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The Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes is a 2040m race for three-year-old runners and is open to both fillies and colts & geldings.

Raced at Moonee Valley during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival in March, the Alister Clark Stakes is a set weights and penalties event worth a $500,000 as of 2024.

The Alister Clark Stakes traditionally takes place under the lights at The Valley on the Friday evening before Melbourne’s The All-Star Mile race. For 2021, the race was moved to the Saturday race card with the 2021 All-Star Mile contested at Moonee Valley Racecourse before reverting back to its traditional position the following year as The All-Star Mile returned to Flemington for the fourth edition.

In 2023 the All-Star Mile returned to The Valley and as such the Alister Clark Stakes ran on the Saturday in Melbourne on the same date Sydney’s hosts its bumper Golden Slipper Day card.

In 2024 the All-Star Mile takes place at Caulfield with the Alister Clark running on William Reid Stakes Day the Saturday after.

The Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1200m) held in February at Flemington and the Group 2 Autumn Classic (1800m) on Blue Diamond Stakes Day are good lead-up races into the Alister Clark Stakes. The CS Hayes – Alister Clark Stakes double was last achieved by Cliff’s Edge (2018), while Global Exchange (2019) did the Autumn Classic – Alister Clark double.

Alternatively, three-year-olds may come into the Alister Clark Stakes field via a Sydney lead-up run in the previous Saturday’s Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) that produced the 2017 winner Hardman (7th).

Hardham also went on to run third next-up at Randwick during ‘The Championships’ in the Group 1 ATC Derby (2400m). Ethiopia (2012) was the last ATC Derby winner to come off a run in Melbourne’s Alister Clark Stakes improving on his lead-up second.

The form of the 2021 Alister Clark Stakes was franked with the runner-up Young Werther finishing second in that year’s ATC Derby, which was won by the Alister Clark third placed Explosive Jack. Explosive Jack also backed-up to win the SA Derby before a Queensland Derby third during an outstanding campaign.

In 2023 the Alister Clark Stakes winner Bank Mur improved on a lead-up fourth in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington.

The Alister Clark Stakes form in 2023 was franked with the runner-up Suizuro going on to run third next-up in Sydney’s Australian Derby trifecta.

The Alister Clark Stakes 2024 ran on Saturday March 23, 2024 on William Reid Stakes Day at The Valley and was won in an upset by Stephen Marsh’s underrated NZ Derby runner-up Antrim Coast at 50/1. 

2024 Alister Clark Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 23, 2024
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	2040m
Race Type:	3YOs – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$500,000

2024 Alister Clark Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Antrim Coast ($51)
• 2nd: #12 Quintessa
• 3rd: #2 Zipaway

In a thrilling Alister Clark Stakes 2024 result a battle of the Kiwis saw the forgotten NZ Derby runner-up Antrim Coast ($51) salute in his Australian race debut by the bob of a head on the outside of beaten favourite Mark Walker-trained favourite Quintessa.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	ANTRIM COAST (NZ)	Stephen Marsh	Michael Dee		9	57kg		$51
	2	12	QUINTESSA (NZ)	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	0.1L	7	55kg		$4.20F
	3	2	ZIPAWAY	Neville Parnham	Declan Bates	0.85L	1	57kg		$16
	4	4	VERDAD	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jamie Mott	1.6L	5	57kg		$5.50
	5	3	SUNSETS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	John Allen	2.35L	13	57kg		$17
	6	13	BASILINNA (NZ)	Emma-Lee & David Browne	Ben Melham	2.65L	6	55kg (cd 55.5kg)		$5
	7	14	INTO YOU	Shay Keating	Ms Alana Kelly	2.85L	12	55kg		$41
	8	10	SHINJUKU (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Beau Mertens	3.25L	3	57kg		$51
	9	1	APULIA	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Blaike McDougall	4L	10	57kg		$4.80
	10	8	RISE AT DAWN (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	6.25L	11	57kg		$21
	11	6	SNOW PATROL (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Newitt	6.35L	4	57kg		$13
	12	9	JON BON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Louis Beuzelin	26.35L	8	57kg		$71
	13	11	FREIGHT TRAIN	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Daniel Moor	35.35L	2	57kg		$26
	14	7	GATES	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	53.35L	14	57kg		$91
		17e	MAPUTO	Pat Carey & Harris Walker			0
		18e	ZAKOUMA	Pat Carey & Harris Walker			0
		15e	DUNBELIEVIN’	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown		0
		16e	MORNINGTON PIER	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Mott		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Alister Clark Stakes Betting Odds

The official Alister Clark Stakes 2024 betting odds on the Moonee Valley night feature will be available below the week of the race.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Prix De Turn ($26) defeating fellow 25/1 roughie Can’t Go Wrong in the Alister Clark Stakes quinella.

