Looking for this year’s Sunline Stakes betting odds, field and tips? The tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

2023 Sunline Stakes winner Sirileo Miss
2023 Sunline Stakes winner Sirileo Miss. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sunline Stakes is a Group 2 race for fillies and mares currently contested at Moonee Valley Racecourse each March as part of the autumn’s William Reid Stakes meeting.

The race is named in honour of champion New Zealand-bred thoroughbred, dual Cox Plate champion (1999, 2000) Sunline – a winner of 32 of her 48 career starts – who was the highest earning racehorse in the world at that time.

Offering $300,000 in prize money, the 1600m weight-for-age clash makes a nice next-up option for mares out of the Group 3 Matron Stakes run earlier in the autumn over the same distance at Flemington. Eternal Flame (2024) was the last to do the Matron Stakes – Sunline Stakes double.

The best out of the Sunline Stakes may continue onto Sydney for a shot at a race over ‘The Championships’ at Royal Randwick including the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) – run in recent years as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes.

In 2022 the Sunline Stakes form was franked with the second placed filly Barb Raider running second again in both the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) in Adelaide and the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) that prep.

sunline Stakes 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday March 23rd, 2024
  • Track Location: Moonee Valley Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,600 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Weight for age
  • Qualification: Fillies & Mares
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 2
  • Operator: Moonee Valley Racing Club
  • Prize Purse: $300,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1981
  • 2024 Sunline Stakes Winner: Eternal Flame

sunline Stakes 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Sunline Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday March 23, 2024. 

  1. #7 Eternal Flame
  2. #5 Rumbled Again
  3. #1 Campionessa

Michael Kent’s forgotten Group 3 Matron Stakes winner last start, Eternal Flame, was too good again rising in grade to show off her on-speed abilities with a good upset in the Sunline Stakes 2024 results.

Sunline Stakes Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Sunline 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 Sunline Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Sunline Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Sunline Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Sunline Stakes, 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 Sunline Stakes, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Sunline Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Sunline Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Sunline 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 Sunline Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Sunline Stakes in 2024

  1. Join up 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 Sunline Stakes Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Sunline Stakes 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Sunline Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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Which Horse Will Win The sunline Stakes in 2024

The best way to pick which filly or mare will win the Sunline Stakes in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up autumn racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weights and past records at The Valley track. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Sunline Stakes winner include: 

  • Matron Lead-Up: Mares out of the Matron Stakes also held over a mile at Flemington make a good bet in the Sunline Stakes. Sirileo Miss (2023) and Eternal Flame (2024) are the latest mares to complete the Matron Stakes – Sunline Stakes double.
  • The Valley Factor: Proven race experience over the tight Moonee Valley circuit can prove crucial.
  • Favourites Have It: Favourites have a strong recent strike-rate in the Sunline Stakes results.

sunline Stakes Favourites 2024

Early favourites in 2024 Sunline Stakes betting include Mark Walker’s last start Group 2 Peter Young Stakes winning Kiwi raider Campionessa, consistent mare Wishlor Lass, and the Michael Kent-trained Group 3 Matron Stakes winner Eternal Flame

Spanish Reef ($2.35 in 2018) was the last Sunline Stakes favourite to win.

sunline Stakes 2024 Field

The official 2024 Sunline Stakes field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below. 

sunline Stakes 2024 Tips

Favourite: #1 Campionessa ($3.30 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #1 Campionessa to salute for the punters (see above) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #4 Running By ($11 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2024 Sunline Stakes tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2024 WILLIAM REID STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Sunline Stakes Race day 2024

The 2024 Sunlines Stakes takes place at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday the 23rd of March, 2024 on the same day as Sydney hosts its famous Golden Slipper Stakes Day card at Rosehill.

The Alister Clark Stakes is currently part of The Valley’s 2024 William Reid Stakes Day card. Other key events on the program include the:

