Scarborough Stakes

Group Three Betting Guide

Date:	Friday, September 26, 2025
Location:	Moonee Valley Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria
Prize Money:	$200,000
Distance:	1200m

The Group 3 Scarborough Stakes is a horse race event held at Moonee Valley and is restricted to three-year-old fillies.

Run over 1200m and registered as the Champagne Stakes, the Scarborough Stakes is run for $200,000 in 2026.

The Scarborough Stakes has unearthed plenty of Group 1 winners, with Loving Gaby (2019) the most notable winner in recent times.

Loving Gaby would return to the Moonee Valley 1200m and claim the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (2019) and Group 1 William Reid Stakes (2020) in the same season as her win in the Scarborough Stakes.

2025 Scarborough Stakes Betting Odds

Bellatrix Star winning the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m). (Photo: Bruno Cannatelli)

Odds for the Scarborough Stakes as of September 24, 2025 – Courtesy of Neds

Esha Win $2.70 Place $1.40
Point Barrow Win $4.60 Place $1.80
La Dorada Win $8.50 Place $2.60
Memo Win $9.50 Place $2.50
Icarian Dream Win $12.00 Place $3.20
Prestige Snitzel Win $12.00 Place $3.20
Vein Girl Win $13.00 Place $3.10
Snow Mercy Win $13.00 Place $3.40
Shinjina Win $19.00 Place $4.40
Stardom Win $23.00 Place $5.00
Tiz Worthy Win $41.00 Place $8.00

Best Scarborough Stakes bookmakers

All of our top horse racing bookmakers have markets for the Scarborough Stakes.

Scarborough Stakes betting sites can be accessed via several different means; including via mobile phones and tablets, telephone betting and of course, their websites.

The most popular way to access Scarborough Stakes bookmakers is via betting apps, with these including some of the most well-known brands in global wagering, like bet365, Ladbrokes and Boombet.

Horse betting sites generally have odds available for the Scarborough Stakes in the week leading up to the race, with our team not seeing any futures for this Group 3 race in the past.

Latest Scarborough Stakes News

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No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	La Dorada (NZ)	Mark Walker	Craig Williams	9	56kg
2	Memo	Peter Snowden	Nash Rawiller	5	56kg
3	Icarian Dream	Ciaron Maher	Ben Allen	8	56kg
4	Vein Girl	Chris & Corey Munce	James McDonald	7	56kg
5	Stardom	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ethan Brown	10	56kg
6	Prestige Snitzel	Matt Laurie	Jamie Mott	4	56kg
7	Esha	Shane Nichols & Hayden Black	Mark Zahra	6	56kg
8	Tiz Worthy	Lloyd Kennewell	Michael Dee	2	56kg
9	Point Barrow	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Daniel Stackhouse	11	56kg
10	Snow Mercy	Phillip Stokes	Lachlan Neindorf	1	56kg
11	Shinjina	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	3	56kg

Previous Scarborough Stakes Field

2024 Scarborough Stakes field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	~~Eneeza~~	~~Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman~~	~~Damian Lane~~	3	~~56kg~~
2	Bold Bastille	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Mark Zahra	13	56kg
3	Bellatrix Star	Mark Walker	Michael Dee	8	56kg
4	Geegees Mistruth	Stuart Gandy	Ben Melham	4	56kg
5	Tobeornottobe	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Luke Nolen	5	56kg
6	Matisse	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Tommy Berry	11	56kg
7	Zeitung	James Cummings	Jamie Kah	12	56kg
8	Chateau Miraval	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jye McNeil	9	56kg
9	In Her Eyes	Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin	Ben Allen	6	56kg
10	Sassy Jenni	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Declan Bates	2	56kg
11	Benagil	Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson	Blake Shinn	1	56kg
12	Another Prophet	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	10	56kg
13	~~Savagery Vibe~~	~~Nick Ryan~~	~~Craig Williams~~	7	~~56kg~~

2023 Scarborough Stakes field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Skirt The Law	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	6	56kg
2	Shesallshenanigans	Simon Zahra	Blaike McDougall	1	56kg
3	Lazzago	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	5	56kg
4	Ulanova	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Oliver	8	56kg
5	Inhibitions	James Cummings	Michael Dee	9	56kg
6	Bossy Nic	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Harry Coffey	12	56kg
7	~~Cigar Flick~~	~~Chris Waller~~	~~Damian Lane~~	10	~~56kg~~
8	~~Chilled~~	~~Matt Laurie~~	~~Jamie Kah~~	7	~~56kg~~
9	Austmarr	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jordan Childs	2	56kg
10	~~Sicilian~~	~~Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott~~	~~Winona Costin~~	4	~~56kg~~
11	Zourion	Mark Walker	Mark Zahra	13	56kg
12	Coeur Volante	Mike Moroney	Blake Shinn	3	56kg
13	Annie’s Rose	Alexander Justice	Jarrod Fry	11	56kg

