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The Moonee Valley Vase is a highly regarded Group 2 race held towards the end of the coveted Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley in late October. The feature race of the day is the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) but there are a host of other quality Group races held at the meeting including the Moonee Valley Vase.

The Moonee Valley Vase is a staying race run over 2040m by three-year-olds at set weights and is worth $300,000 in total prize money. Runners may have previously contested some of the other set weights races for three-year-olds earlier in the carnival including the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) on Caulfield Cup Day or Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley in late September.

The Moonee Valley Vase is commonly used as a final preparation race for horses moving on to one of the highlight events of the carnival, the prestigious Group 1  Victoria Derby (2500m) held the following week at Flemington.

Some fillies that contested the Vase may instead choose to run in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes also on Derby Day because of its more suitable 2000m distance.

Efficient (2006) was the last horse to complete the Moonee Valley Vase – VRC Derby double.

More recently, the 2018 MV Vase winner Stars of Carrum finished runner-up in the VRC Derby results next start. In 2017 smart filly Aloisia won the Moonee Valley Vase after a Group 1 Thousand Guineas victory at Caulfield.

In 2019 MV Vase winner Soul Patch went on to run third in that year’s Victoria Derby trifecta and the following year’s Group 1 Australian Guineas. The next season, Johnny Get Angry improved on his lead-up third in the Moonee Valley Vase to win the Victoria Derby 2020 at big odds.

The 2021 Moonee Valley Vase took place Ladbrokes on Cox Plate Day – Saturday October 23, 2021 and was narrowly won by the $2 favourite Forgot You.  

Moonee Valley Vase 2021
Date:	Saturday October 23, 2021
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	2040m
Conditions:	3YO – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1983

2021 Moonee Valley Vase Results

• 1st: #1 Forgot You ($2)
• 2nd: #12 Commander Harry
• 3rd: #3 Jungle Magnate

There was nearly a massive boilover in the Moonee Valley Vase 2021 result with 100/1 shot Commander Harry tearing away to lead a long way out from home before being ground down late by his $2 favourite stablemate Forgot You in a quinella for the Busuttin/Young stable.

Click here to read more on the exciting win by Derby-bound Forgot You in the 2021 Moonee Valley Vase.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor		9	57kg		$2F
	2	12	COMMANDER HARRY (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ms Linda Meech	0.2L	3	57kg		$101
	3	3	JUNGLE MAGNATE (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Hugh Bowman	1.7L	14	57kg		$26
	4	2	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli	James McDonald	1.9L	6	57kg		$11
	5	9	SPIRIT OF GAYLARD (NZ)	Mitchell Freedman	Jordan Childs	2.65L	12	57kg		$12
	6	4	EL ROCKO	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	3.15L	7	57kg		$61
	7	11	SAMARKAND (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Jye McNeil	4.65L	1	57kg		$21
	8	10	VILLADEN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	4.85L	5	57kg		$7
	9	14	BLACKCOMB	Danny O’Brien	John Allen	7.35L	2	55kg		$15
	10	6	CHEERFUL MOMENT (NZ)	Lindsey Smith	Luke Currie	10.6L	10	57kg		$21
	11	13	ACHIRA	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Damien Thornton	12.85L	11	55kg		$31
	12	5	PATTON	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	14.6L	13	57kg		$41
	13	8	ANTONIO GIOVANNI	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	18.85L	4	57kg		$17
	14	7	SHARPER	Michael Templeton	Glen Boss	24.85L	8	57kg		$81
		15e	CAPITAL LEGEND	John Sadler	Michael Dee		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Moonee Valley Vase Betting Odds

The latest Moonee Valley Vase 2021 odds will be detailed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your top Moonee Valley Vase betting tips at the right price.

Cherry Tortoni ($2.60 in 2020) followed by Forgot You ($2 in 2021) are the latest favourites in Moonee Valley Vase betting to salute.

2021 Moonee Valley Vase Field

The Moonee Valley Vase field attracts a quality line-up of the season’s top three-year-old stayers eyeing a quick back-up in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) the following Saturday at Flemington Racecourse.

Good lead-up races into the Moonee Valley Vase field including the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) for fillies looking to take on the boys, and the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) run a fortnight prior.

The official Moonee Valley Vase 2021 Field & Barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2021 Moonee Valley Vase final field features a capacity line-up of three-year-old Derby types led in betting by recent Group 2 Stutt Stakes winner at the track Forgot You approaching odds-on territory.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	388×3116	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	9	57kg		83
2	x571x28125	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli	James McDonald	6	57kg		71
3	1×82	JUNGLE MAGNATE (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Hugh Bowman	15	57kg		68
4	2x738x652	EL ROCKO	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	7	57kg		61
5	160×58358	PATTON	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	13	57kg		60
6	3x5x321823	CHEERFUL MOMENT (NZ)	Lindsey Smith	Luke Currie	10	57kg		64
7	9×46120	SHARPER	Michael Templeton	Glen Boss	8	57kg		65
8	2627	ANTONIO GIOVANNI	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	4	57kg		61
9	5×1	SPIRIT OF GAYLARD (NZ)	Mitchell Freedman	Jordan Childs	12	57kg		63
10	13	VILLADEN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	5	57kg		63
11	45×2123	SAMARKAND (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Jye McNeil	1	57kg		64
12	219	COMMANDER HARRY (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ms Linda Meech	3	57kg		61
13	43×2010	ACHIRA	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Damien Thornton	11	55kg		61
14	4×5225	BLACKCOMB	Danny O’Brien	John Allen	2	55kg		65
15e	7×25	CAPITAL LEGEND	John Sadler	Michael Dee	14	57kg		61