sunline Stakes Barrier Draw 2024

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

Sunline Stakes Nominations 2024

2024 Sunline Stakes nominations close at 12 PM on Monday, the 18th of March, 2024.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 6×50111921 CAMPIONESSA (NZ) M 6 Mark Walker 1 57kg 109
2 15x41116x6 WISHLOR LASS M 5 Symon Wilde 2 57kg 103
3 x1736417x0 DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) M 6 Michael Kent 3 57kg 102
4 85×4211310 HELL HATH NO FURY M 4 Annabel Neasham 4 57kg 97
5 6x15x51541 ETERNAL FLAME (NZ) M 4 Michael Kent 5 57kg 97
6 27x228x263 FOXY CLEOPATRA M 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 6 57kg 96
7 72476x58x3 BELLE PLAISIR (NZ) M 7 Tony & Calvin McEvoy 7 57kg 94
8 x62x211422 RUNNING BY M 4 Ciaron Maher 8 57kg 91
9 2211×6 ROLL ON HIGH F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 9 54kg 84
10 x192x800x8 REO M 4 Richard Laming 10 57kg 83
11 11x267x61 LEGACIES F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 11 54kg 82
12 14x3841x38 SERASANA F 3 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 12 54kg 81
13 2x1144x33 MOLLYNICKERS F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 13 54kg 80
14 787×335418 RUMBLED AGAIN M 6 Michael Trotter 14 57kg 80
15 41186×4032 JENNY JEROME M 4 Patrick Payne 15 57kg 78
16 9322x8148x FLASH MARY (NZ) M 5 Cindy Alderson 16 57kg 75
17 5910×51718 HARMONIOUS SENORA M 4 Charmaine Barnes 17 57kg 74
18 32116 JUSTABOOM F 3 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 18 54kg 68

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

sunline Stakes Weights 2024

Standard weight for age conditions apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on Monday, the 18th of March, 2024 with the official 2024 Sunline Stakes weights on the final acceptors to be published in our above Sunline Stakes Field section. 

Sunline  Stakes Acceptances 2024

2024 Sunline Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9:00 AM on Wednesday, the 20th of March, 2024 and will be published in our above Sunline Reid Stakes Field section. 

Sunline Stakes Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 12 PM on Wednesday, the 20th of March, 2024 with the official 2024 Sunline Stakes jockeys to be published in our above Sunline Stakes Field section. 

Sunline stakes Scratchings 2024

2024 Sunline Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday the 23rd of March, 2024. 

  • #3 Hell Hath No Fury (4)

sunline Stakes Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Sunline Stakes prize purse is worth $300,000 in total, distributed from places first through to eighth.

Place Prize Money
1st $180,000
2nd $54,000
3rd $27,000
4th $13,500
5th $7,500
6th $6,000
7th $6,000
8th $6,000

Sunline Stakes Race Number 2024

The 2024 Sunline Stakes race number is scheduled as Moonee Valley Race 5 at 2:15pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 23rd of March, 2024. There are ten races in total that day at Moonee Valley Racecourse.

sunline Stakes Form Guide 2024

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

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 SUNLINE STAKES FORM GUIDE

Sunline Stakes Live 2023

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

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

Free-to-air television: Channel 78 (metro areas)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing.com

sunline Stakes Winners

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

YEAR WINNER 2ND 3RD TIME
2024 Eternal Flame Rumbled Again Campionessa 1:36.54
2023 Sirileo Miss Revolutionary Miss Deny Knowledge 1:36.0
2022 Shout The Bar Barb Raider Flying Mascot 1:35.0
2021 Quantum Mechanic Grand De Flora Scarlet Dream 1:36.4
2020 Mamzelle Tess Bam’s On Fire Fidelia 1:35.7
2019 Consensus Spanish Reef Kenedna 1:36.8
2018 Spanish Reef Samovare Flying Jess 1:35.3
2017 I Am A Star French Emotion First Seal 1:36.6
2016 Miss Rose De Lago Noble Protector Metaphorical 1:35.0
2015 Noble Protector Girl In Flight Marianne 1:36.5
2014 Text’n Hurley Bippo No Bungus You’re So Good 1:36.8
2013 Spirit Song Lights Of Heaven Goldslick 1:35.7
2012 Spirit Song Lady Lynette Raspberries 1:38.5
2011 Nakaaya Lady Lynette Platinum Passion 1:37.5
2010 Zarita Princess Marizza Silvercitymiss 1:39.6
2009 Subtle Cove Youthful High Fifth Avenue Lady 1:37.7
2008 Laura’s Charm Illnois Girl Wayne’s Gold 1:37.8
2007 Like It Is Laura’s Charm Brockman’s Lass 1:37.4
2006 Candy Vale Plans Holy Bounty 1:37.6
2005 Beautiful Gem Umber Charmed Lady 1:30.3
2004 Sylvaner La Sirenuse Love’s Here 1:37.9
2003 Tickle My Kayano White Mist 1:38.0
2002 Spurn Tickle My It’s Platonic 1:37.0
2001 Flushed Calm Smytzer Shelbourne Lass 1:40.3