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The Group 3 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude is a 1400m event held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse in late September or early October across the AFL Grand Final long weekend.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude is sponsored by Ladbrokes.com.au and is open only to three year old colts and geldings. The Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude is a major lead-up race to the Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in two weeks’ time.

The Caulfield Guineas Prelude offers a recently boosted $250,000 total prize money. While it is a major lead up event, participation is not requisite for acceptance into the Caulfield Guineas field and the Caulfield Guineas Prelude – Caulfield Guineas double was last achieved by Helmet (2011).

The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is held Underwood Stakes Day. Two other Group status races share the program with the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) and the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m).

The Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) has in the past acted as a good guide to the Caulfield Guineas Prelude. The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is considered one of the ideal preparatory races for horses taking a number of different spring routes including being freshened-up and dropped down in distance for Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The 2019 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude was held on Sunday September 29, 2019 and won by undefeated All Too Hard colt from the Sunshine Coast Alligator Blood. 

Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude
Date:	Sunday September 29, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	3YO C&G SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$250,000
Inaugurated:	1985

2019 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude Results

• 1st: #5 Alligator Blood
• 2nd: #3 Dalasan
• 3rd: #17e Groundswell

The official Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2019 Results saw the David Vandyke-trained Queenslander Alligator Blood remain undefeated in five career starts with an on-pace victory in the Group 3. In his Melbourne debut, the son of Caulfield Guineas winner All Too Hard enjoyed a three-quarter length victory over the fast-finishing favourite Dalasan on way to the $2 million Group 1 on October 12.

Read more on the impressive 2019 Caulfield Guineas Prelude win by Alligator Blood.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	5	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	David Vandyke	Ryan Maloney	–	6	55kg	$6
2	3	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Raquel Clark	0.75L	4	57kg	$2.30F
3	17e	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony Freedman	James McDonald	0.85L	5	55kg	$18
4	8	ROCCABASCERANA	David Jolly	Ms Linda Meech	1.15L	3	55kg	$20
5	4	SUPER SETH	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	6.15L	14	57kg	$14
6	10	HILO	James Cummings	Damian Lane	6.25L	11	55kg	$17
7	16	DEFIANT DANCER	Phillip Stokes	John Allen	8.5L	12	55kg	$21
8	6	VINCO	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	9.25L	2	55kg	$201
9	12	EXPRESS PASS	Nick Ryan	Ben Melham	10L	15	55kg	$15
10	7	CREATOR	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	10.1L	10	55kg	$41
11	13	EXETER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	10.2L	1	55kg	$51
12	2	STRASBOURG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	11.2L	8	57kg	$12
13	11	PEIDRA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	12.7L	9	55kg	$101
14	14	SHOTMAKER	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Brett Prebble	12.8L	7	55kg	$26
LR	1	YOURDEEL (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	–	13	58kg	$31
–	18e	LORD MARKEL (NZ)	Wendy Kelly	–	–	0	–	–
–	9	THE HOLY ONE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	–	0	–	–
–	15	BARCALI	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	–	–	0	–	–

2019 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude Odds

The updated Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2019 betting odds and links to the Group 3 Caulfield racing markets online at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.

2019 Caulfield Guineas Prelude Field

Each season the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude field attracts the season’s top three-year-old colts and geldings with the potential to see out the mile of the Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m) next-up.

The official 2019 Caulfield Guineas Prelude field and barriers will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

The Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Prelude 2019 attracted a capacity final field with in-form Adeladie galloper Dalasan the red hot favourite drawn in gate four and chasing a third straight win this prep.

Update: There are three scratchings from the 2019 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Field including The Holy One who won the Group 2 Stutt Stakes at The Valley on Friday night.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	123111×7	YOURDEEL (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	14	58kg	96
2	2x528218x5	STRASBOURG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	8	57kg	82
3	112×11	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Raquel Clark	4	57kg	93
4	113×16	SUPER SETH	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	15	57kg	81
5	11×11	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	David Vandyke	Ryan Maloney	6	55kg	79
6	7313179×3	VINCO	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	2	55kg	70
7	3x4182x4	CREATOR	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	11	55kg	72
8	1×11	ROCCABASCERANA	David Jolly	Ms Linda Meech	3	55kg	73
9	0114	THE HOLY ONE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	10	55kg	68
10	4×11	HILO	James Cummings	Damian Lane	12	55kg	68
11	1160	PEIDRA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	9	55kg	66
12	3×13	EXPRESS PASS	Nick Ryan	Ben Melham	17	55kg	71
13	681×01	EXETER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	1	55kg	67
14	20×76	SHOTMAKER	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Brett Prebble	7	55kg	66
15	613×4	BARCALI	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	–	16	55kg	68
16	2×21	DEFIANT DANCER	Phillip Stokes	John Allen	13	55kg	63
17e	4×1	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony Freedman	James McDonald	5	55kg	62
18e	2	LORD MARKEL (NZ)	Wendy Kelly	TBA	18	55kg	61

2019 Caulfield Guineas Prelude Nominations

The 2019 Caulfield Guineas Prelude nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Underwood Stakes Day and will be detailed right here once early entries are announced.

