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The All-Star Mile is one of the richest races added to the Australian Racing calendar for the first time in 2019 and is part of the growing number of Special Condition races held down under.

An Australian first, The All-Star Mile is a unique initiative or Racing Victoria and is the only event in the country that punters get the chance to vote horses into the field.

Now offering $5 million in prize money, The All-Star Mile is a key feature of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival held in mid-March on the weekend after Flemington’s ‘Super Saturday’.

Run at the different major race tracks in Melbourne, the inaugural The All-Star Mile was contested at Flemington and won by star Tasmanian-trained filly and last start Australian Guineas champ Mystic Journey.

The 2020 edition of The All-Star Mile ran at Caulfield Racecourse, the weight-for-age event run over 1600m by a capacity field of 15 starters plus four emergencies.

In 2021 The All-Star Mile was run at The Valley and won by the NSW-trained Mugatoo.

In 2022 the event returned to Flemington Racecourse, with Headquarters the first track to host the race twice, and was won by the favourite Zaaki.

The 2022 All-Star Mile form was franked with the winner Zaaki going on to perform well in a host of subsequent races over the following 12 months including third placings in the Group 1 Doomben Cup, Underwood Stakes and Caulfield Stakes. He also finished fourth in the 2022 Cox Plate results before successfully defending his title in the Group 1 VRC Champions Stakes over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The All-Star Mile runner-up from 2022, I’m  Thunderstruck, further franked the form running second next-up in Sydney’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). He returned that spring and ran second in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes before winning the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes over the Flemington mile. I’m Thunderstruck also ran second in that year’s Caulfield Stakes and Cox Plate.

The 2023 All-Star Mile returned to Moonee Valley Racecourse, The Valley the second course following Flemington to host the race twice, and was won by the previous year’s fourth place-getter Mr Brightside for Lindsay Park.

The All-Star Mile 2023 ran at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday March 18, 2023 and was won by the Ben & JD Hayes-trained Mr Brightside ($6.50). 

The All-Star Mile 2023
Date:	Saturday March 18, 2023
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$5 million

2023 The All-Star Mile Results

• 1st: #4 Mr Brightside ($6.50)
• 2nd: #3 Cascadian
• 3rd: #9 The Inevitable

The Ben & JD Hayes-trained Doncaster Mile winner from 2022, Mr Brightside ($6.50) was too good for his rivals at The Valley improving on a lead-up Futurity Stakes second to bolt home in The All-Star Mile 2023 results ahead of Godolphin-raced eight-year-old Cascadian and Tassie raider The Inevitable.

Click here to read more on the good win by Mr Brightside in The All-Star Mile 2023.

2023 The All-Star Mile Results & Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 All-Star Mile Betting Odds

Futures betting on The All-Star Mile opens weeks ahead of the race and heats up once voting on the Top 10 All-Star Mile horses opens.

The All-Star Mile odds on the potential runners in the $5 million feature firm as the autumn Group 1 races are run and won, especially any three-year-old that wins the Australian Guineas, a race the inaugural The All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey took out in the lead-up.

Once The All-Star Mile final field is released, betting markets are confirmed and updated odds will be available below courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

Zaaki ($2.40 in 2022) was the last favourite in The All-Star Mile betting to win.

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2023 The All-Star Mile Form Guide

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2023 The All-Star Mile Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive The All-Star Mile 2023 Tips and best bets on the world’s richest mile race this autumn!

Click here for our full 2023 All-Star Mile tips and best bets.

• Favourite: #2 Alligator Blood ($2.90 at time of publish) 

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s Queensland expat looks a huge winning hope for the All-Star punters with this year’s highest vote-getter racing second-up with the mile to suit. He was excellent fresh winning the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Sandown before being wound-up. A genuine weight-for-age champion this six-year-old son of All Too Hard just keeps giving and keeps finding. Great record at the 1600m (5:2-2-0) and gets the run of the race from the gate (7). Not the strongest edition of the event and he’s the class.

• The Danger: #1 I’m Thunderstruck ($6.50 at time of publish) 

Last year’s runner-up to Zaaki in this event (at Flemington) is on the drift in All-Star Mile betting and represents lovely value at his current price. The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained son of Shocking is a genuine miler (4:2-2-0) and presents fit third-up and ready to peak at The Valley. Has had two runs for a first and second at the track. He returns to Moonee Valley for the first time since crossing just a quarter-length off Anamoe in last year’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate quinella, and that looks a very nice form line. Fourth fresh in the CF Orr under a length beaten and caught the eye last start running third behind his two main rivals again in the Mile in the Futurity. Will be right in the finish again no doubt.

