Bletchingly Stakes
Bletchingly Stakes
Group Three Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, July 26, 2025 |
| Location: | Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
| Distance: | 1200m |
The Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes is ran over 1200 under weight-for-age conditions at Caulfield, with the next edition on July 27, 2024.
First run in 1994 as a Listed Race, the Bletchingly Stakes was extended to 1200m, with the race earning Group 3 status in 1997.
Trainers Lee Freedman, Peter Moody, Clinton McDonald, Lance Smith and James Cummings have all registered multiple victories in the Bletchingly Stakes since the turn of the century.
Damien Oliver, Michael Rodd and Luke Nolen has achieved the same success as jockeys since 2000.
In 2019, Scales Of Justice would go on to win the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) a month after his success in the Bletchingly Stakes.
The 2024 Bletchingly Stakes was won by the Ciaron Maher-trained Recommendation.
2025 Bletchingly Stakes betting odds
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Bletchingly Stakes News
2024 Bletchingly Stakes Final Field
HorseBetting will update this page when the 2024 Bletchingly Stakes field is released.
Previous Bletchingly Stakes Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Semillion Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Jordan Childs 6 58.5kg 2 Recommendation Ciaron Maher Blake Shinn 2 58.5kg 3 Mornington GloryGavin BedggoodBen Melham558.5kg4 Machinist Jack Laing Patrick Moloney 7 58.5kg 5 Marble Nine Leon & Troy Corstens Ben Allen 1 58kg 6 Mrs Chrissie Ciaron Maher Ethan Brown 3 56.5kg 7 Honey Girl Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 4 56.5kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Ingratiating James Cummings Blake Shinn 3 58.5kg 2 General Beau Mathew Ellerton Dean Yendall 1 58.5kg 3 Tycoonist Chris Waller Jordan Childs 10 58.5kg 4 Regardsmaree Nick Ryan Billy Egan 5 58.5kg 5 Mnementh Mitchell Beer Craig Williams 6 58.5kg 6 It’sourtime Danny O’Brien Ben Allen 7 58.5kg 7 Nicolini Vito Ben & JD Hayes Damien Oliver 9 58.5kg 8 WindstormJohn Leek (Jnr)Beau Mertens858.5kg9 Alpine Wolf Barry Campbell Daniel Ganderton 4 58.5kg 10 Starlight Scope Pat Carey Jamie Mott 2 56.5kg
2024 Bletchingly Stakes result
1st – Recommendation (-250)
2nd – Semillion (+160)
3rd – Marble Nine (NTD)
Recent runnings of the Bletchingly Stakes:
- The Ciaron Maher-trained Recommendation ($1.40) justified the short quote with online bookmakers in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, leading all the way to score an impressive two-length victory in the $200,000 feature. The four-year-old son of Shalaa put the writing on the wall first-up, demolishing his rivals by seven lengths in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) on July 13, going on with the job to claim back-to-back victories to kick off the campaign. Blake Shinn took all luck out of the equation from barrier two, electing to lead up the small field of six from the outset, bounding forward to hold out Semillion ($6.50) for the early lead. He was able to hold them up at a steady clip in the middle stages, leaving Mrs Chrissie ($8.50) and Marble Nine ($11.00) to stalk from behind the leading pair, giving the top four turning for home every chance to take over in the final 400m. Recommendation was simply a class above, however, with Shinn pulling the whip to draw clear for a dominant victory, recording the gelding’s eighth win at start 18.
- Despite being poor on face value first-up, Godolphin’s Ingratiating was a smart winner in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. The four-year-old son of Frosted finished midfield when beaten 3.6 lengths in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) when first-up off a 34-week spell. Given a perfect ride from Blake Shinn, Ingratiating ($4.20) found the winner’s circle for the first time since his win in an 1100m sprint at Caulfield on September 17, 2022. He had been racing in much tougher company than what he faced in the Bletchingly and class managed to shine through when it mattered most, getting the better of leader General Beau ($4) and the fast-finishing It’sourtime ($4.60). Despite giving General Beau a four-length head start upon turning, Ingratiating dug deep to claim the leader inside the final 50m.
