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The 2023 Bletchingly Stakes is a 1200m sprint race contested at Caulfield Racecourse in late July towards the end of the winter racing season.

Run under weight-for-age conditions, the Bletchingly Stakes attracts gallopers at the tail-end of their winter campaigns and also makes a nice early starting point for sprinters tracking towards the tougher upcoming races held during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Worth a total of $200,000 prize money as of 2022, the Bletchingly Stakes field often features runners that had a lead-up run in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at the same Caulfield track a fortnight earlier. Rubitano in 2002 was the last sprinter to do the Sir John Monash Stakes – Bletchingly Stakes double in the same year, but there have been a number of other horses to win both races on separate racing seasons.

Horses that race in the Bletchingly Stakes often progress onto other events such as the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) in mid-August or even the opening elite level race of the spring – the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m).

Shoot Out (2010) completed the Bletchingly Stakes – P.B. Lawrence Stakes double, while in 2018 the Bletchingly Stakes was won by the previous season’s Memsie Stakes winner Vega Magic (2017). The following year, Scales Of Justice (2019) took out the Bletchingly – Memsie double.

The 2022 Bletchingly Stakes form was franked with the winner King Of Sparta returning in the summer of 2023 to win the $1 million Magic Millions Sprint at the Gold Coast. The third-placed mare Mariamia further franked the form winning the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) in Sydney in the summer – autumn of 2023.

The 2023 Bletchingly Stakes ran on Saturday July 22, 2023 as a potential lead-up to the Group 1 spring races later in the year and was won by the Godolphin-raced Ingratiating ($4). 

2023 Bletchingly Stakes
Date:	Saturday July 22, 2023
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Bletchingly Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Ingratiating ($4)
• 2nd: #2 General Beau
• 3rd: #6 It’sourtime

The James Cummings-trained Frosted four-year-old Ingratiating ($4) returned to winning form with the Caulfield track specialist improving on a lead-up fifth in the Sir John Monash Stakes to post a half-length win in the 2023 Bletchingly Stakes results to round out Group racing for the season down under.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	INGRATIATING	James Cummings	Blake Shinn		3	58.5kg		$4
	2	2	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Dean Yendall	0.5L	1	58.5kg		$3.90F
	3	6	IT’SOURTIME	Danny O’Brien	Ben Allen	1.25L	7	58.5kg		$4.40
	4	7	NICOLINI VITO	Ben & JD Hayes	Damien Oliver	1.35L	8	58.5kg		$8
	5	4	REGARDSMAREE	Nick Ryan	Billy Egan	3.1L	5	58.5kg		$26
	6	5	MNEMENTH	Mitchell Beer	Craig Williams	3.2L	6	58.5kg		$7
	7	9	ALPINE WOLF	Barry Campbell	Daniel Ganderton	4.95L	4	58.5kg		$12
	8	10	STARLIGHT SCOPE	Pat Carey	Jamie Mott	5.15L	2	56.5kg		$51
	9	3	TYCOONIST	Chris Waller	Jordan Childs	5.25L	9	58.5kg		$26
		8	WINDSTORM	John Leek (Jnr)	Beau Mertens		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Bletchingly Stakes Betting Odds

The winters’ best Bletchingly Stakes 2023 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be posted below the week of the race.

Viridine ($2.70 in 2020) was the last favourite in Bletchingly Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

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

2023 Bletchingly Stakes Form

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2023 Bletchingly Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Bletchingly Stakes 2023 Tips on the Melbourne sprint this winter.

• To Win: #6 It’sourtime ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Wide open edition of the Bletchingly but happy to stick with the in-form It’sourtime. Would be shorter if this was run down the straight at HQ, but his Caulfield form is still strong (6:0-3-2). Danny O’Brien’s Time For War five-year-old has plenty of form over the distance (8:2-5-0) and is racing well. Last start Flemington winner in the Listed All Victorian Sprint Final. Up in grade but is a multiple Group place-getter and Group 1 performed. WFA is a test, but he’s going good enough to suggest he can win again.

2023 Bletchingly Stakes Field

The Bletchingly Stakes field often attracts graduates out of the Sir John Monash Stakes run at the track a fortnight earlier over 100m less distance. The Bletchingly Stakes also serves as a nice early spring starting point for gallopers eyeing Group race assignments over 1400m up to a mile in the coming months.

