Andrew Ramsden
Andrew Ramsden Stakes
Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
| Location: | Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
| Distance: | 2800m |
The listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes is a staying race held in May which holds a ballot exemption for the Melbourne Cup.
Named former VRC chairman Andrew Ramsden, the race experienced significant changes in 2018.
The race is worth $500,000 and is run over the 2800m distance, a reduced trip from the previous two mile distance. It was also announced in 2018 that the event will be run at weight-for-age level.
The Andrew Ramsden Stakes will give Australian stayers the chance to confirm their place within the Melbourne Cup of that year given the internationals usually don’t come into town until months later.
2024 Andrew Ramsden Stakes betting odds
Odds for the Andrew Ramsden as of May 16, 2024 – Courtesy of Neds
- The Map Win $2.80 Place $1.50
- Lionel Win $6.00 Place $2.30
- Strawberry Rock Win $8.50 Place $2.70
- Mostly Cloudy Win $8.50 Place $2.70
- Let’sbefrankbaby Win $9.50 Place $3.00
- Excelleration Win $10.00 Place $3.10
- Little Mix Win $14.00 Place $3.90
- Samuel Langhorne Win $21.00 Place $5.00
- Captain Envious Win $23.00 Place $6.00
- Esti Feny Win $23.00 Place $6.00
Best Andrew Ramsden Stakes bookmakers
The Andrew Ramsden Stakes is a race that is going to get a lot more attention.
Not only will markets go up earlier than previously anticipated on the race, but the winner of the race will no doubt shorten for the Melbourne Cup.
The bookmakers below offer markets on the Andrew Ramsden Stakes.
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The Latest Andrew Ramsden Stakes News
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2024 Andrew Ramsden Stakes Final Field
1. Captain Envious (15)
- T: Paul Preusker
- J: Thomas Stockdale
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 0517
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Savabeel
- Dam: My Central
2. Esti Feny (4)
- T: Matthew Smith
- J: Daniel Stackhouse
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 3817
- Age: 9YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Pigeon Catcher (IRE)
- Dam: Ejtihaad
3. Excelleration (10)
- T: Richard Cully
- J: Harry Coffey
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 111x
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Brown
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Excelebration (IRE)
- Dam: Rare Subject
4. Port Guillaume (12)
- T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes
- J: Linda Meech
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 9002
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Le Havre (IRE)
- Dam: Keira
5. Strawberry Rock (6)
- T: Ciaron Maher
- J: John Allen
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 3123
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)
- Dam: Strawberry Vodka
6. Mostly Cloudy (3)
- T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
- J: Luke Currie
- W: 58.5kg
- F: x236
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Harzand (IRE)
- Dam: Clarinda
7. Ferago (14)
- T: Patrick Ryan Jnr
- J: Jarrod Fry
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 4642
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Fiorente (IRE)
- Dam: Vodissa
8. Garachico (2)
- T: Dominic Sutton
- J: Billy Egan
- W: 58.5kg
- F: 7922
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Ribchester (IRE)
- Dam: Frine
9. Lionel (8)
- T: Ciaron Maher
- J: Ethan Brown
- W: 58.5kg
- F: x3x3
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Chestnut
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Lope De Vega (IRE)
- Dam: Gretchen
10. Verifier (13)
- T: Nigel Blackiston
- J: Declan Bates
- W: 58kg
- F: 9321
- Age: 4YO
- Color: Bay/Brown
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Tivaci
- Dam: Checkout
11. Samuel Langhorne (5)
- T: Mick Kent
- J: Michael Dee
- W: 58kg
- F: 3111
- Age: 4YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Shocking
- Dam: Nosecondprize
12. The Map (1)
- T: Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGilivray
- J: Damian Lane
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 1221
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Mare
- Sire: Alpine Eagle
- Dam: This Moment
13. Little Mix (9)
- T: Annabel Neasham
- J: Jamie Mott
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 4423
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Mare
- Sire: Mahisara
- Dam: Girls Aloud
14. Let’sbefrankbaby (7)
- T: Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
- J: Dean Yendall
- W: 56kg
- F: 4331
- Age: 4YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Mare
- Sire: Frankel (GB)
- Dam: Baby Pink
Previous Andrew Ramsden Stakes Fields
Take a look back at some of the horses who competed in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes to claim the golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup.