Another big upset occurred in 2024 with Antrim Coast beating the favourite Quintessa as a $51 outsider in Alister Clark Stakes betting.

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2024 Alister Clark Stakes Form

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2024 Alister Clark Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Alister Clark Stakes 2024 Tips on the Group 2 Moonee Valley showdown this autumn.

• To Win: #12 Quintessa ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

A capacity field lines up for the Alister Clark Stakes, but the well-supported Mark Walker-trained Quintessa rightfully leads the market. The Shamus Award filly arrives in peak fitness ready for a third-up run and aims to recapture winning form in Australia. With a Group 1 win over the mile in New Zealand under her belt, she displayed class with a close fourth in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. Stepping up in distance for the first time in the Alister Clark Stakes (1800m) presents a new challenge, but the Moonee Valley track is expected to suit her running style. Additionally, her base in Cranbourne minimizes travel concerns.

2024 Alister Clark Stakes Field

The Alister Clark Stakes field attracts a smart line-up of in-form three-year-old autumn gallopers. Many may be heading towards longer-distance races in Sydney later in the autumn such as the ATC Oaks or ATC Derby run at Randwick in April over 2400m.

The 2024 Alister Clark Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Wednesday March 20, 2024 and will be announced below.

Group 1 winning Shamus Award filly from across the Tasman, Quintessa, heads betting on the Alister Clark Stakes 2024 final field at The Valley on Saturday.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2x128412x0	APULIA	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Blaike McDougall	14	57kg			100
2	3x11413x30	ZIPAWAY	Neville Parnham	Declan Bates	1	57kg			100
3	52512413×0	SUNSETS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	John Allen	17	57kg			90
4	12625×35	VERDAD	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jamie Mott	7	57kg			81
5	241×154802	ANTRIM COAST (NZ)	Stephen Marsh	Michael Dee	13	57kg			78
6	134×19	SNOW PATROL (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Newitt	6	57kg			90
7	78x137x5	GATES	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	18	57kg			70
8	14×11	RISE AT DAWN (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	15	57kg			74
9	1×541	JON BON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Louis Beuzelin	11	57kg			67
10	444×11	SHINJUKU (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Beau Mertens	4	57kg			66
11	12	FREIGHT TRAIN	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Daniel Moor	2	57kg			63
12	1x11x22144	QUINTESSA (NZ)	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	9	55kg			105
13	21833×82	BASILINNA (NZ)	Emma-Lee & David Browne	Ben Melham	8	55kg			82
14	3116	INTO YOU	Shay Keating	Ms Alana Kelly	16	55kg			67
15e	566×2130	DUNBELIEVIN’	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	12	57kg			62
16e	53×21	MORNINGTON PIER	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Mott	3	57kg			62
17e	981	MAPUTO	Pat Carey & Harris Walker		5	57kg			62
18e	62	ZAKOUMA	Pat Carey & Harris Walker		10	57kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Alister Clark Stakes Nominations

The official Alister Clark Stakes 2024 nominations close the Monday of race week and will be published below as soon as announced by Racing Victoria.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x11x22144	QUINTESSA (NZ)	F	3	Mark Walker	1	55kg			105
2	2x128412x0	APULIA	C	3	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	2	57kg			100
3	3x11413x30	ZIPAWAY	G	3	Neville Parnham	3	57kg			100
4	52512413×0	SUNSETS	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	4	57kg			90
5	134×19	SNOW PATROL (NZ)	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	5	57kg			90
6	111	IMMEDIACY (NZ)	G	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	6	57kg			84
7	21833×82	BASILINNA (NZ)	F	3	Emma-Lee & David Browne	7	55kg			82
8	7x4763x187	DUCASSE	C	3	Michael Freedman	8	57kg			82
9	12625×35	VERDAD	G	3	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	9	57kg			81
10	x35163x921	FISTSOFFURY	G	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	10	57kg			77
11	241×154802	ANTRIM COAST (NZ)	G	3	Stephen Marsh	11	57kg			75
12	14×11	RISE AT DAWN (NZ)	G	3	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	12	57kg			74
13	78x137x5	GATES	G	3	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	13	57kg			70
14	3116	INTO YOU	F	3	Shay Keating	14	55kg			67
15	1×541	JON BON	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	15	57kg			67
16	6x172x514	GALANO	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	16	57kg			66
17	444×11	SHINJUKU (NZ)	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	17	57kg			66
18	12	FREIGHT TRAIN	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	18	57kg			63
19	7×412	BOGUES	C	3	Liam Howley	19	57kg			63
20	566×2130	DUNBELIEVIN’	G	3	Ciaron Maher	20	57kg			62
21	x42140x835	SACRED EAGLE	C	3	Symon Wilde	21	57kg			62
22	53×21	MORNINGTON PIER	G	3	Ciaron Maher	22	57kg			62
23	3x4x5125	CHEROKEE BRAVE	G	3	Danny O’Brien	23	57kg			62
24	60×7081	THE SATISFYER	G	3	Shawn Mathrick	24	57kg			62
25	981	MAPUTO	G	3	Pat Carey & Harris Walker	25	57kg			62
26	7×22222	THE MANSMAN (NZ)	C	3	Phillip Stokes	26	57kg			60
27	62	ZAKOUMA	G	3	Pat Carey & Harris Walker	27	57kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Alister Clark Stakes History