- Top Melbourne jockey Jye McNeil could not have wished for a better opening, pouncing on a dream crease in the field 300m out, to win the $200,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes aboard King Of Sparta. It didn’t come without a struggle, only edging out Scallopini for Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted on the line in the Group 3 sprint over 1200m at Caulfield. After conceding the lead early, McNeil deliberately waited for his opportunity after rounding the turn and pounced when the opportunity came. King Of Sparta’s time of 1:10.88 on a Soft 7 was a respectable effort for race eight on the program, after race seven was conducted in Soft 6 conditions 35 minutes earlier.
- Phillip Stokes’ Sansom, returning from a lengthy hiatus, triumphed in a fiercely competitive 2021 $160,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. After his last outing in February, where he finished sixth in the Shaftesbury Avenue Stakes at Flemington, the talented four-year-old gelding commenced his new campaign in stellar form. Despite starting from the second widest barrier in a field of 12, Sansom settled just ahead of midfield early on under the guidance of jockey Ben Allen. Approaching the final turn, Allen maneuvered Sansom wide, positioning him for a decisive run down the home stretch. In a nail-biting finish, Sansom surged down the centre of the track, narrowly clinching victory on the post ahead of Streets Of Avalon.
- A rails-hugging ride from champion jockey Damien Oliver has helped favourite Viridine to a determined victory in Melbourne’s final stakes race of the 2019-20 season at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained Viridine was the $2.70 favourite in the weight-for-age Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) and Oliver was able to position the sprinter midfield early before improving to be in a position to strike entering the home straight. Oliver was able to take a run along the fence to the inside of Great Again in the straight and Viridine went on to defeat Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) winner Streets Of Avalon, who was first-up from a spell, by three-quarters of a length. Great Again held on for third, another long neck away.
Previous winners of the Bletchingly Stakes
| Bletchingly Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Recommendation | Blake Shinn | Ciaron Maher |
| 2023 | Ingratiating | Blake Shinn | James Cummings |
| 2022 | King Of Sparta | Jye McNeil | Peter & Paul Snowden |
| 2021 | Sansom | Ben Allen | Phillip Stokes |
| 2020 | Viridine | Damien Oliver | James Cummings |
| 2019 | Scales Of Justice | Dean Yendall | Lindsey Smith |
| 2018 | Vega Magic | Damien Oliver | David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
| 2017 | Race Not Held | ||
| 2016 | Lord Of The Sky | Damien Oliver | Robbie Laing |
| 2015 | Smokin’ Joey | Chris Parnham | Wez Hunter |
| 2014 | Thiamandi | Michael Rodd | Lloyd Kennewell |
| 2013 | Second Effort | Brad Rawiller | Clinton McDonald |
| 2012 | Ready To Rip | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2011 | Mid Summer Music | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2010 | Shoot Out | Sthati Katsidis | John Wallace |
| 2009 | Commanding Hope | Nick Ryan | Chris Hyland |
| 2008 | Apache Cat | Michael Rodd | Greg Eurell |
| 2007 | Minson | Craig Williams | Michael Hibbs |
| 2006 | Regal Roller | Mark Flaherty | Clinton McDonald |
| 2005 | Le Zagaletta | Michael Walker | Lee Freedman |
| 2004 | Super Elegant | Patrick Payne | Tony Vasil |
| 2003 | Rubitano | Nash Rawiller | Brian Mayfield-Smith |
| 2002 | Windigo | Noel Callow | Ramon Goldsmith |
| 2001 | Dandy Kid | Luke Currie | Robbie Griffiths |
| 2000 | Sports | Neville Wilson | John Hawkes |
Bletchingly Stakes winners pre-2000
| Bletchingly Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Sports | ||
| 1998 | Jugulator | ||
| 1997 | Blazing Reality | ||
| 1996 | You Remember | ||
| 1995 | You Remember | ||
| 1994 | Poetic King | ||
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