The Danehill Stakes is a Group 2 sprint held down the Flemington straight as an early lead-up into the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes later in the spring.
2024 Danehill Stakes Results
- 1st: #4 First Settler
- 2nd: #7 Reserve Bank
- 3rd: #6 Enriched
Danehill Stakes News
The Group 2 Danehill Stakes is held during Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival at the famous Flemington Racecourse down the straight. Run over 1100m, reduced from 1200m in 2021, the race is a set weights plus penalties sprint for three-year-olds.
Worth $300,000 in prize money, the Danehill Stakes is now held on Turnbull Stakes Day with racing headlined by the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).
The Danehill Stakes was previously run a fortnight earlier on Makybe Diva Stakes Day before being moved ahead of the 2021 edition to serve as a stepping stone towards the Coolmore Stud Stakes.
Many of the best out of the Danehill Stakes results continue onto the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance on Victoria Derby Day with Sepoy (2011) the last to complete the double.
In 2023 I Am Unstoppable ran second in both the Danehill Stakes and Coolmore Stud Stakes results.
The form of the 2021 Danehill Stakes was franked with the third-placed Bruckner going on to run second in that spring’s Coolmore Stud Stakes results.
The 2022 Danehill Stakes winner Giga Kick went on to make history winning the world’s richest turf race, The Everest (1200m), in an upset at 20/1 over the older horses next start in Sydney. He further franked the form the following year with wins in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes and Doomben 10,000 in 2023.
This season’s edition of the Danehill Stakes 2024 ran on Saturday October 5, 2024 and was won in a determined effort by the rails-drawn favourite First Settler ($4F).
| 2024 Danehill Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday October 5, 2024 |
| Track: | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne |
| Distance: | 1100m |
| Race Type: | 3YOs – Set Weights + Penalties |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $300,000 |
2024 Danehill Stakes Results
- 1st: #4 First Settler ($4F)
- 2nd: #7 Reserve Bank
- 3rd: #6 Enriched
The Coolmore Stud Stakes on November 2 is calling for the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained stablemates First Settler and Reserve Bank after they fought it out in a tight top two finish in the Danehill Stakes 2024 results where the $4 favourite narrowly saluted off a big, sustained run up the inside.
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | FIRST SETTLER | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Michael Dee | 1 | 57kg | $4F | |||
| 2 | 7 | RESERVE BANK | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Luke Currie | 0.1L | 10 | 57kg | $5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | ENRICHED | Michael Freedman | Jye McNeil | 0.6L | 8 | 57kg | $26 | ||
| 4 | 5 | TARPAULIN | James Cummings | Joao Moreira | 1L | 7 | 57kg | $6 | ||
| 5 | 8 | LOFTY ARCH | Alex Rae | Ethan Brown | 1.75L | 4 | 57kg | $10 | ||
| 6 | 10 | SAVAGERY VIBE | Nick Ryan | Ben Melham | 2.75L | 2 | 55kg | $13 | ||
| 7 | 1 | BITTERCREEK | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 4.25L | 3 | 58.5kg | $7.50 | ||
| 8 | 3 | AARDVARK | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Damian Lane | 4.35L | 5 | 58kg | $61 | ||
| 9 | 2 | BODYGUARD | Peter Snowden | Mark Zahra | 6.1L | 9 | 58.5kg | $6.50 | ||
| 10 | 9 | ENEEZA | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Luke Nolen | 7.85L | 6 | 56.5kg | $14 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Danehill Stakes Betting
The top Flemington racing odds and Danehill Stakes 2024 betting markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of the race.
Dalasan ($2.60 in 2019), Giga Kick ($1.95 in 2022), and First Settler ($4 in 2024) are the last favourites in Danehill Stakes betting to salute.
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2024 Danehill Stakes Form
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2024 Danehill Stakes Tips
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- To Win: #4 First Settler ($3.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Smart field of promising young sprinters in the Danehill on Turnbull Stakes Day with the favourite First Settler looking hard to beat as he chases his third win at just his fourth start. The well-bred colt is a son of Written Tycoon who enjoyed back-to-back wins before a loss to Growing Empire in a Black-Type here last start. Growing Empire ran second when narrowly denied in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes last Friday night, so happy to follow that form line here.
2024 Danehill Stakes Field
The Danehill Stakes field attracts a line-up of the season’s most exciting three-year-old sprinters coming off lead-up races including the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) for fillies and the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m), both held at Caulfield the month before.
Giga Kick (2022) was the last horse to complete the Vain Stakes – Danehill Stakes double.
