The Thousand Guineas Prelude is a Group 2 event now held on Caulfield Cup Day in Melbourne during October.
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Results
- 1st: #4 Too Darn Lizzie
- 2nd: #6 Zeitung
- 3rd: #3 Geegees Mistruth
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The Thousand Guineas Prelude is a Group 2 event now held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse annually in October on Caulfield Cup Day.
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Results
- 1st: #4 Too Darn Lizzie ($7.50)
- 2nd: #6 Zeitung
- 3rd: #3 Geegees Mistruth
The wins for sire Too Darn Hot continued on Caulfield Cup Day with an excellent front-running effort by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Too Darn Lizzie ($7.50) who put two lengths on her rivals in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 results on way to the Thousand Guineas on November 16.
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Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 Odds & Results
Manhari Thousand Guineas Prelude (G2)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
4. Too Darn Lizzie (1)
J: Tim Clark 56kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott |
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2nd
6. Zeitung (8)
J: Andrea Atzeni 56kg
T: James Cummings |
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3rd
3. Geegees Mistruth (11)
J: Ben Melham 57kg
T: Stuart Gandy |
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4th
8. Benagil (2)
J: Luke Currie 56kg
T: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson |
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5th
10. Another Prophet (3)
J: Ethan Brown 56kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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6th
5. Matisse (7)
J: Michael Dee 56kg
T: A & S Freedman |
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7th
1. Ameena (10)
J: Jye McNeil 58kg
T: A & S Freedman |
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8th
11. Rapid Cheval (5)
J: Jamie Mott 56kg
T: S B Laming |
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9th
7. In Her Eyes (4)
J: Ben Allen 56kg
T: Leon & Troy Corstens |
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10th
2. Tobeornottobe (6)
J: Zac Purton 58kg
T: R Griffiths & M De Kock |
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11th
12. Exuberance (9)
J: Joao Moreira 56kg
T: Mark Walker |
Data retrieved: 24/01/2025 03:22:04 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
Raced over 1400m, the Thousand Guineas Prelude pays $300,000 in total prize money.
Open only to fillies aged three years old, the Thousand Guineas Prelude presents punters and race fans with a great opportunity to gauge the form of the season’s best young fillies heading towards a Group 1 run during the Spring Racing Carnival. It is run under set weights plus penalties, which allows for a fairly interesting competition, with the better fillies usually coming out on top.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude was previously held in September before moving ahead of the 2023 edition to take place on the same day as the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).
Other features on the card include the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint, Group 2 Tristarc Stakes, Group 3 Caulfield Classic, Group 3 Ethereal Stakes, and the Group 3 Moonga Stakes.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude acts as a great lead-up event to the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m), which now takes place in mid November. The Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double was last completed by Irish Lights (2009).
More recently in 2020 the Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Instant Celebrity went on to run third in the Thousand Guineas trifecta, while the filly Personal ran second in both races. Instant Celebrity further franked the form winning the following year’s Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes and placing third in the 2021 Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude is also known as the Tranquil Star Stakes in honour of former Caulfield Stakes – Cox Plate double winning mare Tranquil Star.
The 2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude form was franked with the upset winner Bon’s A Pearla returning the following autumn to run third in the Group 1 Australian Guineas in 2022. The third placed Elusive Express further franked the form winning the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) next-up at Flemington, before a second in that spring’s Thousand Guineas and fourth in the VRC Oaks.
In 2022 She’s Licketysplit ran second in both the Prelude and Thousand Guineas results with a Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes victory at Flemington in between.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 ran on Saturday October 19, 2024 as part of Caulfield Cup Day and was won in an impressive two-length upset by Too Darn Lizzie ($7.50) from the Waterhouse/Bott stable.
