The The Vanity is a Group 3 race for Group 1-bound three-year-old fillies. It was previously run at Flemington in the autumn but has moved to the spring on VRC Derby Day meaning there will officially be two editions of the 2024 The Vanity. The autumn edition was won by Grinzinger Belle.
2024 The Vanity Results (Spring)
- 1st: #5 Zeitung
- 2nd: #7 Matisse
- 3rd: #6 Dominetta
The Vanity News
The Vanity is a Group 3 race run at the famous Flemington Racecourse. In 2024 there will officially be two editions with the first held February during the annual Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival before the move to the spring on VRC Derby Day.
2024 The Vanity Results (Spring)
- 1st: #5 Zeitung ($6)
- 2nd: #7 Matisse
- 3rd: #6 Dominetta
The Group 1 Thousand Guineas on November 16 looks on the spring agenda for the progressive James Cummings-trained Exceed And Excel filly Zeitung ($6) who ran on well from the back before storming her way into the clear and running on well down the outside to take dominate the 2024 The Vanity results on Derby Day.
The Vanity (spring edition) 2024 Odds & Results
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
5. Zeitung (2)
J: Mark Zahra 56kg
T: James Cummings |
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2nd
7. Matisse (3)
J: Blake Shinn 56kg
T: A & S Freedman |
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3rd
6. Dominetta (4)
J: Jye McNeil 56kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott |
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4th
10. Lovelycut (11)
J: Damian Lane 56kg
T: Reece Goodwin |
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5th
11. Benagil (5)
J: Luke Currie 56kg
T: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson |
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6th
2. Geegees Mistruth (12)
J: Billy Egan 57.5kg
T: Stuart Gandy |
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7th
12. More Territories (8)
J: Hugh Bowman 56kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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8th
1. Too Darn Lizzie (6)
J: Tim Clark 58.5kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott |
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9th
9. Good Sort (7)
J: James McDonald 56kg
T: Chris Waller |
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10th
4. I Am Velvet (9)
J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg
T: Phillip Stokes |
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11th
16. Fluent (1)
J: Declan Bates 56kg
T: Andrew Noblet |
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12th
3. Kuroyanagi (10)
J: Jamie Kah 57kg
T: W Clarken & N O'Shea |
Data retrieved: 15/11/2024 11:02:18 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
The 1400m set weights plus penalties event is open only to three-year-old fillies and offers $200,000 in total prize money.
It was one of the support races on the Black Caviar Lightning Day program that is headlined by the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) for sprinters before moving from the autumn to the spring to join the bumper Flemington Derby Day line-up on the opening Melbourne Cup Carnival meeting.
Fillies in The Vanity Stakes field were previously first-up for the autumn and traditionally went on to contest other races for their age and sex such as the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1400m) on Newmarket Handicap Day.
Solicit (2014) and Barb Raider (2022) are the latest fillies to complete The Vanity – Kewney Stakes double before The Vanity changed dates from February to the spring.
The best fillies out of The Vanity may have previously taken on the boys in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m).
Recent Australian Guineas winners to come out of The Vanity include Shamrocker (4th in 2011) and Mosheen (2nd in 2012). In 2019 The Vanity winner Amphitrite went on to run third next start in the Australian Guineas.
The 2022 The Vanity form was franked with the winner Barb Raider going on to run second in both the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) and Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) that year.
As of the second 2024 edition of The Vanity the race now serves as a potential lead-up to the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield in mid-November.
The second edition of the 2024 The Vanity ran at Flemington on Saturday November 2, 2024 having been moved from February to the VRC Derby Day line-up during the Melbourne Cup Carnival and was won in a big late run by the Godolphin-raced Thousand Guineas-bound Zeitung ($6).
| 2024 The Vanity Stakes | |
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| Date: | Saturday November 2, 2024 |
| Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Fillies – SW+P |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
2024 The Vanity (Spring) Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 5 | ZEITUNG | James Cummings | Mark Zahra | 2 | 56kg | $6 | |||
| 2 | 7 | MATISSE | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Blake Shinn | 1.25L | 3 | 56kg | $7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | DOMINETTA | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Jye McNeil | 1.4L | 4 | 56kg | $12 | ||
| 4 | 10 | LOVELYCUT | Reece Goodwin | Damian Lane | 1.9L | 11 | 56kg | $6.50 | ||
| 5 | 11 | BENAGIL | Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson | Luke Currie | 2.15L | 5 | 56kg | $26 | ||
| 6 | 2 | GEEGEES MISTRUTH | Stuart Gandy | Billy Egan | 2.61L | 12 | 57.5kg | $13 | ||
| 7 | 12 | MORE TERRITORIES | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Hugh Bowman | 3.07L | 8 | 56kg | $9 | ||
| 8 | 1 | TOO DARN LIZZIE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 4.32L | 6 | 58.5kg | $11 | ||
| 9 | 9 | GOOD SORT | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 4.42L | 7 | 56kg | $5.50F | ||
| 10 | 4 | I AM VELVET | Phillip Stokes | Daniel Stackhouse | 4.77L | 9 | 57kg | $15 | ||
| 11 | 16 | FLUENT | Andrew Noblet | Declan Bates | 6.52L | 1 | 56kg | $151 | ||
| 12 | 3 | KUROYANAGI | Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea | Ms Jamie Kah | 18.52L | 10 | 57kg | $18 | ||
| 15 | STAGE ’N’ SCREEN (NZ) | Mark Walker | Michael Dee | 0 | ||||||
| 17e | JELLICIOUS | Ciaron Maher | 0 | |||||||
| 8 | SUPERCILIOUS | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | EXTREMELY HARDYS | Chris Waller | John Allen | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | CHEWING GUM | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Ethan Brown | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 The Vanity Betting
The latest The Vanity 2024 odds on the three-year-old fillies will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and listed here at Races.com.au.
