Alister Clark Stakes
Alister Clark Stakes
Group Two Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| Location: | Moonee Valley Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
| Distance: | 2040m |
The Alister Clark Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds, run over 2040m at Moonee Valley, with the next edition due on March 22, 2025.
First held in 1939, it was an open handicap until 1974, then weight-for-age until 1986, before becoming a set weights event for three-year-olds in 1987.
The Alister Clark Stakes follows the Group 2 Autumn Classic (1800m) and Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) as Melbourne’s final major three-year-old feature.
Five horses have completed the Australian Guineas–Alister Clark double, most recently Mr Murphy (2001).
The 2025 Alister Clark Stakes, worth $750,000, was won by Shanwah, defeating Imperialist and Statuario.
Notable past winners include Vo Rogue, Durbridge, Naturalism, Blevic, Pins, Casino Prince, Cliff’s Edge, and Grandslam.
2026 Alister Clark Stakes betting odds
The 2026 Alister Clark Stakes betting odds are expected to open on Monday, March 16, 2026.
How to bet on the Alister Clark Stakes
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Alister Clark Stakes News
2026 Alister Clark Stakes Final Field
HorseBetting will update this page when the 2026 Alister Clark Stakes final field is released on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
Previous Alister Clark Stakes Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Red Aces Nick Ryan Luke Currie 9 57kg 2 Shanwah Ciaron Maher Ethan Brown 2 57kg 3 Opening Address Liam Howley Craig Newitt 7 57kg 4 Imperialist Chris Waller Jye McNeil 4 57kg 5 Detroit City Dominic Sutton Billy Egan 8 57kg 6 Statuario Emma-Lee & David Browne John Allen 5 57kg 7 Politely Dun Danny O’Brien Daniel Stackhouse 3 57kg 8 Emphasize Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Craig Williams 6 57kg 9 Rapid Cheval Bevan Laming Jamie Mott 1 55kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Apulia Ben, Will & JD Hayes Blaike McDougall 14 57kg 2 Zipaway Neville Parnham Declan Bates 1 57kg 3 Sunsets Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 17 57kg 4 Verdad Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jamie Mott 7 57kg 5 Antrim Coast Stephen Marsh Michael Dee 13 57kg 6 Snow Patrol Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Craig Newitt 6 57kg 7 Gates Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Billy Egan 18 57kg 8 Rise At Dawn Ben, Will & JD Hayes Harry Coffey 15 57kg 9 Jon Bon Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Louis Beuzelin 11 57kg 10 Shinjuku Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Beau Mertens 4 57kg 11 Freight Train Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Daniel Moor 2 57kg 12 Quintessa Mark Walker Opie Bosson 9 55kg 13 Basilinna Emma-Lee & David Browne Ben Melham 8 55kg 14 Into You Shay Keating Ms Alana Kelly 16 55kg 15e Dunbelievin’Ciaron MaherEthan Brown1257kg16e Mornington PierCiaron MaherJamie Mott357kg17e MaputoPat Carey & Harris WalkerN/A557kg18e ZakoumaPat Carey & Harris WalkerN/A1057kg
2025 Alister Clark Stakes result
1st – Shanwah (+120)
2nd – Imperialist (+190)
3rd – Statuario (+240)
Recent runnings of the Alister Clark Stakes:
- Shanwah confirmed his Australian Derby credentials with a commanding win in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley. The Ciaron Maher-trained gelding made it four wins in a row, overcoming a slow start to settle perfectly under Ethan Brown. Cruising into the race three-wide at the 400m, the son of Too Darn Hot hit the front with ease and powered home as the $2.25 favourite. Imperialist closed late but couldn’t catch the winner, finishing two lengths back in second, with Statuario narrowly holding third. It was a dominant display that stamped Shanwah as a serious staying prospect.
- New Zealand’s Group One three-year-old form was to the fore at Moonee Valley, where Antrim Coast edged out Quintessa in a thrilling finish to the 2024 Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m). Antrim Coast was an overlooked outsider at $41.00, but was given a gun ride from Michael Dee throughout. Fellow Kiwi Quintessa was given a dream run by Opie Bosson, sitting in fourth before sailing through a gap along the rails at the turn. She quickened smartly and opened up what looked like a winning advantage, but then along came Antrim Coast. After settling in the back half of the field, Mick Dee got him up and rolling 800m from the finish. He came four-wide around the turn, balanced up and lengthened stride. He slowly but surely drew up alongside Quintessa, fighting a head-bobbing battle with her through the final 100m and snatching victory by a nose.
- The Richie Laming stable always saw Bank Maur’s potential to deliver a big payday, and he did just that in the 2023 Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley. Craig Newitt showed all his experience to time the gelding’s run home to perfection, hitting the front with 50m to go in the Group 2 feature worth $750,000. The three-year-old colt held off Suizuro from there, winning by three quarters of a length.