The official 2024 Danehill Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw will be provided below once released on the Wednesday leading-up to Turnbull Stakes Day.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32142x | BITTERCREEK | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 3 | 58.5kg | 86 | ||
| 2 | 1x140x | BODYGUARD | Peter Snowden | Mark Zahra | 9 | 58.5kg | 83 | ||
| 3 | 3x17x8 | AARDVARK | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Damian Lane | 5 | 58kg | 71 | ||
| 4 | 112 | FIRST SETTLER | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Michael Dee | 1 | 57kg | 80 | ||
| 5 | 4×2117 | TARPAULIN | James Cummings | Joao Moreira | 7 | 57kg | 72 | ||
| 6 | 7×16 | ENRICHED | Michael Freedman | Jye McNeil | 8 | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 7 | 1×1 | RESERVE BANK | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Luke Currie | 10 | 57kg | 69 | ||
| 8 | 1 | LOFTY ARCH | Alex Rae | Ethan Brown | 4 | 57kg | 63 | ||
| 9 | 11x24717x | ENEEZA | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Luke Nolen | 6 | 56.5kg | 95 | ||
| 10 | 1 | SAVAGERY VIBE | Nick Ryan | Ben Melham | 2 | 55kg | 63 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Danehill Stakes Nominations
Each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival the Danehill Stakes nominations close on the Monday of race week.
Danehill Stakes History
The first recorded Danehill Stakes took place in 1982 when Fiesta Star won the Group 3 event. Changed to a Group 2 race in 2009, the sprint event has also been known as the Black Douglas, Hilton on the Park, Chivas Regal and L’Oreal Plate. The fastest recorded winning time (since 1988) was by 1 minute 8.1 seconds by Rich Enuff in 2014.
The 2011 Danehill Stakes winner Sepoy went on to win that year’s Coolmore Stud Stakes during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The last filly to beat home the boys in the Danehill Stakes results was Catchy (2017) who also won the previous season’s Blue Diamond Stakes.
In 2021 the Danehill Stakes distance was reduced from 1200m to 1100m.
The 2022 Danehill Stakes winner Giga Kick made history in Sydney next start winning The Everest race.
Recent Danehill Stakes Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Danehill Stakes | 1st | First Settler | 1 minute 04.54 seconds (over 1100m) |
| 2nd | Reserve Bank | ||
| Enriched | |||
| 2023 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Stretan Angel | 1 minute 04.11 seconds (over 1100m) |
| 2nd | I Am Unstoppable | ||
| Don Corleone | |||
| 2022 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Giga Kick | 1 minute 02.69 seconds (over 1100m) |
| 2nd | Buenos Noches | ||
| 3rd | Cannonball | ||
| 2021 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Kallos | 1 minute 04.31 seconds (over 1100m) |
| 2nd | General Beau | ||
| 3rd | Bruckner | ||
| 2020 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Doubtland | 1 minute 09.51 seconds |
| 2nd | Amish Boy | ||
| 3rd | Ranting | ||
| 2019 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Dalasan | 1 minute 09.40 seconds |
| 2nd | Dubious | ||
| 3rd | Express Pass | ||
| 2018 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Encryption | 1 minute 10.64 seconds |
| 2nd | Thorondor | ||
| 3rd | Tavisan | ||
| 2017 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Catchy | 1 minute 10.34 seconds |
| 2nd | Jukebox | ||
| 3rd | Booker | ||
| 2016 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Saracino | 1 minute 9.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Archives | ||
| 3rd | Samara Dancer | ||
| 2015 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Kinglike | 1 minute 09.06 seconds |
| 2nd | Raphael’s Cat | ||
| 3rd | Ready For Victory | ||
| 2014 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Rich Enuff | 1 minute 8.13 seconds |
| 2nd | Looks Like The Cat | ||
| 3rd | Ghibellines | ||
| 2013 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Charlie Boy | 1 minute 10.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Kiss A Rose | ||
| 3rd | Eclair Big Bang | ||
| 2012 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Snitzerland | 1 minute 10.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Stralia | ||
| 3rd | Rusambo | ||
| 2011 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Sepoy | 1 minute 8.71 seconds |
| 2nd | Hallowell | ||
| 3rd | Unique Quality | ||
| 2010 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Soul | 1 minute 11.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Buffering | ||
| 3rd | General Truce | ||
| 2009 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Black Caviar | 1 minute 9.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Wanted | ||
| 3rd | Rarefied | ||
| 2008 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Aichi | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Time Chief | ||
| 3rd | Nicconi | ||
| 2007 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Tan Tat de Lago | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Scenic Blast | ||
| 3rd | Purrealist | ||
| 2006 Danehill Stakes | 1st | The One | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Anamato | ||
| 3rd | Sharkbite | ||
| 2005 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Jet Spur | 1 minute 9.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Queen Of The Hill | ||
| 3rd | Stratum | ||
| 2004 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Fastnet Rock | 1 minute 9.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Brannigan | ||
| 3rd | Assafa | ||
| 2003 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Abdullah | 1 minute 12 seconds |
| 2nd | Critical List | ||
| 3rd | Bronc | ||
| 2002 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Planchet | 1 minute 8.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Blur | ||
| 3rd | Choisir | ||
| 2001 Danehill Stakes | 1st | Chongtong | 1 minute 9 seconds |
| 2nd | North Boy | ||
| 3rd | Spectatorial | ||
| 2000 Danehill Stakes | 1st | St Petersburg | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Cosset | ||
| 3rd | Ceffyl | ||
