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Re-named in honour of former chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club Mr Bill Stutt, the Group 2 Stutt Stakes is held at the Moonee Valley Racecourse in late September as part of the Moir Stakes Night program on a Friday evening.

Worth $300,000 in prize money as of 2021, the set weights race is open to all three year old horses. Colts and geldings must carry 55.5kg, while fillies are required to carry 53.5kg. Run over a mile distance, the Bill Stutt Stakes in held two weeks before the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), but Whobegotyou (2008) was the last to do the double. More recently, the 2017 Caulfield Guineas winner Mighty Boss also came out of the Stutt Stakes having run fourth in the Group 2.

Held on the Moir Stakes Night, the event is the first 1600m race for three year olds in the spring carnival and is run alongside the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m), Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) and Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m).

The 2022 Stutt Stakes form was franked with the third-placed Virtuous Circle, second next start in the Moonee Valley Vase, also returning the following autumn to finish runner-up in the 2023 Group 1 ATC Derby in Sydney.

This year’s Stutt Stakes 2023 ran on Friday September 29, 2023 as part of The Valley’s Moir Stakes Night and was won narrowly by the consistent Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained colt Griff ($5.50).  

2023 Stutt Stakes
Date:	Friday September 29, 2023
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YOs – Set Weights (C&G 55.5kg / F 53.5kg)
Status:	Group 2
Prize money:	$300,000

2023  Stutt Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Griff ($5.50)
• 2nd: #8 Verdad
• 3rd: #11 Autumn Angel

Last start Exford Plate winner Griff ($5.50) was brave at The Valley on Friday night with the in-form Trapeze Artist colt hitting the lead at the top of the straight and to hold on by a neck defeating the fast-finishing favourite Verdad with the filly Autumn Angel third in the 2023 Stutt Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	GRIFF	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra		9	57kg		$5.50
	2	8	VERDAD	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Beau Mertens	0.3L	3	57kg		$3.90F
	3	11	AUTUMN ANGEL	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	1.55L	1	55kg		$6.50
	4	9	LIMBURG	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Damien Oliver	1.95L	10	57kg		$31
	5	4	MOJAVE DESERT	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	3.2L	4	57kg		$8.50
	6	2	FISTSOFFURY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	3.95L	7	57kg		$10
	7	3	MAKE A CALL	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	4.35L	5	57kg		$31
	8	6	KING OF FIGHTERS	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damian Lane	4.55L	8	57kg		$4.40
	9	10	INVINCIBLE SHIELD	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	6.3L	2	57kg		$18
	10	7	BULAWAYO	Pat Carey & Harris Walker	Rhys McLeod	6.5L	6	57kg		$31
		5	DEADLY PRESS	Nick Ryan	Blaike McDougall		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Bill Stutt Stakes Betting

The latest Bill Stutt Stakes 2023 odds and betting markets for the Moir Stakes Night Group 2 will be listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your early Stutt Stakes betting tips at the right price.

Glenfiddich ($2.50 in 2020) followed by Tijuana ($2.30 in 2022) are the last favourites in Bill Stutt Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 BILL STUTT STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Stutt Stakes Form

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2023 Stutt Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Bill Stutt Stakes 2023 Tips on the important spring lead-up at The Valley this season.

• To Win: #1 Griff ($3.70 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Happy to stick with the favourite Griff who remains decent value to secure back-to-back wins. The Trapeze Artist colt enjoyed his second career win at start number six last time out in Flemington’s Listed Exford Plate (1400m) and now goes up to a mile for the first time. Needs to handle the distance and his first go around The Valley, but he is well placed here and going good enough to suggest he can salute for the punter staying out of the hustle from the wider alley early stages before a strong finish.

2023 Stutt Stakes Field

The Bill Stutt Stakes field attracts a quality field of young milers each season that could be looking to return to the mile at Caulfield Racecourse in a fortnights’ time in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), a race Pierro (2012) ran second in after a lead-up Stutt Stakes win.

For the best three-year-olds in the Stutt Stakes field, the iconic Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) could also be on the spring agenda. Alternatively, youngsters could be kept to a sprint distance and target the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on VRC Derby Day or rise in distance for that meeting’s feature race – the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m).

The official 2023 Bill Stutt Stakes Final Field & Barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided for punters in full below.

