The Lexus Archer Stakes is a Group 3 staying event now held on Makybe Diva Stakes Day offering a ballot exemption to the winner into the Melbourne Cup Field on the first Tuesday of November.
2024 Lexus Archer Stakes Results
- 1st: #8 Point King
- 2nd: #9 Hit The Road Jack
- 3rd: #6 Berkshire Breeze
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The Group 3 2024 Lexus Stakes – currently known as the Lexus Archer Stakes – is a 2500m staying event held at the illustrious Flemington Racecourse on Makybe Diva Stakes Day in mid-September having been moved from its previous slot on Victoria Derby Day, the Saturday prior to the Melbourne Cup, in 2024.
Open to horses aged three years and older, the Lexus Archer Stakes is run under quality handicap conditions. With total prize money of $300,000, the Lexus Stakes is quite a lucrative Group 3 event and key race in the lead-up to the time-honoured Melbourne Cup race.
The Lexus Stakes winner gains a ballot exemption for the Group 1 $8.56 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) back at the track just three days later and Shocking (2009) was the last to complete the double.
More recently the 2018 Lexus Stakes winner Prince Of Arran ran third in the Melbourne Cup trifecta next start.
The Lexus Archer Stakes now shares the Flemington race card with the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m), and the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m).
The Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) is another popular target following a Lexus Stakes run held the Saturday after on Champions Stakes Day and offers a bonus to any horse that was balloted out of that year’s Melbourne Cup field should they salute.
The 2023 Lexus Archer Stakes form was franked with the winner Kalapour returning in the autumn to win the Group 1 Tancred Stakes and place third in the Group 1 Sydney Cup results over the two miles in 2024.
The 2024 Lexus Archer Stakes ran on Saturday, September 14, 2024 as an early lead-up into the Melbourne Cup with the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Irish import, Point King ($4.60) winning the guaranteed spot in the 24-horse Melbourne Cup field on November 5.
| Lexus Stakes 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday, September 14, 2024 |
| Racecourse: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Distance: | 2500m |
| Conditions: | 3YO&UP Quality Hcp |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| Inaugurated: | 1869 |
2024 Lexus Archer Handicap Results
- 1st: #8 Point King ($4.60)
- 2nd: #9 Hit The Road Jack
- 3rd: #6 Berkshire Breeze
The now Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained stayer Point King ($4.60) made it two from two for his new stable with Jamie Kah guiding the galloper to a strong win on Heavy going in the Lexus Archer Stakes 2024 results to win the Golden Ticket entry for the Melbourne Cup 2024.
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2024 Lexus Archer Stakes Results & Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | POINT KING (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Ms Jamie Kah | 3 | 54kg | $4.60 | |||
| 2 | 9 | HIT THE ROAD JACK (NZ) | Symon Wilde | Harry Coffey | 0.4L | 6 | 54kg | $19 | ||
| 3 | 6 | BERKSHIRE BREEZE (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Michael Dee | 1.65L | 9 | 54kg | $3.40F | ||
| 4 | 4 | MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Luke Currie | 2.11L | 5 | 55.5kg | $4.80 | ||
| 5 | 3 | HORRIFYING (NZ) | Lindsey Smith | Blake Shinn | 2.31L | 8 | 55.5kg | $7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Damian Lane | 4.06L | 7 | 57.5kg | $8.50 | ||
| 7 | 7 | DASHING DUCHESS (NZ) | Symon Wilde | Craig Williams | 6.06L | 1 | 54kg | $8.50 | ||
| 8 | 5 | INTERPRETATION (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 8.31L | 4 | 55kg | $21 | ||
| 9 | 10 | GOOD OIL (NZ) | Andrew Forsman | Craig Newitt | 38.31L | 2 | 54kg | $61 | ||
| 1 | VOW AND DECLARE | Danny O’Brien | Billy Egan | 0 |
2024 Lexus Stakes Betting Odds
The latest Lexus Archer Stakes 2024 odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be listed below on the stayers and potential Melbourne Cup horses.
Downdraft ($5.50 in 2019) followed by Surefire ($1.90 in 2022) are the last favourites in Lexus Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
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2024 Lexus Stakes Form Guide
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2024 Lexus Stakes Tips
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- To Win: #6 Berkshire Breeze ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW
The Lexus Stakes features a competitive field of potential Melbourne Cup contenders. Among the favourites is Berkshire Breeze, a talented grey gelding with a strong record of recent wins. Despite a notably defeat in his last race as the odds-on pick, Berkshire Breeze’s consistent form and ability to excel over the 2600-metre distance make him a strong contender for the Lexus Stakes. With a favourable weight and a suitable racing style, Berkshire Breeze is well-positioned to return to winning form and make a statement ahead of the Melbourne Cup.
2024 Lexus Stakes Field
The Lexus Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of spring stayers, the majority of which are chasing the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption on offer to the winner of the race.