• Best Bet: #4 Mr Brightside ($6.50 at time of publish) 

While the Gator looks a huge chance to salute for the punters the value looks to be Mr Brightside for the in-form Ben & JD Hayes stable. Luke Currie rides the Bullbars five-year-old who has an inside barrier two draw at his pet track. He’s been brilliant at the notoriously tight circuit including winning the Group 2 Feehan Stakes here over the mile by 4.5 lengths last September. CF fifth, Futurity second, All-Star first?

• Best Roughie: #Pounding ($31 at time of publish) 

Outside of the dominant trio there’s value to be had with big odds on the rest of the field. A forgotten chance for Peter Moody in terrific form ticking plenty of boxes at 30/1. This Exceed And Excel four-year-old won three 1600m races on the trot starting back in December including the Group 3 Carlyon Cup by two lengths from a wide alley. Went to Flemington at the start of this month for the Group 2 Blamey Stakes and finished second up in grade. This is tougher again, but he is an out-and-out 1600m horse (9:5-2-1) and loves The Valley (3:2-0-0) and with the right ride can surprise a few of these.

2023 The All-Star Mile Field

The official 2023 The All-Star Mile Final Field & Barriers are announced on Tuesday March 14, 2023 and will be listed below.

The All-Star Mile 2023 field has been confirmed with the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alligator Blood favourite drawn ideally mid-field in barrier seven. Last year’s runner-up I’m Thunderstruck returns as the danger again in barrier five, while Mr Brightside for Ben & JD Hayes jumps near the inside from gate two as the other single-figure fancy.

The withdrawal of Peter Moody’s I Wish I Win to instead be saved for Sydney’s TJ Smith Stakes on April 1 sees 100/1 shot So Si Bon, a nine-year-old with 88 career starts, come in to complete the official All-Star Mile line-up this autumn.

Click here to read more on the key runners in The All-Star Mile 2023 field and betting markets.

2023 All-Star Mile Final Field & Barrier Draw

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x214225x43	I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Daniel Moor	5	59kg		116
2	1x721551x1	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Blake Shinn	7	59kg		117
3	1x341154x5	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Ben Melham	14	59kg		113
4	x115473x52	MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ)	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Currie	2	59kg		112
5	4235734120	SO SI BON	Ben & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	15	59kg		98
6	9x42833x64	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Oisin Murphy	6	59kg		110
7	00x6142x64	AEGON (NZ)	Andrew Forsman	Blaike McDougall	8	59kg		106
8	9x1616x69x	ALENQUER (FR)	Michael Moroney	Jordan Childs	9	59kg		114
9	412×111111	THE INEVITABLE	Scott Brunton	David Pires	3	59kg		106
10	61x13x16x6	MY OBERON (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Jamie Mott	11	59kg		109
11	1x2146x124	GENTLEMAN ROY	Ben & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	10	59kg		107
12	5125821112	POUNDING	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	12	59kg		104
13	x14x211135	NUGGET (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Damien Oliver	1	59kg		105
14	0141210×43	KEATS (IRE)	Gavin Bedggood	Craig Newitt	4	59kg		95
15	311x81x783	SHEEZA BELTER	Peter & Paul Snowden	William Pike	13	54kg		108
16e	152732×30	THE FORTUNE TELLER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace		0	56kg		77

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

The All-Star Mile field was expanded in 2020 to 15 runners, 10 of which are voted in by the public. After originally only being open to Australian racing fans, voting on the Top 10 All-Star Mile horses was opened up to New Zealand residents.

A further two horses in The All-Star mile field may come via the ‘win and you’re in’ events leading-up to the race. The winner of both the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) and Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) get a ballot free ride into the All-Star mile should connections chose to accept for their Auto-Entry Race Winners.

A body of Racing Victoria specialists then determine three Wildcard entries for The All-Star Mile along with six Provisional Emergencies that can gain a start should any number of the Top 10 Horses, Auto-Race Entry Winners and or Wildcard entries chose not to accept.

2032 The All-Star Mile Top 10 Vote-Getters

The Top 10 vote-getters confirmed a start in the 15-horse The All Star Mile 2023 field will be updated here once announced by Racing Victoria.