The Bill Stutt Stakes 2023 field features a quality line-up of three-year-old milers led in betting by last start Exford Plate winner Griff from the Maher/Eustace stable.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	5x51x651	GRIFF	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	10	57kg			77
2	124×351	FISTSOFFURY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	8	57kg			71
3	6342569×80	MAKE A CALL	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	6	57kg			68
4	6x220x25	MOJAVE DESERT	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	5	57kg			63
5	01290	DEADLY PRESS	Nick Ryan	Blaike McDougall	3	57kg			64
6	223	KING OF FIGHTERS	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damian Lane	9	57kg			67
7	01	BULAWAYO	Pat Carey & Harris Walker	Rhys McLeod	7	57kg			62
8	1	VERDAD	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Beau Mertens	4	57kg			64
9	9×632	LIMBURG	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Damien Oliver	11	57kg			61
10	5×5	INVINCIBLE SHIELD	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	2	57kg			59
11	2×13	AUTUMN ANGEL	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	1	55kg			65

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Stutt Stakes Nominations

The 2023 Bill Stutt Stakes nominations are released on the Monday leading up to Moir Stakes Night.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	5	AKI	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	60
2	2×13	AUTUMN ANGEL	F	3	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	65
3	232	BINOTTO	G	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	61
4	01	BULAWAYO	C	3	Pat Carey & Harris Walker	62
5	57x335x9	CAP FERRAT	C	3	Chris Waller	63
6	01290	DEADLY PRESS	C	3	Nick Ryan	64
7	124×351	FISTSOFFURY	G	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	71
8	5x51x651	GRIFF	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	77
9	5×5	INVINCIBLE SHIELD	C	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	59
10	223	KING OF FIGHTERS	C	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	67
11	9×632	LIMBURG	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	61
12	6342569×80	MAKE A CALL	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	68
13	6x220x25	MOJAVE DESERT	C	3	Chris Waller	63
14	2×114	MOLLYNICKERS	F	3	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	71
15	437	NEARING LIBERTY	C	3	Matthew Brown
16	130×443145	SUNSOURCE	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	71
17	1	VERDAD	G	3	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	64

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Bill Stutt Stakes History

First won by Titanium in 1934, the Bill Stutt Stakes was originally named the Moonee Valley Stakes until 1990. Originally an eight furlong race, the distance was changed to 1600m in 1972. In 1979 it then changed from Principal race straight to Group Two status.

Notable Bill Stutt Stakes winners including subsequent Australian Guineas champ Hey Doc (2016), Pierro (2012), and Whobegotyou (2008).

The Bill Stutt Stakes Results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Recent Stutt Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Griff	1 minute 36.00 seconds
	2nd	Verdad
	3rd	Autumn Angel
2022 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Tijuana	1 minute 39.32 seconds
	2nd	Foujita San
	3rd	Virtuous Circle
2021 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Forgot You	1 minute 35.81 seconds
	2nd	Mr Mozart
	3rd	Daily Bugle
2020 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Glenfiddich	1 minute 37.61 seconds
	2nd	Cherry Tortoni
	3rd	Holyfield
2019 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	The Holy One	1 minute 37.31 seconds
	2nd	Vegas Knight
	3rd	Conqueror
2018 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Leonardo Da Hinchi	1 minute 37.51 seconds
	2nd	Muswellbrook
	3rd	Mark The House
2017 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Showtime	1 minute 37.14 seconds
	2nd	Salsamor
	3rd	Holy Snow
2016 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Hey Doc	1 minute 37.41 seconds
	2nd	Land Of Plenty
	3rd	Kaching
2015 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Sovereign Nation	1 minute 36.17 seconds
	2nd	Get The Picture
	3rd	Gredington
2014 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Almalad	1 minute 38.83 seconds
	2nd	Moonovermanhattan
	3rd	Kumaon
2013 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Divine Calling	1 minute 37.29 seconds
	2nd	Shamus Award
	3rd	Cluster
2012 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Pierro	1 minute 36.31 seconds
	2nd	Carringbush Jack
	3rd	Jimando
2011 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Chase The Rainbow	1 minute 38.31 seconds
	2nd	Cute Emily
	3rd	Sabrage
2010 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Hallowlea	1 minute 37.29 seconds
	2nd	Run For Levi
	3rd	Bullbars
2009 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Carrara	1 minute 39.5 seconds
	2nd	Extra Hero
	3rd	Miss With Attitude
2008 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Whobegotyou	1 minute 36.3 seconds
	2nd	All American
	3rd	Carnero
2007 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Barbaricus	1 minute 36 seconds
	2nd	Davcon
	3rd	Cecconi
2006 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Churchill Downs	1 minute 22.15 seconds
	2nd	Magic Jet
	3rd	Ankh Morpork
2005 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Red Dazzler	1 minute 38 seconds
	2nd	Stratum
	3rd	Maybe Better
2004 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Mr Martini	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Under Command
	3rd	Danaurum
2003 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Casual Pass	1 minute 37.2 seconds
	2nd	Special Harmony
	3rd	Face Value
2002 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Helenus	1 minute 39.6 seconds
	2nd	Aint Here
	3rd	Half Hennessy
2001 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Viscount	1 minute 38.1 seconds
	2nd	Dash For Cash
	3rd	Amalfi
2000 Bill Stutt Stakes	1st	Sarson Trail	1 minute 38.7 seconds
	2nd	Keeper
	3rd	Make Me A Miracle