---

---

The Ladies’ Day Vase is a Group 3 mile event held at Caulfield Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Raced over 1600m, the Ladies’ Day Vase is open to mares aged four years and older. Run under set weights plus penalties, the Ladies’ Day Vase is an effective counter to Randwick’s Angst Stakes (1600m) held the Saturday prior in Sydney.

The Ladies’ Day Vase falls on the second day of the Caulfield Cup Carnival as a feature event and key support race on Blue Sapphire Stakes Day, the card headlined by the lucrative and recently upgraded $400,000 Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Coongy Cup for 11th hour Caulfield Cup hopefuls.

While most of the attention dedicated to the Caulfield Cup Carnival is focused on the other two days, Caulfield Guineas Day and Caulfield Cup Day, the Ladies’ Day Vase is an exciting race with an important role in the Spring Racing Carnival.

Mares tend to target the Ladies’ Day Vase as part of an ongoing spring campaign. Because it falls in the middle of October, most of the horses that contend the Ladies’ Day Vase have already had several lead up races, which makes it somewhat easier to judge form.

The Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) held at Flemington under similar conditions earlier in the month can act as a fairly good lead up race. Mares that perform well in the Ladies’ Day Vase might back-up in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) over the same distance at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2019 the Ladies’ Day Vase winner Spanish Reef went on to run third in the Empire Rose Stakes results.

The 2020 Ladies’ Day Vase ran on Wednesday October 14, 2020 and was won by the favourite Sovereign Award. 

Ladies’ Day Vase
Date:	Wednesday October 14, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	4YO+ Mares SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 Ladies’ Day Vase Results

• 1st: #8 Sovereign Award
• 2nd: #4 Fabric
• 3rd: #11 Chaillot

The Ladies’ Day Vase 2020 results saw the punters enjoy success with the Danny O’Brien-trained last-start The Valley winner Sovereign Award ($3.10F) salute as the favourite ahead of her stablemate Fabric ($11).

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	SOVEREIGN AWARD	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Kah		5	55kg		$3.10F
	2	4	FABRIC (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	0.4L	11	55kg		$11
	3	11	CHAILLOT	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	0.5L	3	55kg		$6.50
	4	5	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	0.7L	9	55kg		$6.50
	5	2	PARADEE	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	0.8L	8	57kg		$12
	6	7	ONE MORE TRY	Matt Cumani	John Allen	1.1L	10	55kg		$21
	7	13	OCEAN’S THIRTEEN (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Luke Currie	1.6L	2	55kg		$51
	8	1	SPANISH REEF	Ken & Kasey Keys	Mark Zahra	2.35L	4	57kg		$9
	9	9	AFFAIR TO REMEMBER	Dan O’Sullivan	Michael Poy (a)	2.45L	7	55kg		$7
	10	10	RED HEELER (NZ)	Michael Kent	Luke Nolen	3.95L	1	55kg		$41
	11	3	FIDELIA	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	6.95L	6	55kg		$51
		6	BENITOITE	Clinton McDonald	Billy Egan		0
		12	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Ladies’ Day Vase Betting Odds

The latest Ladies’ Day Vase 2020 betting odds for the Blue Sapphire Stakes Day feature will be listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your Ladies’ Day Vase tips this spring.

Sovereign Award ($3.10 in 2020) was the last favourite in Ladies’ Day Vase betting to salute for the punters.

2020 Ladies’ Day Vase Field

The Ladies’ Day Vase field draws a quality line-up of mares with form over a mile. Good lead-up spring races mares may contest on way to the Ladies Day Vase field include the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley three weeks earlier or Flemington’s Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) a fortnight earlier. I Am A Star (2018) was the last mare to do the Stocks Stakes – Ladies’ Day Vase double.

The official Ladies’ Day Vase 2020 Final Field & Barriers are set for release the Monday leading-up to the race and will be published in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

The 2020 Ladies’ Day Vase field drew a near capacity line-up of 13 mares led in betting by the Danny O’Brien-trained Paradee drawn midfield for jockey Damien Oliver.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x53640x94	SPANISH REEF	Ken & Kasey Keys	Mark Zahra	5	57kg		101
2	78x13116x4	PARADEE	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	9	57kg		82
3	333835×000	FIDELIA	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	7	55kg		89
4	x45145x315	FABRIC (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	12	55kg		90
5	2x0540x083	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	10	55kg		90
6	5x97437x97	BENITOITE	Clinton McDonald	Billy Egan	4	55kg		84
7	26x3473x63	ONE MORE TRY	Matt Cumani	John Allen	11	55kg		88
8	6150×11261	SOVEREIGN AWARD	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Kah	6	55kg		85
9	6x3133x501	AFFAIR TO REMEMBER	Dan O’Sullivan	Michael Poy (a)	8	55kg		81
10	511231×6	RED HEELER (NZ)	Michael Kent	Luke Nolen	1	55kg		76
11	11×1	CHAILLOT	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	3	55kg		76
12	121x302x74	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	13	55kg		72
13	6×16514621	OCEAN’S THIRTEEN (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Luke Currie	2	55kg		72

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Ladies’ Day Vase Nominations

Nominations on the Ladies’ Day Vase in 2020 close the Thursday prior to the race and will be published below once announced.