Zou Dancer ($3.60 in 2021) followed by Barb Raider ($2.90 in 2022) are the last favourites in The Vanity betting to salute for the punters.
2024 The Vanity Form Guide
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2024 The Vanity Tips
Stay tuned for our insider The Vanity 2024 Tips on the fillies’ showdown at Flemington this VRC Derby Day.
- To Win: #2 Geegees Mistruth ($15 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Bumper The Vanity field for the first running of the race in the spring with a host of winning hopes but for the price Geegees Mistruth looks huge value. This perennial placegetter looks like she’s been building up to something like this for trainer Stuart Gandy. The Wordsmith filly has won four of her seven starts but none since a Launceston success back in February. She has been competitive in plenty since with three very good Melbourne lead-ups including a Group 3 Quezette 2nd back in August. She brings in the form around Bellatrix Star having run 2nd at The Valley in the Group 3 Champagne Stakes before a last start third with merit at Caulfield beaten two lengths by Too Darn Lizzie in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude. Think she can build on that, turn the tables, and will relish the Flemington track.
2024 The Vanity Field
The Vanity field features a smart line-up of fillies looking to head towards tougher spring runs in the coming weeks in Melbourne like the Thousand Guineas and is released by Racing Victoria the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2024 The Vanity Stakes field and barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 138×831 | TOO DARN LIZZIE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 9 | 58.5kg | 88 | ||
| 2 | 1111×223 | GEEGEES MISTRUTH | Stuart Gandy | Billy Egan | 16 | 57.5kg | 80 | ||
| 3 | 123×241 | KUROYANAGI | Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea | Ms Jamie Kah | 14 | 57kg | 83 | ||
| 4 | 1x11x4 | I AM VELVET | Phillip Stokes | Daniel Stackhouse | 13 | 57kg | 73 | ||
| 5 | 361×15442 | ZEITUNG | James Cummings | Mark Zahra | 4 | 56kg | 82 | ||
| 6 | 3×12 | DOMINETTA | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Jye McNeil | 7 | 56kg | 70 | ||
| 7 | 337x1x56 | MATISSE | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Blake Shinn | 6 | 56kg | 71 | ||
| 8 | 8×51323 | SUPERCILIOUS | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 17 | 56kg | 72 | ||
| 9 | 4x412x43 | GOOD SORT | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 10 | 56kg | 69 | ||
| 10 | 5x11x2 | LOVELYCUT | Reece Goodwin | Damian Lane | 15 | 56kg | 72 | ||
| 11 | 11×84 | BENAGIL | Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson | Luke Currie | 8 | 56kg | 72 | ||
| 12 | 16×564 | MORE TERRITORIES | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Hugh Bowman | 11 | 56kg | 78 | ||
| 13 | 1×1 | EXTREMELY HARDYS | Chris Waller | John Allen | 3 | 56kg | 71 | ||
| 14 | 132 | CHEWING GUM | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Ethan Brown | 2 | 56kg | 67 | ||
| 15 | 1 | STAGE ’N’ SCREEN (NZ) | Mark Walker | Michael Dee | 12 | 56kg | 63 | ||
| 16 | 14 | FLUENT | Andrew Noblet | Declan Bates | 1 | 56kg | 62 | ||
| 17e | 2×25 | JELLICIOUS | Ciaron Maher | 5 | 56kg | 62 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 The Vanity Nominations
The Vanity 2024 nominations close on the Monday of race week.
The Vanity History
The Vanity has been run and won since 1987 and won by some classy fillies over the years including subsequent Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed (2011) and Solicit (2014). Originally run as a Listed race it was upgraded to its current Group 3 status in 2000.
Along with Flemington it has taken place at Sandown Racecourse (1997) and Moonee Valley (2007).
The race distance has changed several times, which has affected the winning times.