First won by Amiable in 1939, the Alister Clark Stakes was a Principal race up until 1977. The race was named after the foundation chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club and master of Oaklands Hunt Club from 1901 to 1908, Mr Alister Clark.

The CS Hayes Stakes and Alister Clark Stakes double was recently achieved by Cliff’s Edge (2018).

In 2022 the Alister Clark Stakes prize money was increased from $200,000 to an incredible $750,000.

The Alister Clark Stakes prize money was reduced back to $500,000 in 2024.

Recent Alister Clark Stakes

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Antrim Coast	2 minutes 5.98 seconds
	2nd	Quintessa
	3rd	Zipaway
2023 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Bank Maur	2 minutes 6.44 seconds
	2nd	Suizuro
	3rd	Japanese Emperor
2022 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Prix De Turn	2 minutes 6.47 seconds
	2nd	Can’t Go Wrong
	3rd	War Eternal
2021 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Grandslam	2 minutes 04.73 seconds
	2nd	Young Werther
	3rd	Explosive Jack
2020 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Nonconformist	2 minutes 06.13 seconds
	2nd	Adelaide Ace
	3rd	Diasonic
2019 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Global Exchange	2 minutes 7.26 seconds
	2nd	Declarationofheart
	3rd	Cossetot
2018 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Cliff’s Edge	2 minutes 6.23 seconds
	2nd	Levendi
	3rd	Belfast
2017 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Hardham	2 minutes 5.78 seconds
	2nd	Ruthven
	3rd	Farson
2016 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Tally	2 minutes 8.37 seconds
	2nd	Palentino
	3rd	Hardern
2015 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Chill Party	2 minutes 6.1 seconds
	2nd	Stratum Star
	3rd	Maastricht
2014 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Pheidon	2 minutes 06.7 seconds
	2nd	Cadillac Mountain
	3rd	Surge Ahead
2013 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Philippi	2 minutes 05.6 seconds
	2nd	Sheer Talent
	3rd	Gerontius
2012 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Highly Recommended	2 minutes 08.6 seconds
	2nd	Ethiopia
	3rd	Sangster
2011 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Domesky	2 minutes 06.6 seconds
	2nd	Coldens Choice
	3rd	Folding Gear
2010 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Linton	1 minute 39.43 seconds
	2nd	Take The Rap
	3rd	Offhanded
2009 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Pre Eminence	1 minute 37.1 seconds
	2nd	Eagle Falls
	3rd	Definitive
2008 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Sound Journey	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Playwright
	3rd	Schilling
2007 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Casino Prince	1 minute 36.3 seconds
	2nd	Furio
	3rd	Ambitious General
2006 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Spinney	1 minute 36.7 seconds
	2nd	Langarza
	3rd	Bonny Laird
2005 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Lieutenant	1 minute 38.9 seconds
	2nd	Volitant
	3rd	Renewable
2004 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Speedy King	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Confectioner
	3rd	Strafed
2003 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Titanic Jack	1 minute 37.7 seconds
	2nd	Tycoon Ruler
	3rd	Regicide
2002 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Royal Code	1 minute 38.2 seconds
	2nd	Ebony Night
	3rd	Mr Trickster
2001 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Mr Murphy	1 minute 31 seconds
	2nd	Diamond Dane
	3rd	Fubu
2000 Alister Clark Stakes	1st	Pins	1 minute 36.2 seconds
	2nd	Diatribe
	3rd	Oval Office

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