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The Coolmore Stud Stakes, formerly known as the Ascot Vale Stakes, is a Group 1 sprint race for three-year-old horses.

This 1200m set weights race has undergone plenty of changes in the past few years as it has elevated into the premier sprint race for the youngsters during the annual Melbourne Cup Carnival in late October or early November each year. Worth $1.5 million in prize money, the race attracts mainly colts looking to increase their stallion value at stud.

Run on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November, the Coolmore Stud Stakes was originally held earlier in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival as a Group 2. When the name was changed in 2007, the Coolmore Stud Stakes became the first Group 1 sprint race under 1600m for three-year-olds. Raced down the straight at Flemington, many horses are first tested in the 1600m Caulfield Guineas before having to freshen up to return over a shorter 1200m in the Coolmore Stud Stakes.

The Coolmore Stud Stakes shares a bumper race card with three other Group 1 events; the Victoria Derby (2500m), Kennedy Mile (1600m) and Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).

The 2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes ran as part of Victoria Derby Day at Flemington on Saturday October 31, 2020 and was won by Chris Waller’s brilliant filly September Run. 

Coolmore Stud Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday October 31, 2020
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1.5 million

2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes Results

• 1st: #14 September Run
• 2nd: #12 Swats That
• 3rd: #2 Wild Ruler

Click here to read about the brilliant 2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes winning filly September Run. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	14	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams		12	55kg		$4F
	2	12	SWATS THAT	Leon & Troy Corstens	John Allen	1.75L	9	55kg		$7.50
	3	2	WILD RULER	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	1.85L	14	57kg		$5
	4	6	DOUBTLAND	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	3.6L	1	57kg		$21
	5	13	MUNTASEERA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	4.35L	6	55kg		$31
	6	10	OUR PLAYBOY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	4.85L	11	57kg		$91
	7	3	MAMARAGAN	John Thompson	Hugh Bowman	5.05L	7	57kg		$71
	8	5	RANTING (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Ben Melham	7.3L	8	57kg		$21
	9	9	EXTRA TIME	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Kerrin McEvoy	7.7L	4	57kg		$151
	10	1	FARNAN	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Glen Boss	8.95L	10	57kg		$5
	11	11	FLYING AWARD	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	9.95L	5	57kg		$21
	12	4	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	10.25L	3	57kg		$17
	13	8	HOLYFIELD	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	13.25L	13	57kg		$21
	14	7	ANDERS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	15.25L	2	57kg		$16

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Coolmore Stud Stakes 2020 odds will be detailed below with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for your to back your Coolmore Stud Stakes betting tips on the hopeful three-year-olds at the right price.

September Run ($4 in 2020) was the last favourite in Coolmore Stud Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes Field

The Coolmore Stud Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of three-year-old sprint sprinters every Melbourne Cup Carnival. Good lead-up races into the Coolmore Stud Stakes field include the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) held in mid-October at Caulfield, Sydney’s Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) that has produced a host of recent Coolmore Stud Stakes and the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) run over the mile around three weeks before.

The official Coolmore Stud Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to Derby Day and published in full below.

Chris Waller’s in-form filly September Run (12) rising notably in grade is early favourite in the 14-horse 2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes field this weekend as she looks to defeat the likes of Golden Slipper champ Farnan and the widely-drawn Wild Ruler (14).

Click here to read about the top chances in the 2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes Field & Betting Market.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	110111×5	FARNAN	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Glen Boss	10	57kg		105
2	1x238x11	WILD RULER	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	14	57kg		93
3	133×3660	MAMARAGAN	John Thompson	Hugh Bowman	7	57kg		86
4	2502162×31	GLENFIDDICH	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	3	57kg		100
5	23×2531	RANTING (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Ben Melham	8	57kg		92
6	11×513	DOUBTLAND	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	1	57kg		92
7	36x211x113	ANDERS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	2	57kg		90
8	11919×613	HOLYFIELD	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	13	57kg		85
9	271×846631	EXTRA TIME	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Kerrin McEvoy	4	57kg		75
10	6x611x10x	OUR PLAYBOY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	11	57kg		82
11	221×20	FLYING AWARD	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	5	57kg		77
12	10×211	SWATS THAT	Leon & Troy Corstens	John Allen	9	55kg		89
13	1x25208x12	MUNTASEERA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	6	55kg		80
14	04x11x511	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	12	55kg		86