There will officially be two editions of The Vanity in 2024 with the autumn edition in February won by Grinzinger Belle before the race moved to the spring season on Derby Day for the second edition in early November.
Recent The Vanity Winners
See below for a full list of The Vanity results and winners going back to 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2024 The Vanity (spring) | 1st | Zeitung | 1 minute 23.71 seconds |
| 2nd | Matisse | ||
| 3rd | Dominetta | ||
| 2024 The Vanity (autumn) | 1st | Grinzinger Belle | 1 minute 22.35 seconds |
| 2nd | French Endeavour | ||
| 3rd | Mollynickers | ||
| 2023 The Vanity | 1st | Wollombi | 1 minute 21.94 seconds |
| 2nd | See You In Heaven | ||
| 3rd | Papillon Club | ||
| 2022 The Vanity | 1st | Barb Raider | 1 minute 22.66 seconds |
| 2nd | Cardigan Queen | ||
| 3rd | Ancient Queen | ||
| 2021 The Vanity | 1st | Zou Dancer | 1 minute 22.32 seconds |
| 2nd | Personal | ||
| 3rd | Starelle | ||
| 2020 The Vanity | 1st | Bonvicini | 1 minute 22.51 seconds |
| 2nd | Pretty Brazen | ||
| 3rd | Meuse | ||
| 2019 The Vanity | 1st | Amphitrite | 1 minute 22.14 seconds |
| 2nd | Verry Elleegant | ||
| 3rd | Fundamentalist | ||
| 2018 The Vanity | 1st | Rimraam | 1 minute 22.04 seconds |
| 2nd | Bring Me Roses | ||
| 3rd | Shokora | ||
| 2017 The Vanity | 1st | Kenedna | 1 minute 23.38 seconds |
| 2nd | Extra Olives | ||
| 3rd | Harlow Gold | ||
| 2016 The Vanity | 1st | Don’t Doubt Mamma | 1 minute 22.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Egypt | ||
| 3rd | Perfect Reflection | ||
| 2015 The Vanity | 1st | Sweet And Speedy | 1 minute 24.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Set Square | ||
| 3rd | Wawail | ||
| 2014 The Vanity | 1st | Solicit | 1 minute 22.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Critical Angel | ||
| 3rd | Girl In Flight | ||
| 2013 The Vanity | 1st | Alzora | 1 minute 22.5 seconds |
| 2nd | You’re So Good | ||
| 3rd | Petite Diablesse | ||
| 2012 The Vanity | 1st | Shopaholic | 1 minute 22.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Angel Of Mercy | ||
| 3rd | Great Dame | ||
| 2011 The Vanity | 1st | Southern Speed | 1 minute 24.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Do Ra Mi | ||
| 3rd | Count Your Fingers | ||
| 2010 The Vanity | 1st | Tallow | 1 minute 23.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Misty Blue | ||
| 3rd | Absolute Faith | ||
| 2009 The Vanity | 1st | Romneya | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Rapid Sensation | ||
| 3rd | Sparks Fly | ||
| 2008 The Vanity | 1st | Misidora | 1 minute 22.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Pleasantsundaygirl | ||
| 3rd | Zarita | ||
| 2007 The Vanity | 1st | Universal Queen | 1 minute 9.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Catechuchu | ||
| 3rd | My Only Hope | ||
| 2006 The Vanity | 1st | Pure Joy | 1 minute 21.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Be Delicious | ||
| 3rd | Expensively | ||
| 2005 The Vanity | 1st | Ballet Society | 1 minute 24.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Hollow Bullet | ||
| 3rd | Twisted Heart | ||
| 2004 The Vanity | 1st | Country Lodge | 1 minute 22.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Dane Tryst | ||
| 3rd | Deep In The Woods | ||
| 2003 The Vanity | 1st | Dextrous | 1 minute 22.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Lashed | ||
| 3rd | Ribe | ||
| 2002 The Vanity | 1st | Gold Lottey | 1 minute 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Gradual | ||
| 3rd | Born Priceless | ||
| 2001 The Vanity | 1st | Lan Kwai Fong | 1 minute 22.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Dandify | ||
| 3rd | Ponton Flyer | ||
| 2000 The Vanity | 1st | Forest Express | 1 minute 21.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Shizu | ||
| 3rd | The Golden Dane | ||
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Race comments
TOO DARN LIZZIE (1) led throughout to win the G2 Thousand Guineas Prelude last start at Caulfield, strong to the line there over this trip. She carries the full penalty this time but is hard to ignore based on her strength last time. No reason she cannot win again. LOVELYCUT (10) caught the eye with a big finish first up at Caulfield over 1200m to grab second. Up in trip now suits ideally, she will be hard to hold out. MATISSE (7) worked home well behind TOO DARN LIZZIE at Caulfield, although she looks like she wants more ground now. MORE TERRITORIES (12) next best in an open race.