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Vow And Declare Danny O’Brien Jamie Mott 14 58.5kg 2 Selino Chris Waller Patrick Moloney 12 58.5kg 3 Hezashocka Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Blake Shinn 5 58.5kg 4 Southern France Matthew Smith Joe Bowditch 15 58.5kg 5 True Marvel Matthew Smith Dean Yendall 4 58.5kg 6 Aurora’s Symphony Symon Wilde Thomas Stockdale 17 58.5kg 7 Amade Phillip Stokes Zac Spain 18 58.5kg 8 Swords DrawnMike MoroneyDaniel Stackhouse1358.5kg9 Rebel RacerAmy & Ash YargiJack Hill1658.5kg10 White Marlin Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jordan Childs 10 58.5kg 11 Hasta La War Sue Murphy Linda Meech 21 58.5kg 12 Cadre Du Noir Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Harry Coffey 6 58.5kg 13 Camorra Ben & JD Hayes Ben Melham 11 58.5kg 14 Herman Hesse Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Beau Mertens 3 58.5kg 15 Third Realm Anthony & Sam Freedman Jake Noonan 22 58.5kg 16 Timour Chris Waller Fred Kersley 1 58.5kg 17 Lunar Flare Grahame Begg Michael Dee 2 56.5kg 18 El Patroness Danny O’Brien Jye McNeil 19 56kg 19 Alakahan (1E) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Harry Coffey 8 58.5kg 20 Long Arm (2E) Peter Gelagotis Ben Melham 9 58.5kg 21 Caboche (3E)Chris WallerTBC2058kg22 Pesto (4E)Michael, Wayne & John HawkesTBC758.5kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Warning Anthony & Sam Freedman Jamie Mott 8 58.5kg 2 Luncies Kris Lees Craig Williams 11 58.5kg 3 Harmysian Clayton Douglas Harry Coffey 9 58.5kg 4 Redjina Noel Watson Jack Hill 5 58.5kg 5 Sound Of Cannons John O’Shea Zac Spain 1 58.5kg 6 English King Mike Moroney Michael Dee 3 58.5kg 7 SnowalotJohn SadlerDamien Thornton1258.5kg8 Through Irish Eyes Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jye McNeil 5 58kg 9 Horrifying Mark & Levi Kavanagh Fred Kersley 7 58kg 10 Point Nepean Robert Hickmott Alana Kelly 10 58kg 11 Splendiferous Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Brett Prebble 2 56kg 12 Zoumon Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Linda Meech 4 54kg 13 Turn It Up Tommy Denis Pagan Patrick Moloney 13 54kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Constantinople Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes Dean Holland 8 58.5kg 2 Grand Promenade Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Harry Coffey 1 58.5kg 3 Persan Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Michael Dee 4 58kg 4 Mohican Heights Chris Waller Luke Nolen 9 58kg 5 Miami Bound Danny O’Brien Ben Allen 10 56kg 6 Realm Of Flowers Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 6 56kg 7 Never ListenPeter MoodyLuke Nolen256kg8 Lion’s Share Steven Pateman Will Price 7 56kg 9 Through Irish Eyes Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Michael Poy 3 54kg 10 Salto Angel Danny O’Brien Damien Thornton 5 52kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Runaway Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Brad Rawiller 11 58.5kg 2 King Of Leogrance Danny O’Brien Damien Oliver 5 58.5kg 3 Skelm Terry Kelly Ben Melham 4 58.5kg 4 Good IdeaPhillip StokesBen Thompson858.5kg5 Jack Regan Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Thomas Stockdale 12 58.5kg 6 Norway Chris Waller Dwayne Dunn 3 58kg 7 Too Close The Sun Lindsey Smith Declan Bates 2 58kg 8 Surrey Thunder Chris Waller Luke Nolen 10 58kg 9 Dark Alley Paul Preusker Craig Williams 6 58kg 10 Sopressa Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jye McNeil 7 56.5kg 11 Super Girl Josh Julius Billy Egan 9 56.5kg 12 Oceanex Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Mark Zahra 1 56kg
2023 Andrew Ramsden Stakes result
1st – Lunar Flare ($5.00)
2nd – White Marlin ($1.50)
3rd – Hasta La War ($5.60)
Recent Andrew Ramsden Stakes results
- Grahame Begg and Lunar Flare’s owners will get another crack at the Melbourne Cup in 2023, after their star mare took out the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes by 5.5 lengths, putting a space on the placegetters White Marlin and Hasta La War. The race favourite and online betting sites favourite for the 2023 Melbourne Cup pre-race, White Marlin, took up the lead as it likes to do, however, the five-year-old gelding went too hard out in front just like he did last start, when he was beaten at Cranbourne. One runner that loved White Marlin overdoing it, was the eventual winner Lunar Flare, and Michael Dee let his talented mare go around the field and at the top of the home straight she looked to be the winner a long way from home. Dee pushed the button and let her go, and once he did, the daughter of Fiorente let down with a blistering turn of foot to storm away from her rivals and book her ticket in the race that stops the nation once again for the second straight year.
