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The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, previously named the Invitation Stakes, is a Group 1 feature held at Caulfield Racecourse in late September during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Previously run on the same day as the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) on the AFL Grand Final weekend, the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is now the feature race on Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day, which takes place on the same date as Sydney’s George Main Stakes.

The Sir Rupert Clarke is good lead-up to the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) held a few weeks later.  From 2012 – 2016 all four Toorak Handicap winners had their final lead-up in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, including Trust In A Gust (2014) who did the double. The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is a 1400m sprint offering $500,000 in prize money and is run under quality handicap conditions.

The 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes ran on Saturday September 19, 2020 and was won by the top-weighted favourite Behemoth. 

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 19, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Behemoth
• 2nd: #6 Dollar For Dollar
• 3rd: #13 Pretty Brazen

David Jolly’s last-start Memsie Stakes winner Behemoth ($3.80F) was heavily backed on race day and saluted for the punters bursting through late to produce a brilliant turn of foot under the 60kg topweight in the 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the impressive late win in the 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes by Behemoth.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams		5	60kg		$3.80F
	2	6	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Nolen	1L	7	56.5kg		$26
	3	13	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	1.1L	10	54.5kg		$10
	4	10	ACHERNAR STAR	Lindsey Smith	Jamie Mott	1.4L	1	55.5kg		$51
	5	9	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	1.6L	11	56kg		$41
	6	15	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	1.8L	12	54kg		$11
	7	16	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	1.9L	6	54kg		$7
	7	7	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	1.9L	16	56kg		$21
	9	8	MANDELA EFFECT	Scott Brunton	Craig Newitt	2.4L	2	56kg		$51
	10	11	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	2.5L	13	55.5kg		$10
	11	4	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2.8L	8	58kg		$8.50
	12	5	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	3.2L	15	57kg		$11
	13	3	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	Daniel Bowman	Declan Bates	3.4L	4	58kg		$26
	14	17e	HARLECH (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	3.5L	9	54kg		$26
	15	2	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Daniel Stackhouse	6.25L	14	58.5kg		$41
	16	12	DEBT AGENT (NZ)	Jim Conlan	Billy Egan	21.25L	3	54.5kg		$101
		19e	GOLD FIELDS	Logan McGill			0
		20e	RUNSON	Leon & Troy Corstens			0
		14	ROHERYN	James Cummings	John Allen		0
		18e	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Betting

The season’s updated Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of the race.

Behemoth ($3.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting to salute.

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Field

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of middle-distance gallopers each spring that may have had a lead-up run in a race like the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at the same track / distance earlier in the season, or the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) run down the Flemington straight the week prior.

Bon Hoffa (2007) was the last horse to complete the Bobbie Lewis – Sir Rupert double when the former only held Group 3 status, while Behemoth (2020) became the first Memsie Stakes – Sir Rupert Clarke double winner since 2004.

The official 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field of final acceptances is released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided in full below.

Impressive last-start Memsie Stakes winner Behemoth heads a capacity 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field of 16 starters plus four emergencies and retains top spot in betting despite carrying the 60kg topweight.

Click here to read more on the top hopes in the 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field and betting markets.

Update: #14 Roheryn (14) has been scratched with the first emergency Harlech (9) gaining a start.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2020 SIR RUPERT CLARKE STAKES DAY SCRATCHINGS & TRACK REPORT

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	4184x14x11	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams	5	60kg		110
2	x3210x2705	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Daniel Stackhouse	17	58.5kg		107
3	161x777x46	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	Daniel Bowman	Declan Bates	4	58kg		106
4	3x25319x44	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	8	58kg		106
5	2154x122x9	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	18	57kg		104
6	55x2308x85	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Nolen	7	56.5kg		103
7	011x9702x6	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	20	56kg		106
8	45212111×5	MANDELA EFFECT	Scott Brunton	Craig Newitt	2	56kg		102
9	10×3815674	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	11	56kg		102
10	440x0223x8	ACHERNAR STAR	Lindsey Smith	Jamie Mott	1	55.5kg		101
11	1123x63x23	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	13	55.5kg		101
12	x870x4905x	DEBT AGENT (NZ)	Jim Conlan	Billy Egan	3	54.5kg		99
13	1151x22x71	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	10	54.5kg		103
14	8x1275x121	ROHERYN	James Cummings	John Allen	14	54.5kg		99
15	31x4124x3	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	12	54kg		102
16	114x325x72	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	6	54kg		98
17e	3x1212224x	HARLECH (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	9	54kg		98
18e	13x0x470x1	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden		15	54kg		98
19e	83x45050x6	GOLD FIELDS	Logan McGill		19	54kg		97
20e	80x82120x3	RUNSON	Leon & Troy Corstens		16	54kg		97

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes close the Monday of race week and will be published below once announced.