Voting on The All-Star Mile 2023 horses opens on Monday, January 23, 2023 and closes on Sunday, February 26, 2023.

The final Top 10 horses were announced on Racing.com at 6.30pm (AEDT) Tuesday February 28, 2023.

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alligator Blood headed the 2023 All-Star Mile voting with 18,301 votes, and ‘The Gator’ kick off his autumn with a win in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes on Blue Diamond Day.

2023 All-Star Mile Top 10 Votegetters

1. Alligator Blood (Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott) – 18,301 votes

2. I Wish I Win (Peter Moody) – 16,002 votes  – Withdrawn

3. I’m Thunderstruck (Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr) – 15,416 votes

4. Mr Brightside (Ben and JD Hayes) – 9,661 votes

5. Nugget (Ciaron Maher and David Eustace) – 6,963 votes

6. The Inevitable (Scott Brunton) – 5,897 votes

7. Tuvalu (Lindsey Smith) – 4,617 votes – Withdrawn on vet’s advice (lung infection)

8. Jacquinot (Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr) – 3,998 votes – Withdrawn 

9. Keats (Gavin Bedggood) – 2,851 votes

10. Gentleman Roy (Ben and JD Hayes) – 2,707 votes

2023 The All-Star Mile Wildcards

The five All-Star Mile Wildcards to be accepted in the 15-horse field are:

1. Alenquer (Mike Moroney)

2. Laws Of Indices (Annabel Neasham)

3. Pounding (Peter Moody)

4. Aegon (Andrew Forsman)

5. My Oberon (Annabel Neasham)

2023 The All-Star Mile Provisional Emergencies

The Provisional Emergencies to make the 2023 The All-Star Mile field this season will be detailed here closer to the race.

The original number one provisional emergency, Fangirl, had secured a start in the 2023 The All-Star Mile field following the withdrawal of the number eight top vote-getter Jacquinot who will instead be dropped back in distance for the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) on April 15 in Sydney.

Connections of the Chris Waller-trained mare however have opted to keep Fangirl in Sydney with the Godolphin-raced Cascadian (original second provisional emergency) now into the All-Star Mile field. Cascadian ran fifth in last year’s race after gaining a start as an emergency and powering home from last in a big late run.

Peter & Paul Snowden’s Group 1 winning filly Sheeza Belta (original third provisional emergency) is now also into The All-Star Mile after the withdrawal of the seventh top vote-getter Tuvalu (lung infection) on vet’s advice.

The updated provisional emergency list as of 9/3/23 is below:

No. Horse | Trainer | Current Prize Money Earnings (correct at time of publish) 

1. Mo’unga (NZ) | Annabel Neasham | $1,191,600

2. Elliptical | A & S Freedman | $1,150,375

3. Hinged | Chris Waller | $1,066,625

4. Sibaaq (GB) | Annabel Neasham | $872,050

5. Callsign Mav (NZ) | Danny O’Brien | $835,500

6. Converge | Waterhouse, Bott | $793,800

7. Zougotcha | Chris Waller | $772,000

8. Uncle Bryn (GB) | Busuttin & Young | $624,100

9. Old Flame (GB) | Peter & Paul Snowden | $627,075

10. Hezashocka (NZ) | Price & Kent (Jnr) | $619,100

11. Osipenko (NZ) | Chris Waller | $595,625

12. Bankers Choice (NZ) | Michael Moroney | $522,000

13. Chain Of Lightning | Peter G Moody | $411,250

14. Boogie Dancer | Peter G Moody| $376,500

15. Mirra Vision | Peter & Paul Snowden | $361,875

16. Excelida | Ben & JD Hayes | $354,325

17. Espiona | Chris Waller | $322,740

18. Ruthless Dame (NZ) | Maher & Eustace | $280,800

19. So Si Bon | Ben & JD Hayes | $252,075

20. The Fortune Teller | Maher & Eustace | $229,500

21. Here To Shock (NZ) | Ben & JD Hayes | $204,100

22. Third Realm (GB) | A & S Freedman | $249,000

19. Chain Of Lightning | Peter G Moody | $411,250

2023 The All-Star Mile Nominations

Early nominations for The All-Star Mile 2023 close on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 and will be updated here once confirmed.

