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The Thousand Guineas is one of the premier races for fillies held during the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

The event was moved ahead of the 2023 edition and now takes place at Caulfield Racecourse in November following the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

2024 Thousand Guineas Results

• 1st: #8 Another Prophet ($31)
• 2nd: #2 Aeliana
• 3rd: #1 Too Darn Lizzie

Since 2023, the Thousand Guineas has run on the same card as the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

Thousand Guineas Day also features three Group 3 support races headlined by the Blue Sapphire Stakes.

The Group 1 Thousand Guineas is a middle-distance event run over 1600m by three-year-old fillies at set weights. It currently offers $1.5 million in prize money and is the fillies’ equivalent to the Caulfield Guineas for colts and geldings held earlier during the carnival.

The best lead-up races and guides to the Thousand Guineas include the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington and the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m).

The Edward Manifold – Thousand Guineas is a very popular betting double at the Spring Carnival because of the Edward Manifold’s history of producing Thousand Guineas winners.

Fillies to win the double in recent years include Amphitrite (2018), Gallica (2008), Alinghi (2004), and Special Harmony (2003). The placegetters in the Manifold are also worth looking at for your Thousand Guineas bets, as Serious Speed (2007) and Miss Finland (2006) were both runner-up in this earlier event prior to claiming Thousand Guineas victory, as was Commanding Jewel (3rd in 2012).

In 2021 Yearning ran second in the Edward Manifold Stakes before an upset Thousand Guineas victory at 25/1.

Irish Lights (2009) meanwhile is the last filly to complete the Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double, but the Thousand Guineas Prelude has also produced recent Thousand Guineas winners Amicus (2nd in 2014), Stay With Me (6th in 2015) and Flit (9th in 2019).

More and more Sydney’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) is also serving as a lead-up into the Thousand Guineas field with Guelph (2013) and Global Glamour (2016) both recently completing the double.

Madame Pommery (6th in 2022) was the last Flight Stakes graduate out of Sydney to head south and win the Thousand Guineas.

The 2023 Thousand Guineas form was franked with the winner Joliestar returning the following autumn to beat home the boys first-up in the Group 2 $1 million Arrowfield 3YO Sprint in Sydney.

The 2024 Thousand Guineas took place on Saturday November 16, 2024 at Caulfield Racecourse and was won in an upset by the Ciaron Maher-trained Another Prophet at $31. 

2024 Thousand Guineas Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Thousand Guineas Betting

The latest Thousand Guineas 2024 betting odds on the three-year-old fillies in the mix for the clash will be found at Ladbrokes.com.au and published here at Races.com.au as soon as markets on the $1.5 million feature are out.

A good Thousand Guineas betting tip to consider is the strong strike-rate of favourites in the Thousand Guineas odds with five saluting for the punters from 2008 – 2016.

The favourites were back on top in the 2019 Thousand Guineas results with Flit ($2.35) saluting for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with Yearning winning at Thousand Guineas odds of $26, and again in 2024 with Another Prophet saluting at $31.

2024 Thousand Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Thousand Guineas 2024 Tips on the three-year-old fillies to back and sack in the mile showdown this spring.

• To Win: #4 Zeitung ($4.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Outstanding edition of the Thousand Guineas with an open market and plenty of winning hopes bringing in varying form lines but happy to put the Godolphin-raced Zeitung on top to complete the double after her eye-catching The Vanity victory last time out. James Cummings’ progressive daughter of Exceed And Excel is now a three-time winner from nine starts and is confident. She presents fit, was good when second in the Prelude and better winning Flemington’s Group 3 Vanity on Derby Day by over a length. She’ll get things her way from barrier four, Jamie Kah is riding extremely well and believe this filly will see out the mile without issue.

2024 Thousand Guineas Form & Betting

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Fillies that ran well in lead-up races in Melbourne like the Edward Manifold Stakes and Thousand Guineas Prelude usually sit top of the Thousand Guineas odds at bookmakers like Ladbrokes.com.au each spring.

From 2006 – 2016 the favourites in Thousand Guineas betting saluted for the punters six times, most recently with Global Glamour (2016), so tipping the best in betting has had nearly a 50% strike rate of paying out in the past decade.

The Thousand Guineas favourite was back in form in 2019 with the win by Godolphin-raced Flit.

It is also important when betting on the Thousand Guineas to look at the records of the trainers and jockeys in the race. Sydney trainers and their interstate raiders have a strong recent record in the race. David Hayes has prepared three recent Thousand Guineas winners including Stay With Me (2015), so any in-form filly from his Lindsay Park stables is worth a look at when doing the Thousand Guineas form.

Another factor that impacts the Thousand Guineas odds is the barrier draw.

Just one Thousand Guineas winner since 2004 has jumped from a double-digit barrier with Serious Speed (10 of 14 in 2007), so looking for the class runners drawn closer to the rails is a good Thousand Guineas betting tip.

2024 Thousand Guineas Field

The Thousand Guineas field attracts a gun field of three-year-old fillies, many stepping-up to a mile for the first time off a lead-up run in a race like the Thousand Guineas Prelude held a fortnight before.

Proven milers may also line-up in the Thousand Guineas field off a Sydney lead-up in the Flight Stakes (1600m).

The official 2024 Thousand Guineas Final Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Thousand Guineas Day and will listed in full below.

The Thousand Guineas 2024 field features a quality line-up of fillies led in betting by the in-form Chris Waller-trained Aeliana chasing a hat-trick after her Carbine win over the boys on Derby Day.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances

The 2024 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances are announced in late October and will be available below.

The Thousand Guineas 2024 first acceptances closed on Tuesday the 29th of October 2024 with 40 fillies remaining in the mix led by Chris Waller’s Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes winner on Derby Day Aeliana.

2024 Thousand Guineas Nominations

The original 2024 Thousand Guineas nominations are taken by Racing Victoria in early October attracting around 200 young fillies eyeing a run in the Group 1. Thousand Guineas nominations are followed by first acceptances taken in the fourth week of October narrowing down the list of potential runners in the mile feature.

The Thousand Guineas 2024 nominations close on Tuesday October 8, 2024. 

The 2024 Thousand Guineas nominations attracted 120 fillies – up five on last year – including Chris Waller’s 3 length Group 1 Flight Stakes champion Lady Shenandoah, recent Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes winner Too Darn Discreet, and the Phillip Stokes-trained currently undefeated I Am Velvet.

Thousand Guineas History

The Thousand Guineas was first run in 1946 when Sweet Chime was victorious. It began as a principal race run over eight furlongs but was converted to 1600m in 1972 and reached Group 1 status in 1979. Notable Thousand Guineas winners over the years include Alinghi (2004), Miss Finland (2006), Atlantic Jewel (2011), and Global Glamour (2016).

In 2023 the race was moved from October to November.

Thousand Guineas Results

The Thousand Guineas results and winners since 2000 are listed below.