The 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes nominations feature 24 hopefuls including the in-form Perth galloper Showmanship coming off six straight wins, his All-Star Mile second placed stablemate Superstorm and the reigning champion Begood Toya Mother.

Click here to read more on the key Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2020 nominations.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	440x0223x8	ACHERNAR STAR	G	6	Lindsey Smith	101
2	1123x63x23	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	G	5	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	101
3	114x325x72	BANQUO	H	4	Danny O’Brien	98
4	161x777x46	BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER	G	6	Daniel Bowman	106
5	4184x14x11	BEHEMOTH	G	5	David Jolly	110
6	x111x0x11x	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	5	Michael Moroney	95
7	3x25319x44	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	106
8	x870x4905x	DEBT AGENT (NZ)	G	8	Jim Conlan	99
9	55x2308x85	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	8	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	103
10	83x45050x6	GOLD FIELDS	G	8	Logan McGill	97
11	3x1212224x	HARLECH (NZ)	H	4	Michael Moroney	98
12	13x0x470x1	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	98
13	3131037×31	JUNIPAL	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	94
14	011x9702x6	MADAM ROUGE	M	5	Chris Waller	106
15	45212111×5	MANDELA EFFECT	G	6	Scott Brunton	102
16	1151x22x71	PRETTY BRAZEN	M	4	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	103
17	10×3815674	REYKJAVIK	H	6	Lindsey Smith	102
18	8x1275x121	ROHERYN	G	5	James Cummings	99
19	80x82120x3	RUNSON	G	8	Leon & Troy Corstens	97
20	14×111111	SHOWMANSHIP (NZ)	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	99
21	x3210x2705	STREETS OF AVALON	G	6	Shane Nichols	107
22	2154x122x9	SUPERSTORM	G	4	Grant & Alana Williams	104
23	31x4124x3	TAGALOA	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	102
24	x930751721	TRAVIMYFRIEND (NZ)	G	8	Rachael Frost	97

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes History

The first recorded win of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes was in 1951 by Jovial Lad. The event has since then been won two consecutive times by several horses starting with Anonyme in 1961-62. Tauto then won in 1970-71 and Testa Rossa placed first in 1999 and 2000. Formerly known as the Invitation Stakes, the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes has held Group 1 status since 1979 and for a number of years took place on the same Sunday Sydney hosts the NRL Grand Final.

The Sir Rupert Clarke recently moved forward a week earlier as the feature event on its own race card. It has been won by many quality types over the years including the 2018 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Jungle Cat, a raider from the UK who came off a Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint win in Dubai.

Recent Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Time
2020	Behmoth	Dollar For Dollar	Pretty Brazen	1:23.84
2019	Begood Toya Mother	Age Of Chivalry	Widgee Turf	1:21.98
2018	Jungle Cat	Dollar For Dollar	Land Of Plenty	1:22.31
2017	Santa Ana Lane	Mr Sneaky	So Si Bon	1:22.28
2016	Bon Aurum	Voodoo Lad	Fast ‘n’ Rocking	1:23.4
2015	Stratum Star	Disposition	Under The Louvre	1:22.0
2014	Trust In A Gust	Dissident	Bull Point	1:23.0
2013	Rebel Dane	Fontelina	Solzhenitsyn	1:23.9
2012	Moment Of Change	We’re Gonna Rock	Solzhenitsyn	1:22.1
2011	Toorak Toff	Pinnacles	Master Of Design	1:21.9
2010	Response	No Evidence Needed	Woorim	1:22.23
2009	Turffontein	Stickpin	Raffaello	1:25.3
2008	Orange County	Bon Hoffa	Turffontein	1:24.3
2007	Bon Hoffa	Niconero	Wonderful World	1:22.5
2006	Rewaaya	Miss Andretti	Undue	1:23.4
2005	Barely A Moment	Super Kid	Sky Cuddle	1:25.7
2004	Regal Roller	Our Egyptian Raine	Alinghi	1:24.2
2003	Exceed & Excel	Reactive	Titanic Jack	1:21.2
2002	Pernod	Bel Espirit	Royal Code	1:22.6
2001	Mr Murphy	Fubu	Umrum	1:23.5
2000	Testa Rossa	Camarena	Porto Roca	1:21.9
1999	Testa Rossa	Nina Haraka	Redoutes Choice	1:22.1
1998	Lord Luskin	Theatre	Haltermann	1:23.3
1997	Cut Up Rough	Tarnpir Lane	Delsole	1:22.9
1996	Encosta De Lago	Scenic Royale	Lochrae	1:24.2
1995	Our Maizcay	Cut Up Rough	You Remember	1:22.3
1994	Poetic King	Lets Cut Loose	Subastral	1:23.2
1993	Black Rouge	Lets Hurry	Primacy	1:23.3
1992	Mannerism	Black Rouge	Vows	1:26.2
1991	St Jude	Our Dawn Star	Cole Diesel	1:27.4
1990	Submariner	Plush Embassy	Crimson Medal	1:23.6