stakes 1st Cape Of Good Hope 2 minutes 02.51 seconds
2nd Black Heart Bart
3rd Harlem
2018 Caulfield Stakes 1st Benbatl 2 minutes 0.84 seconds
2nd Blair House
3rd Humidor
2017 Caulfield Stakes 1st Gailo Chop 2 minutes 2.17 seconds
2nd Johannes Vermeer
3rd Jon Snow
2016 Caulfield Stakes 1st Winx 2 minutes 03.4 seconds
2nd Black Heart Bart
3rd He Or She
2015 Caulfield Stakes 1st Criterion 2 minutes 02.02
2nd Happy Trails
3rd Mongolian Khan
2014 Caulfield Stakes 1st Fawkner 2 minutes 1.68 seconds
2nd Criterion
3rd Side Glance
2013 Caulfield Stakes 1st Atlantic Jewel 2 minutes 3.99 seconds
2nd Foreteller
3rd Super Cool
2012 Caulfield Stakes 1st Ocean Park 2 minutes 4.7 seconds
2nd Alcopop
3rd Sincero
2011 Caulfield Stakes 1st Descarado 2 minutes 2.50 seconds
2nd Avienus
3rd Lights Of Heaven
2010 Yalumba Stakes 1st So You Think 2 minutes 2.45 seconds
2nd Alcopop
3rd Whobegotyou
2009 Yalumba Stakes 1st Whobegotyou 2 minutes 1.57 seconds
2nd Heart Of Dreams
3rd Vision And Power
2008 Yalumba Stakes 1st Douro Valley 2 minutes 4.3 seconds
2nd Pompeii Ruler
3rd Guillotine
2007 Yalumba Stakes 1st Maldivian 2 minutes 1.9 seconds
2nd Miss Finland
3rd Anamato
2006 Yalumba Stakes 1st Casual Pass 2 minutes 2.6 seconds
2nd Pompeii Ruler
3rd El Segundo
2005 Yalumba Stakes 1st El Segundo 2 minutes 4.8 seconds
2nd Fields Of Omagh
3rd Confectioner
2004 Yalumba Stakes 1st Mummify 2 minutes 3.2 seconds
2nd Grand Armee
3rd Starcraft
2003 Yalumba Stakes 1st Lonhro 2 minutes 2.3 seconds
2nd Mummify
3rd Defier
2002 Yalumba Stakes 1st Lonhro 2 minutes 0.6 seconds
2nd Sunline
3rd Ustinov
2001 Yalumba Stakes 1st Northerly 2 minutes 2.5 seconds
2nd Shogun Lodge
3rd Ethereal
2000 Yalumba Stakes 1st Sky Heights 2 minutes 3.6 seconds
2nd Shogun Lodge
3rd Tie The Knot

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