The official 2024 Lexus Archer Stakes Final Field & Barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
The Lexus Archer Stakes 2024 field features 10 stayers vying for the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption led in betting by track specialist Berkshire Breeze and class Irish import Point King.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95x24041x5 | VOW AND DECLARE | Danny O’Brien | Billy Egan | 2 | 59kg | 106 | ||
| 2 | 09791x18x4 | POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Damian Lane | 8 | 57.5kg | 103 | ||
| 3 | 20988x0x11 | HORRIFYING (NZ) | Lindsey Smith | Blake Shinn | 9 | 55.5kg | 99 | ||
| 4 | 45x23622x4 | MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Luke Currie | 6 | 55.5kg | 99 | ||
| 5 | 325916×000 | INTERPRETATION (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 5 | 55kg | 98 | ||
| 6 | 11x7x21112 | BERKSHIRE BREEZE (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Michael Dee | 10 | 54kg | 93 | ||
| 7 | x1x3716211 | DASHING DUCHESS (NZ) | Symon Wilde | Craig Williams | 1 | 54kg | 93 | ||
| 8 | 9x28x4x8x1 | POINT KING (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Ms Jamie Kah | 4 | 54kg | 93 | ||
| 9 | 54×0041132 | HIT THE ROAD JACK (NZ) | Symon Wilde | Harry Coffey | 7 | 54kg | 89 | ||
| 10 | 2433207×89 | GOOD OIL (NZ) | Andrew Forsman | Craig Newitt | 3 | 54kg | 83 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Lexus Archer Stakes Nominations
Early nominations for the Lexus Archer Stakes in 2024 will be published below once confirmed by Racing Victoria on the Monday ahead of race day.
Lexus Stakes History
The Lexus Stakes was inaugurated in 1969 as the Hotham Handicap, it’s current registered name. One of the oldest races in Australia, the Lexus Stakes has a very prestigious history to match its age.
The Lexus Stakes is renowned for a very rare triple dead heat in 1956. Fighting Force, Ark Royal and Pandie Sun crossed together to win one of the only races ever to record three winners.
Besides its current name, the Lexus Stakes has been known by a variety of sponsor titles. For ten years prior to 2009 (when Lexus started sponsorship) it was known as the Saab Quality. Prior to that, it was the Lean Cuisine Quality, Ten News Quality, Crown Quality and The Dalgety.
Notable Lexus Stakes winners include Miss Carbine (1899), Spear Chief (1938), Foxzami (1949), Think Big (1974), Brew (2000), and Shocking (2009) who was the last Lexus Stakes winner to back-up and dominate that year’s Melbourne Cup results doing the double.
Lexus Stakes results, winners and placegetters since 2000 are listed below, along with winning times.
The 2018 Lexus Stakes winner Prince Of Arran would go on to run placings in three straight editions of the Melbourne Cup finishing 3rd in 2018, 2nd in 2029 and 3rd again in 2020.
The event was renamed the Lexus Archer Stakes ahead of the 2022 edition.
The Lexus Archer Stakes moved from Victoria Derby Day on the Saturday prior to the Melbourne Cup to a much earlier position on the spring line-up in 2024 running in mid-September.
Lexus Stakes Results
| Year | First | Second | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Point King | Hit The Road Jack | Berkshire Breeze | 2:40.54 |
| 2023 | Kalapour | Athabascan | Gan Teorainn | 2:38.11 |
| 2022 | Surefire | Serpentine | Crystal Pegasus | 2:39.11 |
| 2021 | Great House | Mankayan | Emissary | 2:34.56 |
| 2020 | Ashrun | Sound | Brimham Rocks / Future Score (Dead Heat) | 2:37.94 |
| 2019 | Downdraft | Carif | Azuro | 2:38.85 |
| 2018 | Prince Of Arran | Brimham Rocks | Jaameh | 2:37.46 |
| 2017 | Cismontane | Vengeur Masque | Pentathlon | 2:35.41 |
| 2016 | Oceanographer | Tom Melbourne | Tally | 2.35.68 |
| 2015 | Excess Knowledge | Zanteca | Havana Cooler | 2:36.8 |
| 2014 | Signoff | Big Memory | La Amistad | 2:37.9 |
| 2013 | Ruscello | Let’s Make Adeal | Araldo | 2:39.8 |
| 2012 | Kelinni | Dare To Dream | Exceptionally | 2:37.6 |
| 2011 | Niwot | Macedonian | Anudjawun | 2:37.5 |
| 2010 | Maluckyday | Linton | Once Were Wild | 2:35.1 |
| 2009 | Shocking | Hume | Irazu | 2:38.3 |
| 2008 | Moatise | Light Vision | Cape Cover | 2:37.7 |
| 2007 | Sculptor | The Fuzz | Desert Master | 2:35.4 |
| 2006 | Maybe Better | Irazu | Vanquished | 2:35.8 |
| 2005 | Strasbourg | Bush Honey | Mr Celebrity | 2:40.3 |
| 2004 | Don Raphael | Catchmeifyoucan | Winning Belle | 2:36.6 |
| 2003 | Big Pat | Fawaz | Dance On Wood | 2:39.4 |
| 2002 | Requiem | Miss Meliss | Piachay | 2:35.3 |
| 2001 | Maythehorsebewithu | Spirit Of Westbury | Touch The Groom | 2:35.8 |
| 2000 | Brew | Mr Nelson | Yammer | 2:37.1 |
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