- Point Nepean won himself the golden ticket into the race that stops a nation, thanks to a brave ride by Alana Kelly in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington. With a ballot exempt spot in November’s Melbourne Cup (3200m) the grand prize, Kelly put the talented up-and-coming stayer in an awkward position in the run – wide without cover. After whipping around the field as the field approached the final turn, Kelly had her mount moving up four wide under pressure. He had to continually fight off proven stayer Luncies and the fast finishing Through Irish Eyes, but Point Nepean packed plenty to claim victory.
- For the second year in a row, Mark Zahra rode the winner of the Andrew Ramsden when piloting Realm Of Flowers to victory in the 2022 edition. Having settled at the rear of the field, Zahra bided his time aboard the mare who upon straightening had just two runners behind her. She was still under hands and heels when hitting the front with 300m to go and was only just hitting top gear. Realm Of Flowers would go on to claim victory by the best part of five lengths with the jockey easing her down approaching the winning post. Realm Of Flowers would unfortunately be spelled during the spring and missed a chance at Cup glory when sustaining an injury.
- The Mick Price-trained Oceanex had taken out the listed Port Adelaide Cup at Morphettville at her last start, and made it back-to-back wins when taking out the Andrew Ramsden Stakes. The four-year-old Ocean Park mare booked her ticket to the Melbourne Cup on the back of a perfect steer from Mark Zahra, with the pair managing to get the upper hand over race favourite King Of Leogrance over the final 200m.
- Anthony Freedman’s Steel Prince was a tough winner in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes in a win that booked his spot in the 2019 Melbourne Cup. He had every right to box on in to the minor money when Surprise Baby swept past him with 300m to go, but under hard riding from Damien Oliver, Steel Prince responded and got the bob in on the line to claim victory in a thrilling version of the Andrew Ramsden Stakes.
- Linsday Park runner Sin To Win was on course towards a Melbourne Cup berth in 2018 and he proved his credentials over the two miles in this race. Spearing out to trail Runaway for the majority of the race, Sin To Win took to the front entering the straight and in a true staying performance held off all comers to record a powerful win.
- The punters only wanted De Little Engine coming into the 2016 Andrew Ramsden Stakes and the fan favourite duly saluted. Settling towards the back of the field early in the race the horse picked its way through the field as the event progressed before taking the lead shortly after the 400m to record a three length win.
- French invader Glorious Sinndar was well supported in the 2016 Andrew Ramsden but it took a photo to secure the Darren Weir runner’s victory over Japanese raider The Bandit. Glorious Sinndar took the front into the straight but The Bandit headed the Weir runner coming towards the latter stages of the race. The French import dug deep however and re-took the lead and claimed a famous victory.
- In a last to first effort in a tough-to-pick Andrew Ramsden Stakes, Hawkes runner La Amistad. Damien Oliver had the horse in 11th position heading into the 800m but once La Amistad found open air the race was as good as over. In a dominant staying performance the horse took the front at the 200m and powered away to win for the first time since May of 2014.
Previous winners of the Andrew Ramsden Stakes
| Andrew Ramsden Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2023 | Lunar Flare | Michael Dee | Grahame Begg |
| 2022 | Point Nepean | Alana Kelly | Robert Hickmott |
| 2021 | Realm Of Flowers | Mark Zahra | Anthony & Sam Freedman |
| 2020 | Oceanex | Mark Zahra | Mick Price & Michael Kent (jnr) |
| 2019 | Steel Prince | Damien Oliver | Anthony Freedman |
| 2018 | Sin To Win | Andrew Mallyon | David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
| 2017 | De Little Engine | Daniel Moor | Danny O’Brien |
| 2016 | Glorious Sinndar | Harry Coffey | Darren Weir |
| 2015 | La Amistad | Damien Oliver | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
| 2014 | Unchain My Heart | Craig Newitt | David Hayes |
| 2013 | Unchain My Heart | Dwayne Dunn | David Hayes |
| 2012 | Dame Claire | Craig Newitt | Pat Carey |
| 2011 | Niwot | Dean Yendall | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
| 2010 | Persian Star | Glen Boss | Robert Smerdon |
| 2009 | Phaze Action | Dwayne Dunn | Bevan & Richard Laming |
| 2008 | Gorky Park | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
| 2007 | New Kid In Town | Sebastian Murphy | Lee Freedman |
| 2006 | Derringer | Daniel Moor | John Salanitri |
| 2005 | Pantani | Noel Callow | Robbie Laing |
| 2004 | Pantani | Damien Oliver | Robbie Laing |
| 2003 | Heguy | Danny Nikolic | Bradley Marzato |
| 2002 | Cavallo Bruno | Greg Childs | Keith Flynn |
| 2001 | Starpro | Vince Hall | Peter Morgan |
| 2000 | Sky Trist | Patrick Payne | Lee Freedman |
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