The Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes is a Group 3 sprint currently held at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane in late November or early December as one of the key summer features in Queensland.

Held under quality handicap conditions, the George Moore Stakes is raced over 1200m and offers $200,000 in total prize money. The race takes place on the same day as Perth’s $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m).

The George Moore Stakes is open to contention by horses of all ages and sexes. It shares a race program with two other black-type events with the Listed Mode Plate (1200m) for three-year-old fillies at set weights and the Listed Tails Stakes (1600m) also held on the same day.

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Some runners use the event as a first-up race after a spell in the paddock while others might be racing off the back of a spring carnival down south in NSW and Victoria.

Horses that run well in the George Moore Stakes field may head to Sydney for a shot at the recently updated Group 2 $2 million The Ingham (1600m) – formerly known as the Villiers Stakes – later in the summer at Royal Randwick.

The George Moore Stakes form was recently franked with the 2021 winner Zoustyle returning the following season to place in a host of good races including his 2022 Group 1 Moir Stakes third in Melbourne. The 2021 runner-up Baller meanwhile went on to win the Group 2 Moreton Cup (1200m) at Eagle Farm in the winter of 2022 and run third in that spring’s Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington.

The 2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes runs on Saturday November 30, 2024 at Doomben Racecourse. 

2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes Results

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2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes Betting

The latest 2024 George Moore Stakes betting markets on the final field of sprinters will be open at Ladbrokes.com.au and available here at Races.com.au for you to lock in your George Moore Stakes Betting Tips at the hottest summer racing odds will be available below the week of the race.

Zoustyle ($2.15 in 2021) and Garibaldi ($2.90 in 2022) are the last favourites in George Moore Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes Form Guide

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2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider George Moore Stakes 2024 Tips on the Brisbane summer showdown this December.

• To Win: #7 Hidden Wealth ($3.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

A diminished George Moore field is down to just eight runners with Hidden Wealth the current favourite. Happy to stick with the punters’ pick who races at his pet distance (4:3-0-0). Tony Gollan’s Better Than Ready five-year-old runs for the first time since winning Toowoomba’s Weetwood Handicap with 53kg. Only up a kilo to 54kg which is manageable. Previous Doomben winner, handles the wet, can win.

2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes Field

The George Moore Stakes field is released the Wednesday before the race. Each season some very handy Queensland sprinters feature in the final George Moore Stakes field coming off lead-up runs including the Listed Keith Noud Quality Handicap (1200m) in late November.

Garibaldi (2nd in 2022) was the last Keith Noud graduate to back-up and win the George Moore Stakes.

The official 2024 George Moore Stakes Final Field & Barriers will be announced in full below once released on the Wednesday of race week by Queensland Racing.

The George Moore Stakes 2024 field features a small but smart line-up of Brisbane summer sprinters led in betting by Tony Gollan’s Weetwood Handicap winner, Hidden Wealth.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Ladbrokes George Moore Stakes Nominations

The George Moore Stakes nominations are finalised and publicly announced on the Monday prior to the race, the full list of early entries to be published below once released.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

George Moore Stakes History

The George Moore Stakes was previously known as the Summer Stakes. The George Moore Stakes has traditionally been a part of a trio of group races that form the Queensland summer racing series. The other two are the Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m) and the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m).

It was inaugurated in 1979 as a Group 3 race but was demoted to listed status in 1983. In 2000, the George Moore Stakes was reinstated as a Group 3 race.

Throughout the years, the George Moore Stakes has gone by a variety of names. From its inception to 1986 the race was called the XXXX Stakes. It has also been named the Thornhill Park Stakes, LJ Williams Quality Handicap and AWA Stakes. Between 2000 and 2006, as well as several years previously, it was called the Summer Stakes.

Notable George Moore Stakes winners include Princess Reichen (1979), Mirraben (1987, 88, 89), Chief De Beers (1994, 97), Takeover Target (2005), and Lucky Hussler (2013).

George Moore Stakes results, placegetters and winning times since 2000 are provided below.

George Moore Stakes Results