The 2023 All-Star Mile nominations feature 41 hopefuls with all-in betting led by top vote-getter and first-up Futurity Stakes champion Alligator Blood.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	00x6142x64	AEGON (NZ)	G	5	Andrew Forsman	106
2	9x1616x69x	ALENQUER (FR)	H	5	Michael Moroney	114
3	1x721551x1	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	116
4	6x770261x6	BANKERS CHOICE (NZ)	G	5	Michael Moroney	104
5	5111614×6	BOOGIE DANCER	F	3	Peter G Moody	90
6	80x61052x0	CALLSIGN MAV (NZ)	G	6	Danny O’Brien	109
7	91x341154x	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	8	James Cummings	113
8	x111310x38	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	M	4	Peter G Moody	104
9	3120x6900x	CONVERGE	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	104
10	1x43227x1	ELLIPTICAL	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	104
11	381x640x61	ESPIONA	M	4	Chris Waller	94
12	33x5163x73	EXCELIDA	M	6	Ben & JD Hayes	102
13	10x2562x32	FANGIRL	M	4	Chris Waller	108
14	21x2146x12	GENTLEMAN ROY	G	6	Ben & JD Hayes	104
15	1x4417x261	HERE TO SHOCK (NZ)	G	5	Ben & JD Hayes	81
16	132120423x	HEZASHOCKA (NZ)	G	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	104
17	4x53358x26	HINGED	M	4	Chris Waller	107
18	123x1151x2	I WISH I WIN (NZ)	G	4	Peter G Moody	110
19	x214225x43	I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ)	G	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	116
20	36x1159x11	JACQUINOT	C	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	111
21	0141210×43	KEATS (IRE)	G	6	Gavin Bedggood	86
22	816112×74	LACED UP HEELS	F	3	Luke Fernie	80
23	9x42833x64	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	H	5	Annabel Neasham	110
24	268x9722x6	MIRRA VISION	M	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	104
25	x032852x53	MO’UNGA (NZ)	H	5	Annabel Neasham	112
26	x115473x52	MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ)	G	5	Ben & JD Hayes	112
27	61x13x16x6	MY OBERON (IRE)	G	6	Annabel Neasham	109
28	x14x211135	NUGGET (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	104
29	123x12713x	OLD FLAME (GB)	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	102
30	12x73x51	OSIPENKO (NZ)	C	3	Chris Waller	92
31	2512582111	POUNDING	G	4	Peter G Moody	89
32	11×32	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
33	0311x81x78	SHEEZA BELTER	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	104
34	219x2232x4	SIBAAQ (GB)	G	5	Annabel Neasham	101
35	0423573412	SO SI BON	G	9	Ben & JD Hayes	96
36	152732×3	THE FORTUNE TELLER	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	76
37	412×111111	THE INEVITABLE	G	7	Scott Brunton	104
38	74x319x64x	THIRD REALM (GB)	H	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	99
39	1211x312x7	TUVALU	G	5	Lindsey Smith	111
40	x6220151x8	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	104
41	125x111x4	ZOUGOTCHA	F	3	Chris Waller	107

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

The All-Star Mile History

The All-Star Mile was first contested in 2019 and took place at Flemington Racecourse. The race will rotate around the three major metropolitan racetracks in Melbourne going to Caulfield in 2020 and Moonee Valley in 2021. It returned to Flemington in 2022 and then Moonee Valley in 2023.

The inaugural The All-Star Mile winner was the Tasmanian-trained filly Mystic Journey who came off an historical Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) victory where she became the first Group 1 winner from Tasmanian in a century.

The second edition of The All-Star Mile took place at a closed Caulfield Racecourse due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The results were dominated by the Perth-trained stablemates Regal Power (1st) and Superstorm (2nd).

The All-Star Mile Winners

See below for The All-Star Mile winners, place-getters and winning times since the race’s inauguration in 2019.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 The All-Star Mile	1st	Mr Brightside	1 minute 34.47 seconds
	2nd	Cascadian
	3rd	The Inevitable
2022 The All-Star Mile	1st	Zaaki	1 minute 36.54 seconds
	2nd	I’m Thunderstruck
	3rd	Streets Of Avalon
2021 The All-Star Mile	1st	Mugatoo	1 minute 39.82 seconds
	2nd	Russian Camelot
	3rd	Behemoth
2020 The All-Star Mile	1st	Regal Power	1 minute 36.57 seconds
	2nd	Superstorm
	3rd	Melody Belle
2019 The All-Star Mile	1st	Mystic Journey	1 minute 35.7 seconds
	2nd	Hartnell
	3rd	Alizee