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The Blue Sapphire Stakes is a lucrative Group 3 race for three-year-olds run on a Wednesday in mid-October, three days before the Caulfield Cup.

Part of the three day Caulfield Cup Carnival, the Blue Sapphire Stakes is a relatively new race that continues to grow in prestige and prize money. Paying $500,000 prize money and raced over 1200m, the Blue Sapphire Stakes is a very wealthy sprint for those horses which gain entry. The Blue Sapphire Stakes is restricted to three year olds and is run under set weights conditions, upgraded from a Listed event to Group 3 status.

The three day Caulfield Cup Carnival features a host of massive events, with the Blue Sapphire Stakes falling on the Wednesday in the middle. The first day of the Caulfield Cup Carnival is the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day that features four Group 1 events, and the third day, held on Saturday after Blue Sapphire Stakes Day, is the renowned Caulfield Cup Day. The Blue Sapphire Stakes shares a race program with two other spring features including the Group 3 Ladies Day Vase (1600m) and the Group 3 Ladbrokes Coongy Cup (2000m) offering a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup field seven days later.

The Blue Sapphire Stakes has grown in stature to overcome the Ladies Day Vase as the feature event at the midweek meeting. It is rapidly becoming an important three year old feature.

The Blue Sapphire Stakes can act as a good lead up to feature events such as the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) run at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Flying Artie (2016) was the last horse to do the Blue Sapphire Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double.

The Golden Rose Stakes, held at Sydney towards the beginning of the Spring Racing Carnival, often features a few horses that later contest the Blue Sapphire Stakes including in 2017 when the Blue Sapphire Stakes winning filly Formality atoned for her lead-up 11th in the Golden Rose. In 2018 the autumn’s Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By won the Blue Sapphire Stakes before a fourth in the Coolmore Stud Stakes.

The Blue Sapphire Stakes 2019 ran on Wednesday October 16, 2019 and was won by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Anaheed. 

2019 Blue Sapphire Stakes
Date:	Wednesday October 16, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YOs Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$500,000

2019 Blue Sapphire Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Anaheed
• 2nd: #12 Li’l Kontra
• 3rd: #14 Brooklyn Hustle

Just a length separated the first three fillies over the line in the Blue Sapphire Stakes 2019 results with the inside run getting the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Anaheed ($7.50) past the post first.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	11	ANAHEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	–	2	55kg	$7.50
2	12	LI’L KONTRA	Ryan Balfour	Jamie Kah	1L	9	55kg	$14
3	14	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren	Luke Nolen	1.1L	5	55kg	$8
4	4	CONDO’S EXPRESS	Richard Laming	Ben Melham	2.85L	4	57kg	$7.50
5	13	NICCOVI	Simon A Miller	Luke Currie	3.35L	3	55kg	$21
6	1	DUBIOUS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	4.1L	6	57kg	$5.50
7	10	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	4.3L	7	55kg	$3.30F
8	9	EXCESS FUNDS	Levi Kavanagh	Brett Prebble	4.8L	11	57kg	$21
9	8	VIKING WARRIOR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Nash Rawiller	5.3L	8	57kg	$31
10	2	STRASBOURG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damien Oliver	6.05L	10	57kg	$21
11	3	CZARSON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	7.8L	1	57kg	$19
–	7	GROOT	Tim Hughes	Craig Williams	–	0	–	–
–	6	THE EXECUTIONER	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Jordan Childs	–	0	–	–
–	5	BARCALI	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	–	0	–	–

Blue Sapphire Stakes Betting

The latest Blue Sapphire Stakes odds will be listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au so you can back your Blue Sapphire Stakes tips in at the right price this Caulfield Cup Carnival.

2019 Blue Sapphire Stakes Field

The Blue Sapphire Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of sprinting three-year-olds that could be eyeing a Flemington run during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m), a double Flying Artie (2016) achieved.

The 2019 Blue Sapphire Stakes field is released Racing Victoria (RV) on the Monday of race week and will be provided for punters below as soon as announced.

The Blue Sapphire Stakes 2019 Final Field is down to 13 after the early scratching of Groot. Godolphin’s flying filly Exhilarates is the favourite after a lead-up second to Loving Gaby in the Group 3 MVRC Champagne Stakes, while Group 2 winner Dubious is a danger third-up.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x123015x42	DUBIOUS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	7	57kg	87
2	x528218x50	STRASBOURG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dwayne Dunn	11	57kg	81
3	114x2240x	CZARSON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1	57kg	78
4	22211	CONDO’S EXPRESS	Richard Laming	Ben Melham	4	57kg	76
5	613×41	BARCALI	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	14	57kg	74
6	1524×228	THE EXECUTIONER	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Jordan Childs	6	57kg	64
7	437×631	GROOT	Tim Hughes	Craig Williams	13	57kg	64
8	12×1	VIKING WARRIOR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Nash Rawiller	9	57kg	68
9	4×1356	EXCESS FUNDS	Levi Kavanagh	Brett Prebble	12	57kg	67
10	221120×112	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	8	55kg	97
11	x51461x935	ANAHEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	2	55kg	90
12	22213131×2	LI’L KONTRA	Ryan Balfour	Jamie Kah	10	55kg	78
13	5x2166x2	NICCOVI	Simon A Miller	Luke Currie	3	55kg	69
14	1x55x5	BROOKLYN HUSTLEJason Warren	Luke Nolen	5	55kg	72

Blue Sapphire Stakes History

The Blue Sapphire Stakes was inaugurated in 2012. Part of the impetus for the establishment of the event came from a growing need in Victoria for more feature events for three year olds. Sydney has for many years boasted the Golden Rose Stakes and associated races, also run under the same conditions over similar distances.

In a rapid push to grow the race into a major feature, the Blue Sapphire Stakes was upgraded to Listed status in 2014, just two years after it launched. Possibly reflecting the strong desire to broaden the quality of three year old events, the ARB made the Blue Sapphire Stakes the only race to be upgraded immediately this year, with all other upgrades taking force as of January 1st, 2015.

In the future, there is a very strong chance that the Blue Sapphire Stakes will become a Group 1 event, and possibly remain at its current slot in the middle of the Caulfield Cup Carnival. The Golden Rose first ran in 2003 and gained Group 1 status in 2009, establishing a precedent for the rapid advancement of new three year old features.

The Blue Sapphire Stakes bears no relation to the previously existing Listed Blue Sapphire Stakes, also held at Caulfield over 1200m.

Blue Sapphire Stakes Results

Below you will find Blue Sapphire Stakes results and winning times since 2012.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Anaheed	1 minute 10.42 seconds
	2nd	Li’l Kontra
	3rd	Brooklyn Hustle
2018 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Written By	1 minute 11.54 seconds
	2nd	Encryption
	3rd	Tony Nicconi
2017 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Formality	1 minute 10.62 seconds
	2nd	Jukebox
	3rd	Lone Eagle
2016 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Flying Artie	1 minute 9.76 seconds
	2nd	Dalradian
	3rd	Derryn
2015 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Keen Array	1 minute 11.08 seconds
	2nd	Mogador
	3rd	Haptic
2014 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Eloping	1 minute 9.54 seconds
	2nd	Sultry Feeling
	3rd	Husson Eagle
2013 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Lion Of Belfort	1 minutes 11.03 seconds
	2nd	Safeguard
	3rd	Diamond Oasis
2012 Blue Sapphire Stakes	1st	Snitzerland	1 minutes 10.09 seconds
	2nd	Fire Thunderbolt
	3rd	Lankan Rupee