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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 $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2021 and is run under quality handicap conditions.

The 2021 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes ran on Saturday September 18, 2021 and was won by Sierra Sue at 10/1.  

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 18, 2021
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2021 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Sierra Sue
• 2nd: #14 Dice Roll
• 3rd: #17e I’m Thunderstruck

The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained Sierra Sue ($11) was ridden to her first Group 1 success with a perfectly-timed performance by both mare and her hoop Daniel Moor to post a narrow victory in the 2021 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes result.

Click here to read more on the brave late Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2021 win by Sierra Sue.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor		10	52.5kg		$11
	2	14	DICE ROLL (FR)	Nick Ryan	Fred Kersley	0.1L	7	52kg		$21
	3	17e	I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	0.6L	16	52kg		$4.20F
	4	9	AYSAR	Ben & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	1L	13	52kg		$61
	5	2	PROBABEEL (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Brett Prebble	1.2L	2	57kg		$5
	6	1	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams	2.2L	3	59kg		$7.50
	7	5	BEAU ROSSA	Will Clarken	Ms Linda Meech	2.4L	1	55kg		$7.50
	8	4	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Ben Allen	2.6L	15	55.5kg		$61
	9	13	AMISH BOY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Yendall	2.8L	14	52kg		$13
	10	6	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	3.8L	4	52.5kg		$21
	11	8	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	3.9L	9	52kg		$26
	12	10	IRISH FLAME (NZ)	Brett Scott	Matthew Cartwright (a)	4.4L	5	52kg		$101
	13	11	ROMANCER (NZ)	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	4.6L	8	52kg		$91
	14	12	SAMIZDAT	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Craig Newitt	4.8L	6	52kg		$51
	15	15	REGARDSMAREE	Nick Ryan	Dean Holland	4.9L	11	52kg		$21
	16	16	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Teodore Nugent (a)	5.1L	12	52kg		$26
		3	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Damien Oliver		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia

2021 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Betting

The season’s updated Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2021 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.

2021 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 2021 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.

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2021 field features a capacity line-up of gallopers including the defending champion Behemoth coming off a Group 1 Memsie Stakes win, the Memsie Stakes runner-up Beau Rossa drawn the rails and star Kiwi mare Probabeel who is undefeated at Caulfield.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the 2021 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field and betting markets.

•  Scratched: #3 Streets Of Avalon (14) has been scratched due to some irregularities in his blood work and the emergency I’m Thunderstruck gets in chasing a hat-trick of wins.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x143x7x11	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Craig Williams	3	59kg		115
2	117x1102x1	PROBABEEL (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Brett Prebble	2	57kg		115
3	x1167x2875	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Damien Oliver	14	56kg		109
4	407x0733x0	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Ben Allen	16	55.5kg		108
5	x11210x122	BEAU ROSSA	Will Clarken	Ms Linda Meech	1	55kg		107
6	2203x2340x	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	4	52.5kg		102
7	97×0604117	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	10	52.5kg		106
8	6x81102x18	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	9	52kg		101
9	622x229x04	AYSAR	Ben & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	13	52kg		100
10	111x5823x3	IRISH FLAME (NZ)	Brett Scott	Matthew Cartwright (a)	5	52kg		100
11	74346×1825	ROMANCER (NZ)	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	8	52kg		100
12	6414925×13	SAMIZDAT	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Craig Newitt	6	52kg		100
13	82234734×2	AMISH BOY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Yendall	15	52kg		97
14	0x0x11143x	DICE ROLL (FR)	Nick Ryan	Fred Kersley	7	52kg		96
15	131114×935	REGARDSMAREE	Nick Ryan	Dean Holland	11	52kg		93
16	2310x153x8	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Teodore Nugent (a)	12	52kg		90
17e	15×1311	I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	17	52kg		80

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 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.

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
2021	Sierra Sue	Dice Roll	I’m Thunderstruck	1:23.07
2020	Behemoth	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