The 2020 Ladies’ Day Vase nominations attracted a bumper 27 mares including the reigning champion Spanish Reef and Blazer Stakes runner-up She Shao Fly.

No	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	8x10016x09	SHROUDED IN MIST	M	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	1	58kg		93
2	1x438P0x78	FASCINO (NZ)	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	2	58kg		84
3	x0112x1826	PERFECT JEWEL	M	6	Grant & Alana Williams	3	57kg		106
4	0x53640x94	SPANISH REEF	M	7	Ken & Kasey Keys	4	57kg		101
5	104x180x38	BONVICINI	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	5	57kg		89
6	78x13116x4	PARADEE	M	4	Danny O’Brien	6	57kg		82
7	5x5663x900	DANZDANZDANCE	M	6	Dean Binaisse	7	55kg		101
8	333835×000	FIDELIA	M	5	Robbie Griffiths	8	55kg		89
9	x45145x315	FABRIC (NZ)	M	5	Danny O’Brien	9	55kg		90
10	2x0540x083	MISSILE MANTRA	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	10	55kg		90
11	x309153342	SHE SHAO FLY	M	4	Kevin Corstens	11	55kg		92
12	5x97437x97	BENITOITE	M	5	Clinton McDonald	12	55kg		84
13	26x3473x63	ONE MORE TRY	M	6	Matt Cumani	13	55kg		88
14	6150×11261	SOVEREIGN AWARD	M	5	Danny O’Brien	14	55kg		85
15	x25116x608	THE CLOSER	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	15	55kg		77
16	6x3133x501	AFFAIR TO REMEMBER	M	4	Dan O’Sullivan	16	55kg		81
17	511231×6	RED HEELER (NZ)	M	5	Michael Kent	17	55kg		76
18	1107×12731	RICH HIPS	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	18	55kg		76
19	11×1	CHAILLOT	M	4	Archie Alexander	19	55kg		76
20	00×6311231	LUNAR FLARE	M	5	Grahame Begg	20	55kg		74
21	54121618×1	MI KERI PI	M	5	Mitchell Freedman	21	55kg		75
22	1420×32011	RED LIGHT ROXANNE	M	5	Shawn Mathrick	22	55kg		72
23	159x1090x8	NORDIC SYMPHONY	M	5	Symon Wilde	23	55kg		74
24	121x302x74	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	M	5	Michael Moroney	24	55kg		72
25	1115×83221	WEST WIND (NZ)	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	25	55kg		78
26	6×16514621	OCEAN’S THIRTEEN (NZ)	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	26	55kg		72
27	50x15110x7	GRAND DE FLORA (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	27	55kg		77

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Ladies’ Day Vase History

Inaugurated in its current format in 2006, the Ladies’ Day Vase has a brief history in comparison to other events at Caulfield. The Ladies’ Day Vase has always been held at Caulfield Racecourse, and will most likely remain the feature event of the middle day of the Caulfield Cup Carnival for some time to come.

The Ladies’ Day Vase provides an important opportunity for punters (and trainers) to see the participating mares perform in level company, in order to gauge their overall ability.

Originally a Listed race, the Ladies’ Day Vase was upgraded to Group 3 status in 2013. It was also referred to as the Snowhite Maintenance Classic for that year, and in the past as the carsales.com.au Classic and the Perri Cutten Classic.

Notable Ladies’ Day Vase winners include Gawne (2006), Lady Lynette (2009), Royal Commands (2010) and I Am A Star (2018). Ladies’ Day Vase results and winning times since 2006 are listed below.

Ladies’ Day Vase Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Sovereign Award	1 minute 37.25 seconds
	2nd	Fabric
	3rd	Chaillot
2019 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Spanish Reef	1 minute 38.05 seconds
	2nd	Rondinella
	3rd	Fidelia
2018 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	I Am A Star	1 minute 38.73 seconds
	2nd	Kenedna
	3rd	Oregon’s Day
2017 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Quilate	1 minute 36.13 seconds
	2nd	Flying Jess
	3rd	Prompt Response
2016 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Euro Angel	1 minutre 36.78 seconds
	2nd	Rocket Commander
	3rd	Antelucan
2015 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Miss Rose De Lago	1 minutre 36.78 seconds
	2nd	Into The Mist
	3rd	Amarela
2014 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Star Fashion	1 minute 35.97 seconds
	2nd	Lady Cumquat
	3rd	Suavito
2013 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Zonza	1 minute 35.2 seconds
	2nd	Bonaria
	3rd	Two Sugars
2012 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Star Of Giselle	1 minute 37.1 seconds
	2nd	Oasis
	3rd	Bloom Mabsam
2011 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Hi Belle	1 minute 36.4 seconds
	2nd	Neriani
	3rd	Keep The Peace
2010 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Royal Commands	1 minute 40.7 seconds
	2nd	Our Tigress
	3rd	Lady Lynette
2009 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Lady Lynette	1 minute 36.2 seconds
	2nd	Purple
	3rd	Dollops
2008 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Miss Badoura	1 minute 38.4 seconds
	2nd	Bird Of Fire
	3rd	Princess Marizza
2007 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Post Thyme	1 minute 37.03 seconds
	2nd	Casual Kiss
	3rd	Cocoa Tycoon
2006 Ladies’ Day Vase	1st	Gawne	1 minute 37.2 seconds
	2nd	Isanami
	3rd	Lyrical Bid