2022 Scarborough Stakes field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Ojai	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	3	56kg
2	Queen Of The Ball	Michael Freedman	Blake Shinn	7	56kg
3	Lady Laguna	Annabel Neasham	Jamie Kah	6	56kg
4	Troach	James Cummings	Craig Williams	10	56kg
5	Bound For Home	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	9	56kg
6	I’mlovin’ya	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damian Lane	8	56kg
7	English Riviera	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	James McDonald	5	56kg
8	Prairie Flower	Henry Dwyer	Will Price	2	56kg
9	~~Ghaanati~~	~~Peter & Paul Snowden~~	~~Damien Oliver~~	1	~~56kg~~
10	Galeka	John Sadler	Ben Melham	4	56kg

2024 Scarborough Stakes result

1st – Bellatrix Star (+850)
2nd – Geegees Mistruth (+110)
3rd – Tobeornottobe (-111.11)

Recent Scarborough Stakes results

2024: Bellatrix Star continues purple patch
High-class filly Bellatrix Star displayed her versatility when usurping the Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on a Good 4 surface. The Mark Walker-trained three-year-old was sent out a $9.50 chance with horse racing bookmakers by punters with her previous Listed Cap D’Antibes (1100m) victory at Flemington coming on a rain-affected surface. Jockey Michael Dee was able to get Bellatrix Star into a stalking position just off the leader in the three-year-old fillies contest before swooping in the home straight to score a comfortable three-quarters of a length victory from Tasmanian filly Geegees Mistruth, with Tobeornottobe back in third.
2023: Shinn special helps Coeur Volante land spoils
Coeur Volante ($9.50) has took out the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes at Moonee Valley, after receiving a cool, patient ride from Blake Shinn in the last race on the program. After jumping from barrier three, Shinn found the rail on the eventual winner and everyone could see her trucking up behind the leading trio on the home bend, searching for a run to appear. Shinn took his time and allowed the daughter of Proisir to find her feet before bursting through a gap on the inside of the leader Inhibitions ($12.00), before racing clear for a nice win over Inhibitions and the fast-finishing Bossy Nic ($19.00). The race favourites Skirt The Law ($3.60) and Shesallshenanigans ($4.00) had their chance in the race but they battled away on the inside rail to finish fifth and seventh, respectively.
2022: Queen Of The Ball thrashes rivals
Going up against the more-fancied Troach ($9.50) and English Riviera ($3.20), Queen Of The Ball ($6.00) showed her tenacity to prevail from start to finish in the $200,000 Scarborough Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Expertly ridden by jockey Blake Shinn, the three-year-old jumped to the front inside the first 200m from barrier seven while finding the rail, because Shinn knew Michael Freedman’s sprinter had the heart to be a frontrunner and prevail. Having given nothing else a chance, Queen of The Ball would go on to beat Troach comfortably by 1.5 lengths, while English Riviera would eventually finish three lengths off the eventual winner back in third to signify just how good the win was.
2021: Seradess arrives in time
Trained by Mark & Levi Kavanagh, Seradess ($6.50) managed to gun down Godolphin’s Larkspur Run ($4.20) in a dramatic edition of the Scarborough Stakes. The three-year-old filly was having her second start for her spring campaign and under a well-timed steer from Luke Currie managed to add another Stakes victory to an already impressive resume. Having gained a gun run in transit, Seradess was in need of a run on the home turn. Once the gap appeared, Seradess produced a stunning finishing burst to get up in a photo finish and win the Scarborough Stakes.
2020: Swats That shows Group 1 potential
Having been luckless first-up from a spell, the Leon & Troy Corstens-trained Swats That ($3.30) managed to overcome a wide run in transit to claim the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes. Obliged to settle three wide with no cover, John Allen had the daughter of Shamus Award hitting the lead on the home turn and had enough left in the tank to hold off the fast-finishing Highly Discreet ($21) and race favourite Dirty Thoughts ($2.60).
2019: Loving Gaby returns in style
First-up as a three-year-old filly, the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Loving Gaby ($6) produced a stunning performance to claim the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes. Having settled towards the rear of the field under Damian Lane, the classy filly managed to loop the field to get the better of the in-form filly of the spring to date Exhilarates ($3.40) by a neck, with fellow market fancy Villami ($3.80) back in third, a half-length off Loving Gaby.