| Thousand Guineas Prelude | |
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| Date: | Saturday October 19, 2024 |
| Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Fillies SW+P |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 4 | TOO DARN LIZZIE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 56kg | $7.50 | |||
| 2 | 6 | ZEITUNG | James Cummings | Andrea Atzeni | 2L | 8 | 56kg | $5.50 | ||
| 3 | 3 | GEEGEES MISTRUTH | Stuart Gandy | Ben Melham | 2.02L | 11 | 57kg | $3F | ||
| 4 | 8 | BENAGIL | Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson | Luke Currie | 2.17L | 2 | 56kg | $12 | ||
| 5 | 10 | ANOTHER PROPHET | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 3.17L | 3 | 56kg | $26 | ||
| 6 | 5 | MATISSE | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Michael Dee | 3.19L | 7 | 56kg | $13 | ||
| 7 | 1 | AMEENA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Jye McNeil | 4.44L | 10 | 58kg | $8.50 | ||
| 8 | 11 | RAPID CHEVAL (NZ) | Bevan Laming | Jamie Mott | 6.19L | 5 | 56kg | $31 | ||
| 9 | 7 | IN HER EYES | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 6.94L | 4 | 56kg | $61 | ||
| 10 | 2 | TOBEORNOTTOBE | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | Zac Purton | 7.04L | 6 | 58kg | $8.50 | ||
| 11 | 12 | EXUBERANCE (NZ) | Mark Walker | Joao Moreira | 14.04L | 9 | 56kg | $21 | ||
| 13 | FLUENT | Andrew Noblet | John Allen | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | JELLICIOUS | Ciaron Maher | Thomas Stockdale | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Betting Odds
The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the official Thousand Guineas lead-up race for fillies will be available here at Races.com.au the week of the event.
Instant Celebrity ($2.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in Thousand Guineas Prelude betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2021 with Bon’s A Pearla winning at Thousand Guineas Prelude odds of $31.
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Form
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2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Tips
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- To Win: #5 Matisse ($7.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
A typically even Prelude field with many of the fillies coming via the same lead-up races. Have landed on Matisse who will be improving second-up and gets space without being too wide out in gate eight for Michael Dee. Fresh she was fifth in the Group 3 Champagne Stakes at The Valley. Anthony & Sam Freedman’s daughter of Microphone was just under three lengths off the winner Bellatrix Star who franked the form with her excellent Group 2 Schillaci win last weekend. Matisse was third in the Blue Diamond Preview and Prelude races only a half-length off Hayasugi in both before running seventh in the big one only 2.7 lengths off that same filly in the Group 1. Can surprise a few with an improved run here.
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Field
The Thousand Guineas Prelude field features a quality line-up of Group 1 bound three-year-old fillies that could have the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) in sight.
The official 2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude field and barriers are released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to the event and will be available in full below following final acceptances.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2024 final field features a class line-up of Group 1-bound fillies led in betting by Anthony & Sam Freedman’s Group 2 winning daughter of Tassort, Ameena.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 1129×127 | AMEENA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Jye McNeil | 12 | 58kg | 94 | ||
| 2 | 241×33 | TOBEORNOTTOBE | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | Zac Purton | 7 | 58kg | 77 | ||
| 3 | 1111×22 | GEEGEES MISTRUTH | Stuart Gandy | Ben Melham | 13 | 57kg | 78 | ||
| 4 | 138×83 | TOO DARN LIZZIE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 56kg | 76 | ||
| 5 | 337x1x5 | MATISSE | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Michael Dee | 8 | 56kg | 71 | ||
| 6 | 361×1544 | ZEITUNG | James Cummings | Andrea Atzeni | 9 | 56kg | 78 | ||
| 7 | 27016×9 | IN HER EYES | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 5 | 56kg | 63 | ||
| 8 | 11×8 | BENAGIL | Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson | Luke Currie | 2 | 56kg | 68 | ||
| 9 | 2×2 | JELLICIOUS | Ciaron Maher | Thomas Stockdale | 4 | 56kg | 61 | ||
| 10 | 51×76 | ANOTHER PROPHET | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 3 | 56kg | 64 | ||
| 11 | 41 | RAPID CHEVAL (NZ) | Bevan Laming | Jamie Mott | 6 | 56kg | 62 | ||
| 12 | 31 | EXUBERANCE (NZ) | Mark Walker | Joao Moreira | 10 | 56kg | 62 | ||
| 13 | 14 | FLUENT | Andrew Noblet | John Allen | 11 | 56kg | 62 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude Nominations
The 2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude nominations close on the Monday of race week.
