Alexandra Stakes
Alexandra Stakes
Group Three Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| Location: | Moonee Valley Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
| Distance: | 1600m |
The Alexandra Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies, run over 1600m under set weights with penalties at Moonee Valley.
First held in 1983, the Alexandra Stakes was originally run on W.S. Cox Plate day before shifting to the autumn carnival in 2013.
The Alexandra Stakes held Listed status from 1983 until 2015 before being upgraded to Group 3 in 2016.
Since moving later in the season, the quality of winners has varied, though Princess Jenni (2019) and Vibrant Sun (2024) went on to claim the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) later in their campaigns.
The 2025 Alexandra Stakes, worth $200,000, was won by Cilacap, defeating Too Darn Lizzie and Phenom.
Notable past winners include Delightful Belle, Flitter, Rose O’War, Miss Pennymoney, Ike’s Dream, Miss Marielle, Fontein Ruby, Oregon’s Day, and Princess Jenni.
2026 Alexandra Stakes betting odds
The 2026 Alexandra Stakes betting odds are expected to open on Monday, March 16, 2026.
How to bet on the Alexandra Stakes
All of our top horse betting sites and apps have markets for the Alexandra Stakes.
The top Alexandra Stakes bookmakers will vary dramatically outside of Australia, although with this being a feature race, it is unlikely any racing betting sites will not have markets available in the days leading up to the running.
Alexandra Stakes betting includes an outright fixed odds market, which can be available before the race, while on race-day you can bet on everything from win bets, to place bets right through to your exotics.
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Alexandra Stakes News
2026 Alexandra Stakes Final Field
HorseBetting will update this page when the 2026 Alexandra Stakes final field is released on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
Previous Alexandra Stakes Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Too Darn Lizzie Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Craig Williams 9 59kg 2 Cilacap Grahame Begg Jordan Childs 2 57kg 3 Gala Queen Phillip Stokes Joe Bowditch 4 57kg 4 Sneaky Sunrise Ben, Will & JD Hayes Luke Currie 7 56kg 5 Hurry Curry Danny O’Brien Daniel Stackhouse 8 56kg 6 Phenom Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Beau Mertens 1 56kg 7 Qatars ChoiceCiaron MaherEthan Brown1156kg8 She Nailed It Tim Hughes Jamie Mott 3 56kg 9 Navy Heart Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 6 56kg 10 Petawawa Matthew Dale Billy Egan 5 56kg 11 Light Foot Pat Widdup Harry Coffey 10 56kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Grinzinger Belle Danny O’Brien Michael Dee 1 58kg 2 Certainly Mark Walker Opie Bosson 3 58kg 3 Dolphin Skin Leon & Troy Corstens Harry Coffey 7 57kg 4 Mollynickers Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Ben Melham 6 56kg 5 Socks Nation Ciaron Maher John Allen 2 56kg 6 Vivy Air Archie Alexander Declan Bates 8 56kg 7 Justaboom Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jamie Mott 10 56kg 8 Quickster Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Linda Meech 9 56kg 9 Vibrant Sun Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Thomas Stockdale 5 56kg 10 Spangled Sipper Andrew Bobbin Blaike McDougall 4 56kg
2025 Alexandra Stakes result
1st – Cilacap (+700)
2nd – Too Darn Lizzie (-500)
3rd – Phenom (+190)
Recent runnings of the Alexandra Stakes:
- Cilacap claimed her second black type victory with a well-timed performance in the Group 3 Alexandra Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley. Ridden perfectly by Jordan Childs, the Written Tycoon filly settled on the fence behind a strong tempo set by Too Darn Lizzie and Phenom, both from the Waterhouse & Bott stable. After drawing barrier two, Childs waited patiently before angling through a gap at the 300m mark and letting Cilacap sprint. The $8 chance dashed clear late to defeat the favourite, Too Darn Lizzie, who had worked from a wide gate. The win continued a standout autumn for trainer Grahame Begg and confirmed Cilacap’s talent over the mile.
- Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr took out the 2024 Group 3 Alexandra Stakes with their progressive filly Vibrant Sun ($10.00) claiming the tearaway leader Grinzinger Belle ($6.50) in the final strides of the 1600m contest. As the leader ran the field along at a very quick tempo, Thomas Stockdale allowed his mount to settle behind the speed and pick off runners down the side of the Moonee Valley track. With the rest of the field struggling to keep up with Grinzinger Belle, it was left to the daughter of The Autumn Sun to chase down the tiring front-runner in the home straight.The two race favourites Mollynickers ($2.00) and Vivy Air ($5.50) were off the bit well before the home turn and the latter was the only runner to take serious ground off the top two, as she ran into third place.
- Papillon Club looked to be the best horse in the race and she proved it running away with an arrogant 2.5 length victory in the 2023 Group 3 Alexandra Strakes. Even though the odds-on favourite with online bookmakers had to jump from the outside barrier and do a little bit of work to find the outside of the leader, Tass, Tim Clark didn’t worry as he let his filly find her feet and travel to the home bend under a vice-like grip. As the field rounded the home turn, the daughter of Toronado took control of the race and quickly put it to bed with a burst of acceleration that saw her put up two lengths on the slowing leader, before Clark put the whip away and rode her out hands and heels to record a very soft 2.5 length win.
- Mark Zahra rounded out a successful evening with one of the rides of the night aboard Daisies in the 2022 Group 3 Alexandra Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley. The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained three-year-old filly started a drifting $8.50 chance in the 3YO Fillies’ event, with punters getting the race wrong as the heavily-backed So You See dropped off to run sixth after a wide run in transit. Daisies looked like a good thing beat, but once a gap appeared 150m out from home, she proved too hard to hold out.
Previous winners of the Alexandra Stakes
| Alexandra Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2025 | Cilacap | Jordan Childs | Grahame Begg |
| 2024 | Vibrant Sun | Thomas Stockdale | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) |
| 2023 | Papillon Club | Tim Clark | Greg Eurell |
| 2022 | Daisies | Mark Zahra | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) |
| 2021 | Chica Fuerte | Mark Zahra | Anthony & Sam Freedman |
| 2020 | Paradee | Damien Oliver | Danny O’Brien |
| 2019 | Princess Jenni | Damien Oliver | David Brideoake |
| 2018 | Think Bleue | Damian Lane | Darren Weir |
| 2017 | Oregon’s Day | Mark Zahra | Mick Price |
| 2016 | Thames Court | Hugh Bowman | David Brideoake |
| 2015 | Fontein Ruby | Mark Zahra | Robert Smerdon |
| 2014 | Marianne | Craig Williams | Michael Kent |
| 2013 | You’re So Good | Vlad Duric | Nigel Blackiston |
| 2012 | Torah | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2011 | Zubbaya | Michael Walker | Lee Freedman |
| 2010 | Sublimity | Damien Oliver | Darren Weir |
| 2009 | Bauble | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
| 2008 | Miss Marielle | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
| 2007 | Manna Miss | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
| 2006 | Brockman’s Lass | Kerrin McEvoy | Lee Freedman |
| 2005 | Creative Plan | Damien Oliver | Tony Vasil |
| 2004 | Ike’s Dream | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2003 | Dextrous | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2002 | Omens | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2001 | Donna Dior | Damien Oliver | Bede Murray |
| 2000 | Miss Pennymoney | Damien Oliver | Jim Conlan |
Alexandra Stakes winners pre-2000
| Alexandra Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Miss Pennymoney | ||
| 1998 | Rose O’ War | ||
| 1997 | Melinte | ||
| 1996 | Simply Believe / Suria | ||
| 1995 | Vigil | ||
| 1994 | Ladybird Blue | ||
| 1993 | Super Snooper | ||
| 1992 | Flitter | ||
| 1991 | Dancefloor Doll | ||
| 1990 | Mammy | ||
| 1989 | Aretha | ||
| 1988 | Memphis Blues | ||
| 1987 | Sandy’s Pleasure | ||
| 1986 | Glowing Idol | ||
| 1985 | Torvill | ||
| 1984 | Delightful Belle | ||
| 1983 | Sentimental Lady | ||
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