Looking for this year’s SAJC Lightning Stakes betting odds, field and form guide? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Lightning Stakes, Morphetville

Run over 1,050 metres, Lightning Stakes is a short-distance Listed sprint race taking place at Morphettville Racecourse in South Australia at the tail-end of the Adelaide Winter Racing Carnival.

Carrying a prize purse of $120,000 as of 2024, the event runs at the end of July and is a set weights race open only to two and three-year-old horses. 

A number of outstanding horses have won the Lightning Stakes in recent years in the early stages of their career including Wild Rain (2015), subsequent Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes and Moir Stakes winner Viddora (2016), and the Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip (2018) whose following victories included the Group 1 Moir, VRC Sprint Classic and TJ Smith Stakes.

The form out of the 2021 Lightning Stakes was franked with the winner Beau Rossa going on to run second next-up in Adelaide’s Group 3 Spring Stakes (1200m) and Caulfield’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m).

Lightning Stakes 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, July 27th, 2024
  • Track Location: Morphettville Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,050 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights
  • Qualification: Two year olds and three year olds
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Listed
  • Operator: South Australian Jockey Club
  • Prize Purse: $120,000
  • 2024 Lightning Stakes Winner: TBD

lightning Stakes 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Lightning Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday, July 27, 2024.  

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Lightning Stakes Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Lightning Stakes, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Lightning Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s race.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s race. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the race, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the race, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the race to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the race to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Lightning Stakes to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Lightning Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Lightning Stakes in 2024

  1. Login at neds.com.au
  2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
  3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Lightning Stakes Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Which Horse Will Win The Lightning Stakes in 2024?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Lightning Stakes in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up form, assess the barriers and look at the allocated weights. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the SAJC Lightning Stakes winner include: 

  • Weight Relief – Look out for a horse which gains an advantage from carrying less weight due to the set weight conditions.
  • Millions Flashback – Although it takes place almost six months earlier, if you can find any entrants that were place-getters in the Magic Millions, they just might be able to tackle this distance with flair.
  • Short Distance Specialists – The Lightning Stakes is run over just 1050m so is best suited to the short-distance specialists in the mix.

Lightning Stakes Favourites 2024

Favourites in 2022 Lightning Stakes betting will be updated here the week of the race. 

Nature Strip ($1.50 in 2018), Parlophone ($4.20 in 2020), Extremely Lucky ($4 in 2022) and La Danseuse Rouge ($4.40 in 2023) are the latest Lightning Stakes favourites to salute for the punters.

Lightning Stakes 2024 Field

The official Lightning Stakes 2024 field of final acceptances is announced the Wednesday of race week and will be available here. 

Lightning Stakes 2024 Tips

Favourite: TBD

Best Bet: TBD

Best Roughie: TBD

Our insider 2024 Lightning Stakes tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a detailed Lightning Stakes Day Betting Preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2024 LIGHTNING STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Lightning Stakes 2024 Race Day

SAJC Lightning Stakes Race Day 2024 takes place on Saturday, the 27th of July, 2024. 

Lightning Stakes 2024 Barrier Draw

The 2024 Lightning Stakes barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and will be published in our above Lightning Stakes Field section. 

Lightning Stakes 2024 Nominations

2024 Lightning Stakes nominations close at 12:30 PM on Monday, the 22nd of July, 2024. 

Lightning Stakes 2024 Weights

Set weights apply to this race. Final 2024 Lightning Stakes weights are announced at 4:30 PM on Tuesday, the 23rd of July, 2024. 

Lightning Stakes 2024 Acceptances

2024 Lightning Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9:30 AM on Wednesday, the 24th of July, 2024 and will be published in our above Lightning Stakes Field section. 

Lightning Stakes 2024 Jockeys

The final riders announcement is at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, the 24th of July, 2024 with the official 2024 Lightning Stakes jockeys to be published in our above Lightning Stakes Field section. 

Lightning Stakes 2020 Scratchings 2024

2024 Lightning Stakes scratchings close at 8:00 AM on Saturday, the 27th of July, 2024. 

Lightning Stakes Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Lightning Stakes prize purse is worth $120,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $65,200
2nd $21,250
3rd $10,750
4th $6,000
5th $4,000
6th $2,460
7th $2,460
8th $2,460
9th $2,460
10th $2,460

Lightning Stakes Race Number 2024

The 2024 Lightning Stakes race number is TBC for Saturday the 27th of July, 2024. There are nine races in total that day at Morphettville Racecourse.

Lightning Stakes 2024 Form Guide

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2024 Lightning Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2024 LIGHTNING STAKES FORM GUIDE

Lightning Stakes Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 Lightning Stakes live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing.com

Mobile: Neds App

Lightning Stakes Winners

Winners of the Lightning Stakes going back to 2000 are displayed in the table below.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2024 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2023 La Danseuse Rouge Cliff Brown Jake Noonan 57 kgs 1:03.12
2022 Extremely Lucky Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Todd Pannell 59 kgs 1:01.75
2021 Beau Rossa Will Clarken Todd Pannell 59 kgs 1:04.66
2020 Parlophone Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr. Ms Jessica Eaton (a) 52 kgs 1:01.93
2019 Assertive Approach Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Todd Pannell 59 kgs 1:01.92
2018 Nature Strip Darren Weir Damian Lane 59 kgs 1:00.68
2017 Bandipur James Cummings Dom Tourneur 54 kgs 1:03.48
2016 Viddora Lloyd Kennewell Matthew Neilson 57 kgs 1:02.79
2015 Wild Rain Mark Kavanagh Matthew Neilson 56.5 kgs 1:02.89
2014 Buddy Bundy Phillip Stokes Dom Tourneur 58 kgs 1:04.77
2013 Prettyhappyaboutit Robbie Griffiths Dom Tourneur 56 kgs 1:02.68
2012 Avoid Lightning David Jolly Adam McCabe 56 kgs 1:03.59
2011 Kulgrinda Peter Moody Linda Meech 56 kgs 1:02.15
2010 Streetcar Magic David Jolly Justin Potter 58 kgs 1:03.84
2009 Augusta Proud Leon Macdonald Chad Lever 56 kgs 1:01.82
2008 Morgan Dollar Stuart Gower Steven Arnold 58 kgs 0:57.50
2007 Lisson Grove David Hayes Craig Williams 52 kgs 0:58.48
2006 Reshuffles Jeremy Gask Matthew Neilson 55 kgs 0:58.19
2005 Emlozza Tony Noonan Brian Park 55 kgs 0:59.05
2004 Our Quivira Peter Moody Luke Nolen 55 kgs 1:00.19
2003 Dantana Rick Hore-Lacy Nash Rawiller 57.5 kgs 0:58.94
2002 Innovation Girl Brian Mayfield-Smith Kerrin McEvoy 49 kgs 0:57.95
2001 Raja Lane Leon Macdonald James Winks 49 kgs 0:57.49
2000 Vargna Gordon Richards Dwayne Dunn 51.5 kgs 0:59.58