The official Bletchingly Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2023 Bletchingly Stakes field features a small but quality field of winter sprinters led in betting by the rails-drawn General Beau coming off a third in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes and Godolphin’s The Everest performed Ingratiating. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	873x1200x5	INGRATIATING	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	3	58.5kg		102
2	0x49x53023	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Dean Yendall	1	58.5kg		98
3	76x9750x08	TYCOONIST	Chris Waller	Jordan Childs	10	58.5kg		95
4	99x69260x8	REGARDSMAREE	Nick Ryan	Billy Egan	5	58.5kg		93
5	21x01x7101	MNEMENTH	Mitchell Beer	Craig Williams	6	58.5kg		96
6	82x2x24142	IT’SOURTIME	Danny O’Brien	Ben Allen	7	58.5kg		95
7	24421643×5	NICOLINI VITO	Ben & JD Hayes	Damien Oliver	9	58.5kg		94
8	111421150x	WINDSTORM	John Leek (Jnr)	Beau Mertens	8	58.5kg		95
9	43x35223x1	ALPINE WOLF	Barry Campbell	Daniel Ganderton	4	58.5kg		84
10	328x345x61	STARLIGHT SCOPE	Pat Carey		2	56.5kg		74

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Bletchingly Stakes Nominations

The full Bletchingly Stakes 2023 Nominations will be available below as soon as released by Racing Victoria the Monday leading-up to the race.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	43x35223x1	ALPINE WOLF	G	4	Barry Campbell	84
2	430x86x670	BRERETON	C	3	Peter G Moody	75
3	60455×8114	CHASSIS	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	92
4	0x49x53023	GENERAL BEAU	H	4	Mathew Ellerton	98
5	873x1200x5	INGRATIATING	H	4	James Cummings	102
6	82x2x24142	IT’SOURTIME	G	5	Danny O’Brien	95
7	21x01x7101	MNEMENTH	G	6	Mitchell Beer	96
8	24421643×5	NICOLINI VITO	G	5	Ben & JD Hayes	94
9	63020x96x9	RED CHASE	G	7	Austy Coffey	78
10	99x69260x8	REGARDSMAREE	G	6	Nick Ryan	93
11	x7920x44x7	ROYAL MILE	G	5	David Brideoake & Matt Jenkins	85
12	328x345x61	STARLIGHT SCOPE	M	5	Pat Carey	74
13	76x9750x08	TYCOONIST	G	5	Chris Waller	95
14	111421150x	WINDSTORM	G	6	John Leek (Jnr)	95

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Bletchingly Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1994, the Bletchingly Stakes was first won by Poetic King. The Bletchingly Stakes is the last Group race of the minor Melbourne winter racing season.

The race was initially run over 1100m, up until the 2004 edition when it was first held over 1200m, the distance it remains today. Initially graded as a listed race, the Bletchingly Stakes was upgraded to Group 3 status in 1997, with Blazing Reality taking it out that year.

Notable Bletchingly Stakes winners include Poetic King (1994), Regal Roller (2005), Apache Cat (2007) and Let Go Thommo (2009). Bletchingly Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Bletchingly Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Ingratiating	1 minute 09.53 seconds
	2nd	General Beau
	3rd	It’sourtime
2022 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	King Of Sparta	1 minute 10.88 seconds
	2nd	Scallopini
	3rd	Mariamia
2021 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Sansom	1 minute 11.76 seconds
	2nd	Streets Of Avalon
	3rd	Isaurian
2020 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Viridine	1 minute 09.16 seconds
	2nd	Streets Of Avalon
	3rd	Great Again
2019 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Scales Of Justice	1 minute 10.08 seconds
	2nd	Jungle Edge
	3rd	Cliff’s Edge
2018 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Vega Magic	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Voodoo Lad
	3rd	Jungle Edge
2017 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Ability	1 minute 14.2 seconds
	2nd	Lankan Rupee
	3rd	Duke of Brunswick
2016 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Lord Of The Sky	1 minute 11.62 seconds
	2nd	Fast ‘N’ Rocking
	3rd	Mahuta
2015 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Smokin’ Joey	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Rocker
	3rd	Petrology
2014 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Thiamandi	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Gig
	3rd	Nearest To Pin
2013 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Second Effort	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Academy Jack
	3rd	Launay
2012 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Ready To Rip	1 minute 12.8 seconds
	2nd	Zamorar
	3rd	Dusty Star
2011 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Mid Summer Music	1 minute 211.4 seconds
	2nd	Rue Maple
	3rd	Stanzout
2010 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Shoot Out	1 minute 11.7 seconds
	2nd	Stanzout
	3rd	Velocitea
2009 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Let Go Thommo	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Orange County
	3rd	Mr Baritone
2008 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Commanding Hope	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Diva
	3rd	Red Arrow
2007 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 09.3 seconds
	2nd	Haradasun
	3rd	Honalee
2006 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Minson	1 minute 09.3 seconds
	2nd	Red Dazzler
	3rd	Snort
2005 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Regal Roller	1 minute 13.7 seconds
	2nd	Super Elegant
	3rd	Le Zagaletta
2004 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Le Zagaletta	1 minute 14.3 seconds
	2nd	Yell
	3rd	Elvstroem
2003 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Super Elegant	1 minute 06.3 seconds
	2nd	Ruby Slipper
	3rd	The Big Chill
2002 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Rubitano	1 minute 03.7 seconds
	2nd	Ruby Slipper
	3rd	Dandy Kid
2001 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Windigo	1 minute 05.1 seconds
	2nd	Piavonic
	3rd	Flavour
2000 Bletchingly Stakes	1st	Dandy Kid	1 minute 04.3 seconds
	2nd	Miss Pennymoney
	3rd	St Chrisoph