- Prix De Turn won the 2022 Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley providing his sire Turn Me Loose with his third stakes winner within a week. A massive prize for young Cranbourne based trainer Matthew Brown came to fruition as the colt saluted at $26. Coming with a sweeping run four wide rounding the home turn under a brilliant Beau Mertens ride, Prix de Turn defeated Can’t Go Wong by 1.25 lengths with War Eternal a half-length back in third.
Previous winners of the Alister Clark Stakes
| Alister Clark Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2025 | Shanwah | Blake Shinn | Ciaron Maher |
| 2024 | Antrim Coast | Michael Dee | Stephen Marsh |
| 2023 | Bank Maur | Craig Newitt | Richard Laming |
| 2022 | Prix De Turn | Beau Mertens | Matthew Brown |
| 2021 | Grandslam | Jamie Melham | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
| 2020 | Nonconformist | Jordan Childs | Grahame Begg |
| 2019 | Global Exchange | Ben Melham | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
| 2018 | Cliff’s Edge | Jamie Mott | Darren Weir |
| 2017 | Hardham | Luke Nolen | David Brideoake |
| 2016 | Tally | Craig Williams | John O’Shea |
| 2015 | Chill Party | Patrick Moloney | Tom Hughes |
| 2014 | Pheidon | Damien Oliver | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2013 | Vanilla | Luke Nolen | Michael Kent |
| 2012 | Highly Recommended | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2011 | Domesky | Craig Williams | Michael Kent |
| 2010 | Linton | Michael Rodd | Robert Hickmott |
| 2009 | Pre Eminence | Craig Newitt | Mick Price |
| 2008 | Sound Journey | Damien Oliver | Mick Price |
| 2007 | Casino Prince | Damien Oliver | Anthony Cummings |
| 2006 | Spinney | Darren Beadman | John Hawkes |
| 2005 | Lieutenant | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2004 | Speedy King | Brett Prebble | Graham Woolston |
| 2003 | Titanic Jack | Patrick Payne | Tom Hughes |
| 2002 | Royal Code | Steven Arnold | David Hall |
| 2001 | Mr. Murphy | Damien Oliver | Lee Freedman |
| 2000 | Pins | Shane Dye | Clarry Conners |
Alister Clark Stakes winners pre-2000
| Alister Clark Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Dignity Dancer | ||
| 1998 | Zonda | ||
| 1997 | Flak Jacket | ||
| 1996 | Scenic Royale | ||
| 1995 | Blevic | ||
| 1994 | Tristalove | ||
| 1993 | Sarason | ||
| 1992 | Naturalism | ||
| 1991 | Durbridge | ||
| 1990 | Zabeel | ||
| 1989 | Bar Landy | ||
| 1988 | Flotilla | ||
| 1987 | Vo Rogue | ||
| 1986 | Lockley’s Tradition | ||
| 1985 | King Phoenix | ||
| 1984 | Penny Edition | ||
| 1983 | My Evita | ||
| 1982 | Fearless Pride | ||
| 1981 | My Brown Jug | ||
| 1980 | Bit of a Skite | ||
| 1979 | Family Of Man | ||
| 1978 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1977 | Family Of Man / Surround | ||
| 1976 | Leica Show | ||
| 1975 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1974 | Toltrice | ||
| 1973 | The Frigate | ||
| 1972 | Upstairs | ||
| 1971 | Tauto | ||
| 1970 | Cyron | ||
| 1969 | Begonia Belle | ||
| 1968 | Heroic Stone | ||
| 1967 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1966 | Bowl King | ||
| 1965 | Sir Dane | ||
| 1964 | Sometime | ||
| 1963 | Sometime | ||
| 1962 | Aquanita | ||
| 1961 | Dhaulagiri | ||
| 1960 | Stormy Passage | ||
| 1959 | Wiggle | ||
| 1958 | Baron Boissier | ||
| 1957 | Mac’s Amber | ||
| 1956 | Glitzern | ||
| 1955 | St. Joel | ||
| 1954 | Gallant Archer | ||
| 1953 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1952 | Step Aside | ||
| 1951 | Chicquita | ||
| 1950 | Comic Court | ||
| 1949 | Filipino | ||
| 1948 | Money Moon | ||
| 1947 | St. Fairy | ||
| 1946 | Reperio | ||
| 1945 | Simmering | ||
| 1944 | Lilette | ||
| 1943 | Athol Belle | ||
| 1942 | Tranquil Star / Prince Ronald | ||
| 1941 | Zonda | ||
| 1940 | Pure Gold | ||
| 1939 | Amiable | ||
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