There are 24 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas 2019 nominations this spring led by the flying Danehill Stakes winner Dalasan chasing a third straight win this time in.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	123111×7	YOURDEEL (NZ)	G	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	1	58kg	96
2	x123015x42	DUBIOUS	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	2	57kg	86
3	2x528218x5	STRASBOURG	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	3	57kg	82
4	112×11	DALASAN	C	3	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	4	57kg	93
5	113×16	SUPER SETH	C	3	Anthony Freedman	5	57kg	81
6	11×11	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	G	3	David Vandyke	6	55kg	79
7	7313179×3	VINCO	G	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	7	55kg	70
8	3x4182x4	CREATOR	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	8	55kg	72
9	1×11	ROCCABASCERANA	G	3	David Jolly	9	55kg	73
10	28426×61	STAND TO ATTENTION	C	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	10	55kg	63
11	0114	THE HOLY ONE (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	11	55kg	68
12	4×11	HILO	C	3	James Cummings	12	55kg	68
13	1160	PEIDRA	G	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	13	55kg	66
14	3×13	EXPRESS PASS	C	3	Nick Ryan	14	55kg	71
15	681×01	EXETER	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	15	55kg	67
16	20×76	SHOTMAKER	C	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	16	55kg	66
17	613×4	BARCALI	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	17	55kg	68
18	212×0	HINCHPIN	G	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	18	55kg	65
19	2×21	DEFIANT DANCER	G	3	Phillip Stokes	19	55kg	63
20	3×41	TRITON RISING	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	20	55kg	62
21	13	GRINZINGER ALLEE (NZ)	G	3	Jason Warren	21	55kg	63
22	4×1	GROUNDSWELL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	22	55kg	62
23	16	MIROKU	C	3	Phillip Stokes	23	55kg	63
24	2	LORD MARKEL (NZ)	C	3	Wendy Kelly	24	55kg	61

Caulfield Guineas Prelude History

Inaugurated in 1985, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude has experience multiple renowned horses throughout its relatively short history.

Originally held over 1200m, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude changed to 1400m from the 1991 edition onwards. A Listed race from 1985 to 2000, the 2001 Caulfield Guineas Prelude ran as a Group 3 event, a status which the race has retained since.

The Caulfield Guineas Prelude has experienced a few name changes over the years. Between 1985 and 1989 the Caulfield Guineas Prelude was named the “Show Day Stakes”. Between 1990 and 1997 the race was referred to as the JD MacDonald Stakes. For two years in 1998 and 1999 the name was shortened to the MacDonald Stakes. Since 2000, the race has been known as the Caulfield Guineas Prelude, or more simply, the Guineas Prelude.

Some of the more notable Caulfield Guineas Prelude winners include Brequillo (1985), Alfa (1996), Elvstroem (2003), Apache Cat (2005) and Epaulette (2012). Caulfield Guineas Prelude results since 2000 are listed below.

Caulfield Guineas Prelude Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Alligator Blood	1 minute 23.49 seconds
	2nd	Dalasan
	3rd	Groundswell
2018 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Native Soldier	1 minute 23.36 seconds
	2nd	Tavisan
	3rd	Long Leaf
2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Perast	1 minute 23.47 seconds
	2nd	Summer Passage
	3rd	Kementari
2016 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Sacred Elixir	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Revolving Door
	3rd	Wazzenme
2015 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Bon Aurum	1 minute 22.67 seconds
	2nd	Tulsa
	3rd	Dal Cielo
2014 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Rich Enuff	1 minute 23.5 seconds
	2nd	Looks Like The Cat
	3rd	Awesome Rock
2013 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Eclair Big Bang	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	El Roca
	3rd	Long John
2012 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Epaulette	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Let Go Lenni
	3rd	Awesome Bro
2011 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Helmet	1 minute 21.4 seconds
	2nd	Secret Hills
	3rd	Specter
2010 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Anacheeva	1 minute 23.1 seconds
	2nd	Toorak Toff
	3rd	Skilled
2009 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Demerit	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Trusting
	3rd	Manhattan Rain
2008 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Fernandina	1 minute 25.4 seconds
	2nd	Time Thief
	3rd	Von Costa De Hero
2007 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Purrealist	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Marching
	3rd	Shrewd Rhythm
2006 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Wonderful World	1 minute 24.6 seconds
	2nd	Blue Lago
	3rd	Sharkbite
2005 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 27.0 seconds
	2nd	Gods Own
	3rd	Danerich
2004 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Tirade	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Rock
	3rd	Classiconi
2003 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Elvstroem	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	In Top Swing
	3rd	Dance Up
2002 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Great Glen	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Titanic Jack
	3rd	Helenus
2001 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Pure Theatre	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	King Of Prussia
	3rd	North Boy
2000 Caulfield Guineas Prelude	1st	Fubu	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Show A Heart
	3rd	Debrief