Moonee Valley Vase News

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• Vase Winner Cherry Tortoni Firms in 2020 Victoria Derby Betting

The Moonee Valley Vase is a highly regarded Group 2 race held towards the end of the coveted Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley in late October. The feature race of the day is the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) but there are a host of other quality Group races held at the meeting including the Moonee Valley Vase.

2024 Moonee Valley Vase Results

• 1st: #2 Red Aces ($3.20F)
• 2nd: #7 Opening Address
• 3rd: #6 King Of Thunder

A quick back-up into the Group 1 VRC Derby on November 2 with the potential to earn a start in the Melbourne Cup field is on the cards for the Nick Ryan-trained Dundeel colt Red Aces ($3.20F) who showed his potential on Cox Plate Day with a narrow but improved victory in the Moonee Valley Vase 2024 results.

The Moonee Valley Vase is a staying race run over 2040m by three-year-olds at set weights and is currently worth $400,000 in total prize. Runners may have previously contested some of the other set weights races for three-year-olds earlier in the carnival including the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) on Caulfield Cup Day or Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley in late September.

The Moonee Valley Vase is commonly used as a final preparation race for horses moving on to one of the highlight events of the carnival, the prestigious Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) held the following week at Flemington.

Some fillies that contested the Vase may instead choose to run in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes also on Derby Day because of its more suitable 2000m distance.

Efficient (2006) was the last horse to complete the Moonee Valley Vase – VRC Derby double.

More recently, the 2018 MV Vase winner Stars of Carrum finished runner-up in the VRC Derby results next start. In 2017 smart filly Aloisia won the Moonee Valley Vase after a Group 1 Thousand Guineas victory at Caulfield.

In 2019 MV Vase winner Soul Patch went on to run third in that year’s Victoria Derby trifecta and the following year’s Group 1 Australian Guineas. The next season, Johnny Get Angry improved on his lead-up third in the Moonee Valley Vase to win the Victoria Derby 2020 at big odds.

The 2021 Moonee Valley Vase form was franked with the winner Forgot You going on to run third in the following autumn’s Group 1 Rosehill Guineas results in Sydney, while the third placed Jungle Magnate won the 2022 Group 1 SA Derby.

The Moonee Valley Vase 2022 form was franked with the runner-up Virtuous Circle returning the following autumn for a Group 1 ATC Derby second in 2023, while the third placegetter Pericles was third in the 2023 Group 1 Rosehill Guineas results.

The 2023 Moonee Valley Vase winner Apulia franked the form with a second next-up in the Victoria Derby quinella that spring.

The 2024 Moonee Valley Vase took place Ladbrokes on Cox Plate Day, Saturday October 26, 2024, as a VRC Derby lead-up, and saw the favourite Red Aces ($3.20F) salute for the punters by a quarter length with Jamie Mott aboard. 

2024 Moonee Valley Vase Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Moonee Valley Vase Betting Odds

The latest Moonee Valley Vase 2024 odds will be available from Ladbrokes.com.au and listed here at Races.com.au for you to lock in your top Moonee Valley Vase betting tips at the right price.

Cherry Tortoni ($2.60 in 2020), Forgot You ($2 in 2021), Berkeley Square ($2.60 in 2022), and Red Aces ($3.20 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Moonee Valley Vase betting to salute.

2024 Moonee Valley Vase Form Guide

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2024 Moonee Valley Vase Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Moonee Valley Vase 2024 Tips on the Cox Plate Day support act this spring.

• To Win: #2 Red Aces ($3.70 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open edition of the Vase but think the Listed Super Impose form looks solid and will stack-up here. Red Aces ran a brave second to Keeneland in that Flemington race over the 1800m back on October 5. The form was franked with the winner running a close third next-up in last weekend’s Group 3 Caulfield Classic a neck beaten. This nicely bred son of Dundeel is a colt with upside third-up and fit now from a good gate. Looks like he’ll stay. Danger.

2024 Moonee Valley Vase Field

The Moonee Valley Vase field attracts a quality line-up of the season’s top three-year-old stayers eyeing a quick back-up in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) the following Saturday at Flemington Racecourse.

Good lead-up races into the Moonee Valley Vase field including the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) for fillies looking to take on the boys, and the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) run a fortnight prior.

Berkeley Square (4th in 2022) was the last Caulfield Guineas graduate to go on and win the Moonee Valley Vase.

The official Moonee Valley Vase 2024 Field & Barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2024 Moonee Valley Vase field features ten potential Derby runners led in betting by Danny O’Brien’s last start Ballarat winner Politely Dun up in grade, the Nick Ryan-trained Super Impose runner-up Red Aces, and early market mover Firm Agreement from the Neasham/Archibald stable.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Moonee Valley Vase Nominations

The 2024 Moonee Valley Vase nominations are released on the Monday of Cox Plate week, the full list of early entries for the VRC Derby lead-up to be announced below once announced.

Moonee Valley Vase History

First run in 1983, the first Moonee Valley Vase winner was Centaine when it began as a Listed race run over 1600m. A few years later in 1986 the race distance increased dramatically to 2040m. Following that, in 1989 it was elevated to Group 3 status and then in 1997 the Moonee Valley Vase became a prestigious Group 2 event.

Horses that have taken out the Moonee Valley Vase – Victoria Derby double include Efficient (2006), Plastered (2004) and Helenus (2002).

Moonee Valley Vase results since 2000 can be found below.

Moonee Valley Vase Winners