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes Nominations

The Coolmore Stud Stakes 2020 Nominations close the Monday of race week and the full list of early entries for the Group 1 sprint will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The 2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes nominations feature 16 three-year-olds including four fillies led by the Chris Waller-trained September Run.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	36x211x113	ANDERS	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
2	11×513	DOUBTLAND	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
3	271×846631	EXTRA TIME	G	3	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas
4	110111×5	FARNAN	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
5	221×20	FLYING AWARD	C	3	Danny O’Brien	77
6	2502162×31	GLENFIDDICH	C	3	Peter G Moody	100
7	11919×613	HOLYFIELD	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	85
8	133×3660	MAMARAGAN	C	3	John Thompson	86
9	1x25208x12	MUNTASEERA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
10	6x611x10x	OUR PLAYBOY	C	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
11	1541	PORTLAND SKY	C	3	Matt Laurie
12	23×2531	RANTING (NZ)	C	3	Leon & Troy Corstens
13	04x11x511	SEPTEMBER RUN	F	3	Chris Waller	86
14	10×211	SWATS THAT	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	89
15	1x238x11	WILD RULER	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
16	21×11	WRITTEN BEAUTY	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Coolmore Stud Stakes History

The sprint race is held on the same day as the Victoria Derby, Mackinnon Stakes and Myer Classic. First held in 1933 when Shakuni won, the race has been claimed by some of the most famous sprinters in Australia. In 1978, Manikato added the Ascot Vale Stakes to his list of victories.

Prior to 1965 the Coolmore Stud Stakes was an Autumn Carnival event for two year olds.

Notable Coolmore Stud Stakes winners include High Caste (1939), Comic Court (1948), Vain (1969), Surround (1976), Manikato (1978), Rose Of Kingston (1981), Encosta De Lago (1996), Alinghi (2004) and Weekend Hussler (2007).

Coolmore Stud Stakes Results

In the table below you will find the top 3 placegetters and Coolmore Stud Stakes winners from the year 2000 to present.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	September Run	1 minute 9.61 seconds
	2nd	Swats That
	3rd	Wild Ruler
2019 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Exceedance	1 minute 9.76 seconds
	2nd	Bivouac
	3rd	Libertini
2018 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Sunlight	1 minute 8.72 seconds
	2nd	Zousain
	3rd	Lean Mean Machine
2017 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Merchant Navy	1 minute 9.10 seconds
	2nd	Invincible Star
	3rd	Formality
2016 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Flying Artie	1 minute 8.98 seconds
	2nd	Astern
	3rd	Star Turn
2015 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Japonisme	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	Keen Array
	3rd	Counterattack
2014 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Brazen Beau	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Delectation
	3rd	Kuro
2013 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Zoustar	1 minute 9.23 seconds
	2nd	Not Listenin’tome
	3rd	Lion Of Belfort
2012 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Nechita	1 minute 8.59 seconds
	2nd	Jolie Bay
	3rd	Shamexpress
2011 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Sepoy	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Foxwedge
	3rd	Satin Shoes
2010 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Star Witness	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Curtana
	3rd	Shrapnel
2009 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Headway	1 minute 8.5 seconds
	2nd	King Pulse
	3rd	Shellscrape
2008 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Northern Meteor	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Fist of Fury
	3rd	All American
2007 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Bel Mer
	3rd	Scenic Blast
2006 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Splashing Out
	3rd	Churchill Downs
2005 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Ferocity	1 minute 8.3 seconds
	2nd	Jadescent
	3rd	Undoubtedly
2004 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Alinghi	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Barley A Moment
	3rd	Tirade
2003 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Scaredee Cat	1 minute 8.8 seconds
	2nd	Lago Delight
	3rd	Dilly Dally
2002 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	Innovation Girl	1 minute 10.8 seconds
	2nd	Cool Trent
	3rd	Titanic Jack
2001 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	North Boy	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Ustinov
	3rd	Malagra Miss
2000 Coolmore Stud Stakes	1st	So Gorgeous	1 minute 12.9 seconds
	2nd	Show A Heart
	3rd	Sort It Out