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Moonee Valley Vase Nominations

The 2021 Moonee Valley Vase nominations are released on the Monday of Cox Plate week, the full list of early entries for the VRC Derby lead-up to be announced below once announced.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	43×2010	ACHIRA	F	3	Lee & Cherie Curtis	61
2	x571x28125	AKIHIRO	C	3	Gary Portelli
3	2627	ANTONIO GIOVANNI	C	3	Chris Waller	61
4	724×312	AUDREY GIRL	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	63
5	32113	BARB RAIDER	F	3	Jerome Hunter	84
6	4×5225	BLACKCOMB	F	3	Danny O’Brien
7	83217×944	BLUSHING TYCOON	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	67
8	7×25	CAPITAL LEGEND	G	3	John Sadler	61
9	10×760	CELESTIAL FURY (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	64
10	331	CERBERUS	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	72
11	3x5x321823	CHEERFUL MOMENT (NZ)	C	3	Lindsey Smith	64
12	219	COMMANDER HARRY (NZ)	G	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	61
13	2x738x652	EL ROCKO	C	3	John McArdle	61
14	388×3116	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	83
15	706×15	HITOTSU	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	76
16	1×82	JUNGLE MAGNATE (NZ)	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
17	160×58358	PATTON	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
18	4×853	PHERE THE EX	G	3	Ben & JD Hayes
19	8421811	RHINOCEROS (NZ)	C	3	Emma-Lee & David Browne	74
20	45×2123	SAMARKAND (NZ)	G	3	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	64
21	9×46120	SHARPER	C	3	Michael Templeton	65
22	5×1	SPIRIT OF GAYLARD (NZ)	C	3	Mitchell Freedman	63
23	2231×85	TUTUKAKA (NZ)	G	3	Tony Pike	74
24	13	VILLADEN (NZ)	G	3	Chris Waller	63

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Moonee Valley Vase History

First run in 1983, the first Moonee Valley Vase winner was Centaine when it began as a Listed race run over 1600m. A few years later in 1986 the race distance increased dramatically to 2040m. Following that, in 1989 it was elevated to Group 3 status and then in 1997 the Moonee Valley Vase became a prestigious Group 2 event.

Horses that have taken out the Moonee Valley Vase – Victoria Derby double include Efficient (2006), Plastered (2004) and Helenus (2002).

Moonee Valley Vase results since 2000 can be found below.

Moonee Valley Vase Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Forgot You	2 minutes 09.08 seconds
	2nd	Commander Harry
	3rd	Jungle Magnate
2020 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Cherry Tortoni	2 minutes 10.34 seconds
	2nd	Kohekhoe
	3rd	Johnny Get Angry
2019 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Soul Patch	2 minutes 06.60 seconds
	2nd	Moonlight Maid
	3rd	Serious Liaison
2018 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Stars Of Carrum	2 minutes 05.28 seconds
	2nd	Savoie
	3rd	Aramayo
2017 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Aloisia	2 minutes 04.24 seconds
	2nd	Cliff’s Edge
	3rd	Salsamor
2016 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Sacred Elixir	2 minutes 10.94 seconds
	2nd	Morvada
	3rd	So Si Bon
2015 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Jameka	2 minutes 6.4 seconds
	2nd	Shards
	3rd	Tarzino
2014 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Moonovermanhattan	2 minutes 6.4 seconds
	2nd	Atmosphere
	3rd	Go Indy Go
2013 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Savvy Nature	2 minutes 5.8 seconds
	2nd	All Rigged Up
	3rd	Pinstripe Lane
2012 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Super Cool	2 minutes 8.25 seconds
	2nd	It’s A Dundeel
	3rd	Viking Star
2011 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Manawanui	2 minutes 7.14 seconds
	2nd	Collar
	3rd	Scelto
2010 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Rekindled Interest	2 minutes 7.09 seconds
	2nd	Lion Tamer
	3rd	Hollowlea
2009 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Hanks	2 minutes 6.2 seconds
	2nd	Spacecraft
	3rd	Viking Legend
2008 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Whobegotyou	2 minutes 5.3 seconds
	2nd	Buffett
	3rd	Orca
2007 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Marching	2 minutes 6.5 seconds
	2nd	Kibbutz
	3rd	Barbaricus
2006 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Efficient	2 minutes 5.2 seconds
	2nd	The One
	3rd	Excites
2005 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Duelled	2 minutes 14.1 seconds
	2nd	Manton
	3rd	Benicio
2004 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Plastered	2 minutes 7.6 seconds
	2nd	Mr Martini
	3rd	Count Ricardo
2003 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Kempinsky	2 minutes 7.1 seconds
	2nd	Elvstroem
	3rd	Lifes A Bounty
2002The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Helenus	2 minutes 8 seconds
	2nd	Macedon Lady
	3rd	Wild Heart
2001 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Ustinov	2 minutes 6.3 seconds
	2nd	Viking Ruler
	3rd	Pure Theatre
2000 The Moonee Valley Vase	1st	Skalato	2 minutes 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Universal Prince
	3rd	Sale Of Century