Thousand Guineas Prelude History
Before it became the Thousand Guineas Prelude, this race was known as the Tranquil Star Stakes. Inaugurated in 1985, the Thousand Guineas Prelude has rapidly grown into one of the essential three-year-old races in Australia. As it is restricted to fillies, the Thousand Guineas Prelude is one of the most important events for understanding form and career direction.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude was a Group 3 event prior to the 2013 edition, when it ran for the first time with Group 2 status. Throughout its history, the Thousand Guineas Prelude has developed a reputation for producing some top runners. A lot of the fillies in this event have gone on to great success in the Thousand Guineas.
Commanding Jewel came second in the 2012 Thousand Guineas Prelude prior to her Edward Manifold Stakes and Thousand Guineas victories. Mosheen, who took out third in 2011, went on to win the Crown Oaks. Irish Lights was able to string together a win in the Prelude and the Thousand Guineas in 2009. Hollow Bullet and Ballet Society managed to place in both events in 2004.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.
Thousand Guineas Prelude Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Too Darn Lizzie | 1 minute 25.86 seconds |
| 2nd | Zeitung | ||
| 3rd | Geegees Mistruth | ||
| 2023 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Coeur Volante | 1 minute 23.53 seconds |
| 2nd | Vivy Air | ||
| 3rd | Zourion | ||
| 2022 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Boogie Dancer | 1 minute 27.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Sumatra | ||
| 3rd | She’s Licketysplit | ||
| 2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Bon’s A Pearla | 1 minute 24.88 seconds |
| 2nd | Heresy | ||
| 3rd | Elusive Express | ||
| 2020 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Instant Celebrity | 1 minute 25.28 seconds |
| 2nd | Personal | ||
| 3rd | Rock My Wand | ||
| 2019 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Acting | 1 minute 23.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Southbank | ||
| 3rd | Barbie’s Fox | ||
| 2018 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Smart Melody | 1 minute 22.73 seconds |
| 2nd | Thrillster | ||
| 3rd | El Dorado Dreaming | ||
| 2017 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Booker | 1 minute 23.42 seconds |
| 2nd | Shoals | ||
| 3rd | Catchy | ||
| 2016 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Legless Leuve | 1 minute 25.2 seconds |
| 2nd | La Luna Rosa | ||
| 3rd | Sword Of Light | ||
| 2015 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Miss Gunpowder | 1 minute 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Payroll | ||
| 3rd | Jameka | ||
| 2014 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Afleet Esprit | 1 minute 24.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Amicus | ||
| 3rd | Go Indy Go | ||
| 2013 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Gregers | 1 minute 29.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Marianne | ||
| 3rd | Politeness | ||
| 2012 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Lady Of Harrods | 1 minute 24.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Commanding Jewel | ||
| 3rd | Molto Bene | ||
| 2011 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Bliss Street | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Hallowell Belle | ||
| 3rd | Mosheen | ||
| 2010 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Divorces | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Sistine Angel | ||
| 3rd | Panipique | ||
| 2009 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Irish Lights | 1 minute 26.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Set For Fame | ||
| 3rd | Mont Fleuri | ||
| 2008 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Ortensia | 1 minute 26.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Romneya | ||
| 3rd | Sugar Babe | ||
| 2007 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Gabbidon | 1 minute 23.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Jestatune | ||
| 3rd | Sleek Chassis | ||
| 2006 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Miss Finland | 1 minute 24.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Anamato | ||
| 3rd | My Only Hope | ||
| 2005 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Doubting | 1 minute 27.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Pinezero | ||
| 3rd | Isanami | ||
| 2004 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Hollow Bullet | 1 minute 24.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Ballet Society | ||
| 3rd | Astradame | ||
| 2003 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Hinting | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Ashenti | ||
| 3rd | Portland Damask | ||
| 2002 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | La Bella Dame | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Toast Of The Coast | ||
| 3rd | Lashed | ||
| 2001 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | Haste Ye Back | 1 minute 25.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Malagra Miss | ||
| 3rd | Special Grange | ||
| 2000 Thousand Guineas Prelude |
1st | So Gorgeous | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Ponton Flyer | ||
| 3rd | All Time High | ||
